SpanishPod Team

Thank you very much for taking turns doing the Audio Reviews so that we can hear different Accents.  I really appreciate it. :)

Steve  

I would just like to point out that porque (because) and por qué (why) do not sound exactly alike.  Note that porque ends in a vowel.  So the “o” which is the vowel in the second to last syllable is stressed.  In por qué the “e” has an accent mark so it is stressed.  If you lesson to the dialog when the man says “¿Por qué el mar es Azul?” you can hear him stress the “e” in por qué.

I know that por ends in an “r” so the “o” should also be stress since it is the vowel of the last syllable, but it seems to me that Spanish speak do not stress the vowels of single syllable words that do not have an accent mark (at lest not as much as words that do have an accent mark) I do not know why.

I only mention this because I did not notice that until had been studding Spanish for at least two years.

BTW

In case this is new to you.  If a word has an accent mark, it determines which vowel receives the stress.  If not, if the word ends in a vowel, s, or n then the vowel in the second to last is stressed.  Words without an accent mark which end in any consonant other then s or n, the vowel in the last syllable is stressed.  See Learn Spanish.

Hi SpanishPod! I just read the vocab for this lesson. The word "risa" is listed as being masculine, but it's feminine, right?

Really, I just wrote this to practice my Spanish (but it is listed as masculine). Please correct me. Thanks!

Here's one in English:

What's black and white and "red" all over?

A newspaper.

What is the difference between: pez... pescado

I thought "pez" is fish in the river or ocean, and "pescado" is what you buy in a store but the joke uses the second one.

see leos comment above