/a:/

-Approximate Castillian Production: It does not exist in Spanish. This sound and /ae/ and /^/ are a focus of confusion for begginers. Some Spanish people pronounce /g/ as a guttural instead of velar, specially between vowels, this /a/ is similar to English corresponding. e.g. Haga, traga, saga.

The importat aspect is to give double quiantity, because it's a long vowel.


-Most important spelling that represent /a:/:

 1. a: ask, grass, car
 2. er, ear: clerk, heart
 3. al: half, calm
 4. au: aunt, laungh

Minimal Pairs