Artifact 3 - Recording: Double Ls

[Barbara Mayumi de Faria Fujita]

I struggle quite a bit with the double Ls in Catalan...

SDLC105_Artifact.mp3Here's an audio to try to explain the difference

For reference:

English:

a) I hate the rain and b) Moon

Spanish:

a) Odio la lluvia and b) Luna

Catalan

a) Odi la pluja and b) Lluna

[Michael Marsh-Soloway]

This is definitely a difficult topic involving the imperfect relationship between articulatory phonetics and orthography, aka sound and spelling! It's good that you're aware of the situation, and this knowledge will be invaluable as you continue your acquisition efforts.