Using the B

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• Examples of use of the B
• Spelling rules for B

The Letter B It is the second of the Spanish alphabet and the first of the consonants. It is often called be tall, be long or be lipstick, to distinguish it from the V or go short. For example: blanco, busco, atribuir.

This grapheme is associated with a voiced bilabial stop sound, which is represented like this: / b /.

In the Spanish language, the differentiation between the sound of "be" and "ve" has been practically lost, unlike other languages ​​that also use the Latin alphabet, such as English or French, in which the short ve represents a sound voiced labiodental fricative (/ v /).

• See also: Words with B

Examples of use of the B

See also:

• Words with B and V
• Uses of V

Spelling rules for B

• Words that contain any of the following syllables are written with B and not V: bla- ble- bli- blo- blu- or bra- bre- bri- bro- bru, that is to say that the consonant groups are always 'bl' or 'br'. For example: orbflirt, breason.
• Always before another consonant, always write B (and not V). For example: it isbozar, arbol.
• Always after the M is written B, and after the letter N is always written V. For example: cambio, embwing, poison.
• B also carries the past imperfect of verbs ending in -ar and of the verb ‘ir’. For example: singsba, ibto.
• Verbs ending in –buir have B. For example: atribuir, distributebuir.
• Verbs ending in -bir have B. For example: I recentlybgo yourbgo. Exceptions: boil, serve, live, live together, revive.
• Words that end with suffixes have B -bunda, -bundo. For example: I diedbundo, nauseabunda.
• The words that begin with cub-, urb-, hab- and heb-. For example: cubor, habitation.
• Words with the prefixes bi- or bis- carry B. For example: bis-grandson, biombo
• B are words with the prefix bio-. For example: biology, biosphere.
• B are words with the prefix sub- For example: itsbearthly, hisblieutenant.
• Words with the prefix bibli- For example: blibrary, bibliographic.
• B are words with the prefixes bene, bien or bono. For example: benevolent, bunintentional
• The words ending in –Bility. For example: thisbility, hability. Exceptions: civility and mobility.

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