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Spanish: how do you pronouce “hoy?

” does the y sound like j?

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xolaur3nloex offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 10 months ago (5 minutes after post)

its like saying oy vey, the h is silent always in spanish…..i know a lot about Spansh, Time, Numbers, Math,Greetings, Moths, Days, Birthdays, Holidays

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thekingofkings1986 offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months ago (6 minutes after post)

yes the y sounds like j.
The H is silent in spanish, so you end up with ‘oy’

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S_lalic offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
Buffalo, NY, US | 10 months ago (7 minutes after post)

impuerto rican i speakl spanish everyday the “h” is silent so u are left with “oy”

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tay_br offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 9 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months ago (10 minutes after post)

so it would sound like a spanish short o right? like in ‘boat’ and the j would sound like an english ‘j’ i can’t explain this very well

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An Unknown Location | 10 months ago (12 minutes after post)

i guess an example would be would it sound like ‘oj as in orange juice, shortened term oj’, or a ‘dragged j that kind of falls of your tongue?’ im sorry, i dont know how else to explain this.

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An Unknown Location | 10 months ago (13 minutes after post)

no not that j from juice
very difficult indeed… Let me think of a word

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Buffalo, NY, US | 10 months ago (14 minutes after post)

silent “h” it would sound like “oee” ee as in need or feed

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An Unknown Location | 10 months ago (15 minutes after post)

‘oy’ would be like o with the ‘y’ from the name ‘ray’

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An Unknown Location | 10 months ago (16 minutes after post)

i thought you said it sounded like a j?

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Buffalo, NY, US | 10 months ago (18 minutes after post)

no no no it sounds like the “ee” sound

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An Unknown Location | 10 months ago (21 minutes after post)

No because I speak dutch, and in dutch you pronounce ‘j’ as the ‘y’ from ray

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Buffalo, NY, US | 10 months ago (28 minutes after post)

it sounds like “ee”
i am possitive! i speak the language

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An Unknown Location | 10 months ago (34 minutes after post)

Check it over here:
http://forvo.com/word/hoy/

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An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (6 months, 4 weeks after post)

i dont know, but some Spanish speakers pronounce ‘Y’ as J letter in english, and other pronounce it as ‘Y’ in english or ‘I’ in spanish.

my spanish teacher told us ‘Y’ is always pronounced as ‘J’ in english except if it comes in the end of the word so its pronounced as ‘Y’ in english.

its confusing!

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