Post on 10-Dec-2015
The Spanish Alphabet
“El alfabeto”
Some notes on the Spanish alphabet…
• In English, sometimes vowels take on different pronunciations
• Pronounce the following words:– through, threw – water, later– roaring, pouring
• In Spanish, 99.99999999% of the time, vowels keep the same pronunciation, making it very easy to pronounce the word if you know how each letter is pronounced
Los Vocales- Vowels
a- e- i- o- u¡El burro sabe más que tú!
Aa[ah]
Árbol
Bb[be]
Bebé
Cc[se]
Sounds like English “S” when before “e” or “i”
-cepillo, precio, cenar
-camiseta, carro
Ch[che]
Chimichanga
Dd[de]
Dos
Ee[eh]
Elefante
Ff[efe]
Flor
Gg[he] Gato
Sounds like English “H” before “e” or “i”
- angel, gigante, gemelos
Hh[ache]
ALWAYS silent
Helado
Ii[ea]
isla
Jj[hota]
Sounds just like English “h”
Jalapeño
Kk[kah]
Very rarely used
kilómetro
Ll[ele]
Limón
ll[eye]
Sounds like English “y”
Llave
Mm[eme]
Mango
Nn[ene]
Niña
ñ[enye]
Piñata
Oo[oh]
Ojos
Pp[pe]
Perro
Qq[coo]
Always followed by a “ue” or “ui”
Sounds like “k” or “c”
Queso
Rr[ere]
Rana
rr[erre] (roll tongue)
Correr
Ss[ese]
Silla
Tt[teh]
Taco
Uu[oo]
Ustedes
Vv[ve]
Sounds like “B”
Viajar
Ww[doble oo]
Found only in foreign words
George W. Bush
Xx[eh-kees]
Most of the time sounds like English “X”
Sometimes sounds like English “H”
Explicar---- Xavier
Yy[i-gri-e-ga]
Payaso
Zz[seta]
Sounds like English “S”
Zapatos
¡Que Bueno!You are now a master of the alfabeto…