Natural languages are a complex social phenomenon. In the era of globalization, the study of foreign languages is one of the priority tasks, starting from the school bench. In each of them you can find many funny phrases and expressions. One of the funny words for a Russian person is "egg" in Spanish.
Is Spanish a funny and fun language?
Before we say how "egg" will be in Spanish, let's answer the question posed in the paragraph. Yes, Spanish is a cheerful language, but not funny, although some of its words and expressions can make a Russian person smile. The Ukrainian language is considered the funniest in terms of sound in the Russian-speaking environment, since its sounds almost completely coincide with our phonetics. As for Spanish, it is based on the Latin alphabet, not Cyrillic, however, the sounds in it are also close to the sound of Russian words.
When a person speaks Spanish well enough, then when reading it, he does not notice any "ridiculous" phrases, because histhe brain is completely immersed in the Spanish-speaking environment. If we consider a separate Spanish word and perceive its sound in relation to Russian, then some funny associations may arise. One such example is "egg" in Spanish. Consider further how this word is spelled and pronounced.
Egg in Spanish: translation
We are talking about chicken, duck, ostrich and any other egg that a bird has laid. In Spanish, this word is spelled huevo. Everyone will see a familiar obscene word in it, but everything here is not as simple as it seems at first glance.
Spanish is not studied in Russian schools everywhere, but English is a compulsory subject already in the primary grades. In English, the letter h [eych] in almost all words is read as [x [(have - [hav]). If we transfer this rule to Spanish, then we get an obscene word.
"Obscene" to the word huevo is added by the fact that in the Castilian dialect, as you know, the spelling coincides with the pronunciation. In other words, the letters u, o, e, v are read as [y], [o], [e] and [v], respectively. Knowing all this, a Russian person always laughs when he sees the inscription huevo.
Spanish egg pronunciation
The correct pronunciation of the word huevo is [huevo[, that is, the letter h ([ache]) is not readable, it is omitted. The fact is that in Spanish h is practically an atavism. It is not readable not only in the word huevo, but also in any other words and in any position. Also with herassociate another funny word - huesos ("bones"). Here we get the pronunciation [wesos] again.
In the word huevo, the letters u, e form a diphthong - two vowels standing side by side, which are read with one sound. This diphthong is pronounced in ascending order from [y] to [e], that is, the stressed syllable falls on [e] ([ue]). In the video below, you can listen to a Hispanic woman pronounce the word.
As for the letter h, it's not as useless as one might think. It affects the spoken sound only in one case, when it is preceded by the letter c. In this situation, you should pronounce the sound [h]. For example, coche - [koche] (car, car) or another funny word - concha - [cum] (shell, this word is also used for the girl's name, which sounds affectionately Conchita).
Other "eggs" in Spanish
Expanding more fully the topic of the article, we will give a few more Spanish words that can be translated into Russian as an egg, but it may already have a different meaning and a different connotation. These words are:
- óvulo [ovulo] - egg or ovary (female genital organ);
- testículos [testiculos] - a testicle related to the male reproductive system;
- cojón [kohon] - the same as in the previous case, only expressed in a rougher form.
Note that in the word cojón the letter j is read as [x]. Thanks to her, you can name a couple more funny words: Julia [Julia] - Julia or Julia, jueves [hueves] -Thursday.
Despite the above words, we repeat that when reading Spanish literature and immersing yourself in the environment, the perception of the language changes greatly, and Spanish phrases are heard concise, clear and beautiful: mi huevo ya está cocido [mi uevo ya esta cocido] - my egg is already boiled.
