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Spanish Study Log 11, July 6th 2020

I. Read La Buena Suerte (30 mins)

II. Read Que Bien Suena (30 mins)

== Review

I. Vocab

búho - an owl
sutilmente - subtly
la revancha - the rematch
despistar - hacer perder la pista o el camino a alguien (mislead/sidetrack)
enfurecer - hacer que una persona o un animal se pongan furiosos
encajar - (1) to fit in (2) put up with
malévola - que tiene tendencia a hacer el mal
aullidos - voz quejumbrosa y prolongada que emiten el lobo, el perro, y otros cánidos
asió con firmeza - grasped firmly
la empuñadura - the grip
refunfuñando - emitir [una persona] sonidos no articulados o palabras murmuradas entre dientes en señal de enojo o desagrado
brotar - nacer o salir [una planta] de la tierra.
pringosa - sticky
la losa - the slab [of rock]

II. Que Bien Suena

When one word ends in a consonant and the next begins with a vowel, the words are linked and not separated with glottal stops [?]. The linked words ALSO respect the rule of preferred open vowels. SO:

un alma = [u.nal.ma]

los olmos = [lo.sol.mos]

remember to combine the consonants if a word ends with a consonant and the following word begins with the same one

el lago [e.la.go]
es Sara [e.sa.ra]

same thing happends when you end/start on the same vowel

este estudiante [es.tes.tu.djan.te]
río Orinoco [ri.o.ri.no.co]

you make the vowel above a little longer than normal vowels, but not 2x as long. You can note the increased duration with a :

[es.te:s.tu.djan.te]
[ri.o:.ri.no.co]

va a hacer bien [ba.ser.bjen] / [ba:.ser.bjen]

double consonants are also reduced to one within words, example:

innecesario = [i.ne.ce.sa.rjo]

dipthongs can be formed between words

casi olvidado = [ca.sjol.vi.da.do]
esta idea = [es.tai.de.a]
siete u ocho [sje.te.wo.cho]
la unidad [lau.ni.dad]

(Finished on pg 63)

Timesheet:

9:14AM: Start reading.
9:36AM: Lookup vocab words
9:39AM: Begin Reading Que Bien Suena
10:12AM: Finish

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