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Rh - of change to something resembling the sound '-ch-', and we normally say something like 'donou'. In the dialog of this Unit, you will find a change of thekind called a reduction, or 'shortening'. Here are the two words.

(a) (a)(b) (b)

69. In normal speech, there is this reduction. (a)(a)(a+b)(a+b)

70. Here is another example from the dialog of a change. First, listen to the two words said separately. (a) (b)(a) (b)

71. Listen to the combination. (a)(b)(a+b)(a+b)

72. In order to 'pin-point' it more clearly, let's illustrate this by using word (a) but followed only by the first sound of word (b). (a)(-)(a+-)(a+-)

73. Finally, here it is again, in its natural form. (a)(b)(a+b(a+b)

74. (You are now ready to begin learning the dialog.)

Every Unit will have a conversation in Spanish which must be memorized. To help you achieve this memorization, the conversation has been recorded in four different manners, each of which is a progression toward :

Before working each Step, ·