LESSON 9 - How we pronounce consonants (L-LL-M-N)

The Spanish "l" is always pronounced with the tongue at the front of the roof of the mouth similar to the "L" in words such as:

love,
late,
left,
liberty,
long,
love


It is never pronounced with the vowel-like sound found in words such as "ball" or "cell."

This letter is special. Its sound is very much like English  lli  in words such as:

million,
brilliant

A more exactly idea would be, like the combination  ll - y in:

all  year

The Spanish m sound is pronounced basically the same as the - m - sound of English.

When a word ends in m — and there are very few of them, frequently words of foreign origin — the m is given the "n" sound:

álbum,

memorandum

The n of Spanish has three sounds, which are determined by the sound that follows.

For Spanish speakers, the tongue may be a bit farther forward than what it is for many English speakers , at the top of the teeth rather than on the ridge between the teeth and the roof of the mouth.

The sound commonly appears in English  similarly to the  - n-  in words such as:

nice,

dance,

name,

need,

note,