Bien or Vien

Question

muy bien is it pronounced Bien or Vien

Please use proper capitalization in your posts, per Spanishdict rules. Thanks - rac1, Sep 30, 2013

Answer 1

It is actually more of a combination of the two that just takes a little practice.

good answer - rogspax, Oct 1, 2013

Answer 2

It is actually more of a combination of the two that just takes a little practice.

Yes, I think that is where much confusion starts for new students of Spanish.

It is somewhat between, and to my gringo ear, much closer to our B than our V, but still between. If you can just think of the Bs and Vs as slightly softened Bs, nudged a little towards Vs, with the lips a little bit open, preventing the burst of air expelled with an English B, you´ll be pretty close.

I have work to do on this myself. Work in progress for sure.

Answer 3

Bien is pronounced bi-En. The stress is on the second syllable. Muy has the stress on M. The time spent on saying muy is the same as on bien.

Answer 4

I've never heard B's pronounced as V's but I've certainly heard V's pronounced as B's. Anyway, I agree with lizarey.

Answer 5

I pronounce it "bee-ehn"