El señor y la señora Dursley, que vivían en el número cuatro de Privet Drive, estaban orgullosos de decir que eran muy normales, afortunadamente. Eran las últimas personas que se esperaría encontrar relacionadas con algo extraño o misterioso, porque no estaban para tales tonterías.

El señor Dursley era el director de una empresa llamada Grunnings, que fabricaba taladros. Era un hombre corpulento y rollizo, casi sin cuello, aunque con un bigote inmenso.

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Let’s have a look at how to pronounce each word. Take into consideration the three rules

1. SUN rule – if a word ends in an s, an n or a vowel, you stress the syllable before last
2. If a word ends in any other letter, you stress the final syllable
3. If a word has an accent on any vowel, that’s the part of the word you stress

el – EL
señor – se-ÑOR
y – Y
la – LA
señora – se-ÑOR-a
que – QUE
vivían – vi-VÍ-an
en – EN
número – NÚ-me-ro
cuatro – CUAT-ro
estaban – es-TA-ban
orgullosos – or-gu-LLO-sos
decir – de-CIR
eran – E-ran
muy – MUY
normales – nor-MA-les
afortunadamente – a-for-tu-na-da-MEN-te
las – LAS
últimas – ÚL-ti-mas
personas – per-SO-nas
se – SE
esperaría – es-pe-ra-RÍ-a
encontrar – en-con-TRAR
relacionadas – re-la-ci-o-NA-das
con – CON
algo – AL-go
extraño – ex-TRA-ño
o – O
misterioso – mis-te-ri-O-so
porque – POR-que
estaban – es-TA-ban
para – PA-ra
tales – TA-les
tonterías – ton-te-RÍ-as
era – E-ra
director – di-rec-TOR
una – U-na
empresa – em-PRE-sa
llamada – lla-MA-da
fabricaba – fa-bri-CA-da
taladros – ta-LA-dros
hombre – HOM-bre
corpulento – cor-pu-LEN-to
rollizo – ro-LLI-zo
casi – CA-si
sin – SIN
cuello – CUE-llo
aunque – a-UN-que
bigote – bi-GO-te
inmenso – in-MEN-so

Just in case you were wondering what those words meant, let’s do a quick translation of those original sentences into English.

Mr and Mrs Dursley, who lived in number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were very normal, fortunately. They were the last people that you would expect to find connected with anything strange and mysterious, because they were not for such nonsense.

Mr Dursley was the manager of a company called Grunnings, which manufactured drills. He was a stout and stocky man, with almost no neck, though he had an immense moustache.