the way the informal spanish d gets lost in speech reminds me of how things work with english t. english t is one of english's most varying consonants from accent to accent, so cheers to similarities!

It's true bro. You sound just like a Dominican/Puerto Rican. I love your videos. Keep up the great work

Informally speaking we tend to lose the sound of letters like D at the end of the passive and the present perfect such as cansado=cansao (tired), hablado=hablao (spoken). Also at the begining of words such as Dónde=ónde (where). Adjetives: demasiado=demasiao (too much). Is a general rule to sound more efficient but less formal.

Una de las cosas que me ha ayudado a pronunciar mejor el español es saber que el español se pronuncia en la parte frontal de la boca mientras que el inglés se habla en la parte posterior de la boca. Las letras españolas T y D son ejemplos principales de esto. One of the things that has helped me to pronounce Spanish better is knowing that Spanish is spoken in the front of the mouth while English is spoken in the back of the mouth. The Spanish letters T and D are prime examples of this.

Thanks for giving pauses for us to practice!

It's interesting hearing you pronounce the letter T in Spanish. A lot of people pronounce by placing the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge (against against the upper teeth). I pronounce my T's by placing the tip of my tongue in between my teeth, biting down, and then releasing it while making the T sound. Have you heard of anyone else doing something like what I do?

Buenazo, adelante!

The main difference between the english and the spanish "t" os that we ( spanish speakers) put the tipof the tongue behind the teeth and you ( english speakers) put It behind the alveolos, over the teeth.

Love your videos!

Gracias

Very helpful. Thanks!

Great vid. Keep up the good work Ricky.

Great vid bro, I really enjoyed watching this vid.

This is not completely wrong, but it is. The second "d" of "donde" is pronounced softer because is next to a "n". Not because second d always must be pronounced softers. Good examples are "dedo", both are strong "d" sounds, and "donde", "andes", "pandemia", where those "d" are prononunced slightly softer.

Another well done professional video when enamorado came up straight away i said out loud ' enamrao ' and then u said it ;)

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Gracias!!!

Thank you for the video! I have a question if you don't mind, though. How come the "d" wasn't pronounced like a "th," as in "teel--dtheh?" Thanks so much!

Me gusta tu video mi pana!

Thank u so much sir ☺

Great video dude.

I like your videos and it's nice you teach your Dominican Spanish so foreign people can understand it if they go to R.D. but in my humble opinion I considerer you should emphasize the correct/proper way. I do not know why some countries are losing the correct Spanish for example 'l' instead 'r' or just how you said it cutting letters such as como etâ? (cômo estâs?) salu (salud) etc. I think that one of the most beautiful things about our language is the "r' sound and also that we must pronounce every single letter of the words unless we're talking about 'h' which is silent. I'm from Mexico btw. Continûa con tus estupendos videos.... saludos!

Gracias, sigue subiendo vídeos amigo!!

What's the music in the intro it's so nice. Can I know please ? Merci

People on Andalus drop the D also. But I prefer the Castillian accent it’s so much clearer.

Thank you so much! I hope from now on I will no longer say "día" as "tía"!

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A Rickie: Será cool si tus vídeos están en español. Me gusta escuchar a los hablantes nativos. A mi, es un poco difícil escuchar porque soy un hablante nativo de inglés, y hablo más despacio que tú. Estoy aprendiendo (:

Is there a difference?

so the d is a th even with the air flow through your teeth?

Is there a stigma to dropping the d? Does it sound less educated?

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Still can’t tell the difference. Same with c and g.

The pronunciation of d is driving me crazy....if I pronounce it all the time like how you did in "donde", is that correct? there's no tricky rule to remember or anything like that?

Caribeño Spanish comes from Canary Island Spanish.

You are teaching a very specific and local variation of Spanish pronunciation, spoken mostly in Dominican Republic, in standard Spanish the d and t consonants are always pronounced most of the time, for example in Spain (and other Spanish speaking countries) the way you talk n your video (“de ‘onde eres) would be totally incorrect and considered a wrong use of the language