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08-30-2006, 01:34 PM
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E hielo
Dear Spanish translators,
Could you please tell me if "e hielo" is the correct way to say it? I mean, sould I say "y hielo" o "e hielo"?? Thank you in advance, Jack  |
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08-30-2006, 02:40 PM
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y hielo
Hello. I believe there's a rule that states that before a word that starts with "hi-", you have to use "y".
You can hear it all the time on TV when they advertise wonderful food for you with "vitaminas y hierro", no one says "vitaminas e hierro". 
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08-30-2006, 02:43 PM
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y hielo
Yes, I´d definitely say "y hielo" ...
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08-30-2006, 03:28 PM
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Jack,
In Butt and Benjamin's A NEw Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (23.7) it reads: [...] it is written and pronounced e before a word beginning with a pure i sound, e.g. Miguel e Ignacio, padre e hijos, but not before words beginning with a y sound: carbón y hierro, etc., and not always at the head of a sentence: ¿Y Ignacio? Hope it helps, Vero |
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08-30-2006, 04:03 PM
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Excepción a la regla
Debes usar "y" hielo, no "e" hielo.
Entiendo que la regla es que "y" toma la forma "e" ante palabras que empiezan por el sonido /i/ como por ejemplo: aguja e hilo, linda e irresistible  Pero, cuando al sonido /i/ le sigue una vocal con la que forma diptongo como es el caso de hielo o hierro se debe usar "y" y no "e". En otras palabras, es una excepción a la regla. Espero sirva....  |
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08-31-2006, 07:45 AM
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Thank you all!
Thank you all of you for your help!!
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Excellent work! una excepción a la regla, yo no tenía idea. |
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