Pronouncing 'Como Estas'

Question

Hi, I am having a bit of trouble pronouncing '¿Cómo Estás'. The 'Estás' part I am having a bit of trouble with, any tips?

As practice, To do it easier ,prolongue the acentued silabe - 000a35ff, Aug 12, 2016

Answer 1

Hello Matt,

Welcome to the SpanishDict forum

You asked:

Hi, I am having a bit of trouble pronouncing '¿Cómo Estás'. The 'Estás' part I am having a bit of trouble with, any tips?

Matt, I would suggest that you follow this link and listen to these words pronounced by a native speaker. Click on the loud speaker symbol next to the Spanish translation to hear them: [enter link description here][1]

The accents show you where you should emphasize the sounds: ¿Cómo estás?

It is very important to open your mouth wide when speaking Spanish! A native Spanish speaker in Pineda de Mar (Cataluña) once said to me many years ago "Young man, you must open your mouth wide if you want to speak Spanish well (properly)l!"

Please read my updated notes in the comments section below my post! Thank you

I hope this helps

[1]: http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/How are you ?

I'm sorry but I cannot get the links to work! Many of us are experiencing problems with the browsers doing some very strange things and slowing down the process of posting reponses! - FELIZ77, Aug 12, 2016

I recommend that you go the the tranlsator function and write How are you? in English This will elicit a response from the machine ¿Cómo estás? and a loud speaker/megaphone symbol should appear next to the Spanish words Click on this and the native ... - FELIZ77, Aug 12, 2016

...recorded voice will pronounce the words in Spanish Listen to them and try to copy the pronunciation! :) - FELIZ77, Aug 12, 2016

typo: I mean translator function above :) - FELIZ77, Aug 12, 2016