La d fricativa

Question

I need to identify the examples of d fricative in each of the following words and phrases.

el día adónde ustedes personalidad verdad venden de todo Perdón, Diego. Buenos días, Adela. ¿Dónde está el doctor?

I've bolded the ones that I've found. Are they correct or am I missing some?

This is a linguistics question. This site is for learning Spanish or English and whatever grammar aids in those pursuits. You might want to google this and see what you find. Of course, someone may answer but may not be a linguist. - Jubilado, Aug 23, 2013

Answer 1

Jubilado is correct. For instance, I am not a linguist or a grammarian. I might add that, as a native Chilean, all of the d's in your post, including the ones that are not bolded sound all the same to me.

Having said that, I don't like fricassee....

;-D

I guess you've got fricative hearing, my friend ;-)> - Jubilado, Aug 24, 2013

:) - chileno, Aug 24, 2013

what about chicken fricassee...someone told me it's delicious. - 0095ca4c, Aug 24, 2013

bur friDassee is awful :) - ian-hill, Aug 24, 2013

hahaha! - chileno, Aug 24, 2013

Answer 2

Click here you will know all and be confused

That is because people trying to get Spanish, get into all that stuff. Just try to imitate how we sound in English, and you'll have a better understanding of our pronunciation. - chileno, Aug 24, 2013

Answer 3

The only one I think you bolded which you shouldn't have is the d in buenos días. The d there is a hard d, not fricative.

So do you think the D after an S is always hard? This could be a phonetic or linguistic observation of interest to me. - Jubilado, Aug 24, 2013

Yes, I think so. - sinmeta, Aug 24, 2013

Answer 4

My understanding is that a fricative (d) is caused when your tongue touches the roof of your mouth…right behind your upper teeth.

This generally happens when a (d) stops being a hard (d) and becomes a soft (d). …almost like a (dth) sound. This is often what happens to a (d) which ends a word in a (d)... (libertad)…or when a (d) is found between two vowels.

I’m not wanting to do your homework for you. But, I’ve given you plenty of information to go on.

It should get you started. Good luck.

That's what I thought it was. In most of the Spanish I hear and imitate the "D" sounds very much like the voiced "Th" in English. - Jubilado, Aug 24, 2013

Hi - jubilado. You and I are right.:) - viejito, Aug 24, 2013

I've always taught people the th=d and Z (spaniard). :) - chileno, Aug 24, 2013