Natural languages are a complex social phenomenon. In the era of globalization, the study of foreign languages is one of the priority tasks, starting already from school. 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 funny language?
Before we say how the “egg” will be in Spanish, we will answer the question posed in paragraph. Yes, Spanish is a funny, but not funny, language, although some of his words and expressions can make a Russian person smile. In the Russian-speaking environment, the Ukrainian language is considered the funniest in sound, since its sounds almost completely coincide with our phonetics. As for Spanish, it is based on the Latin alphabet, not the Cyrillic alphabet, however, the sounds in it are also close to the sound of Russian words.
When a person speaks Spanish well enough, when reading on it, he does not notice any “ridiculous” phrases, since his brain is completely immersed in the Hispanic environment. If we consider a separate Spanish word and perceive its sound in relation to Russian, then some ridiculous associations may arise. One such example is the "egg" in Spanish. Let us further consider how this word is spelled and pronounced.
Spanish egg translation
We are talking about chicken, duck, ostrich and any other egg that the bird laid. In Spanish, this word is spelled huevo. Everyone in him will see a familiar, obscene word, but here everything 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 elementary grades. In English, the letter h [heych] is read in almost all words as [x [(have - [hev]). If you translate this rule into Spanish, then we get an obscene word.
“Swearing” is added to the word huevo 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 [c], respectively. Knowing all this, the Russian man always laughs when he sees the inscription huevo.
Spanish egg pronunciation
The correct pronunciation of the word huevo is [uevo [, that is, the letter h ([ache]) is not read, is omitted. The fact is that in Spanish h is practically atavism. It is not readable not only in the word huevo, but also in any other words and in any positions. Another funny word is also associated with it - huesos ("bones"). Here we get the pronunciation of [Wesos] again.
In the word huevo, the letters u, e form a diphthong - two adjacent vowels that are read in one sound. This diphthong is pronounced incrementally from [y] to [e], that is, the stressed syllable falls on [e] ([uE]). In the video below, you can listen to how a Hispanic woman pronounces this word.
As for the letter h, it is not completely useless, as one might think. It affects the pronounced sound only in one case, when it is faced with the letter c. In this situation, a sound should be made [h]. For example, coche - [koche] (car, car) or another funny word - concha - [koncha] (shell, this word is also used for the name of a girl who sounds affectionately Conchita).
Other "eggs" in Spanish
Opening more fully the topic of the article, we give a few more Spanish words that can be translated into Russian like an egg, but it may already have a different meaning and a different shade. These words are as follows:
- óvulo [ovulo] - an egg or ovary (female genitalia);
- testículos [testiculos] - testicle related to the male reproductive system;
- cojón [kohon] - the same as in the previous case, only expressed in a more rude form.
Note that in the word cojón the letter j reads like [x]. Thanks to her, a couple of funny words can be called: Julia [Julia] - Julia or Julia, jueves [hueves] - Thursday.
Despite the words above, we repeat that when reading Spanish literature and immersion in the environment, the perception of the language changes a lot, and the Spanish phrases are heard concise, clear and beautiful: mi huevo ya está cocido [mi uevo ya est cosido] - my egg has already been boiled .