{"id":36055,"date":"2024-07-12T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T11:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academiacontacto.com\/?p=36055"},"modified":"2024-07-12T11:32:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T11:32:07","slug":"difficulties-with-the-n-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academiacontacto.com\/es\/difficulties-with-the-n-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Difficulties with the \u00f1 in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul><li>a\u00f1ejo (very old, mature)<\/li><li>cari\u00f1oso (loving, affectionate)<\/li><li>casta\u00f1o (chestnut-colored)<\/li><li>ce\u00f1ido (tight-fitting)<\/li><li>da\u00f1ino (harmful)<\/li><li>desali\u00f1ado (scruffy)<\/li><li>estre\u00f1ido (constipated)<\/li><li>extra\u00f1o (strange)<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><\/li><\/ul><br \/><p>What do all these adjectives have in common? They contain the letter \u00d1. This peculiar letter carries a history full of curiosity, fascination and we are not surprised: it\u2019s so singular; it only exists in the Spanish language!<\/p><p>Many students who come to our Intensive Spanish Courses haven\u2019t even seen this symbol before (the same happens to us with certain cedillas as in French or Portuguese, and upper symbols in certain consonants, like in the Islandic language).<\/p><h2>Which are the origins of \u201c\u00f1\u201d? Discover the difficulties with the \u00f1<\/h2>Its roots can be found in medieval Latin. At that time, abbreviations of words started to be used to simplify writing of certain words. One of those was the combination of \u201cn\u201d and \u201cy\u201d overlapped, representing<br \/>the \/\u0272\/ sound in words like &#8220;anno&#8221;; (a\u00f1o = year) o &#8220;(dominyo = domains). As time went by, this combination fused together in a unique graphic form: the current &#8220;\u00f1&#8221;.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>By the way: it wasn\u2019t in the RAE dictionary until 1803. The letter &#8220;\u00f1&#8221;; has become a distinctive symbol of Hispanic identity and a brand recognized throughout the world.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>We are so glad that thanks to this letter we can have the Spanish expression \u201c\u00f1am \u00f1am\u201d to express when something is tasty! Ask your Intensive Spanish course teachers in Madrid for more expressions that include letter \u201c\u00f1\u201d!<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>If you come from another country, you may even not have it in your keyboard! So be aware that a word can completely change its meaning if you just type regular \u201cn\u201d. You may want to find it in your Microsoft Office symbol library beforehand \ud83d\ude09<br \/><p><br \/>If you have any questions or want to start learning the difficulties with the \u00f1 and other Spanish issues, <a href=\"https:\/\/academiacontacto.com\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a\u00f1ejo (very old, mature)cari\u00f1oso (loving, affectionate)casta\u00f1o (chestnut-colored)ce\u00f1ido (tight-fitting)da\u00f1ino (harmful)desali\u00f1ado (scruffy)estre\u00f1ido (constipated)extra\u00f1o (strange)What do all these adjectives have in common? They contain the letter \u00d1. This peculiar letter carries a history full of curiosity, fascination and we are not surprised: it\u2019s so singular; it only exists in the Spanish language!Many students who come to our Intensive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_joinchat":[]},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Learn about the difficulties with the \u00f1 in Spanish<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about the difficulties with the \u00f1 in Spanish. 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