The Spanish Alphabet El alfabeto Some notes on the Spanish alphabet… In English, sometimes vowels...
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The Spanish The Spanish Alphabet Alphabet “ “ El alfabeto” El alfabeto”
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The Spanish The Spanish AlphabetAlphabet
““El alfabeto”El alfabeto”
Some notes on the Spanish Some notes on the Spanish alphabet…alphabet… In English, sometimes vowels take on In English, sometimes vowels take on
different pronunciationsdifferent pronunciations Pronounce the following words:Pronounce the following words:
back, bakeback, bake water, laterwater, later roaring, pouringroaring, pouring
In Spanish, 99.99999999% of the time, In Spanish, 99.99999999% of the time, vowels keep the same pronunciation, vowels keep the same pronunciation, making it very easy to pronounce the making it very easy to pronounce the word if you know how each letter is word if you know how each letter is pronouncedpronounced
Aa[ah]
amigo, manzana
Bb[bey]
Bolígrafo
Cc[se]
*Soft C sounds like sent or cent; before the vowels “e” or “i” precio, principal
*Hard C sounds like cat or the letter k; before all other letters
Cinco, poco, como
Ch[che]Chico
Dd[dey]
Dos
Ee[e]elefante
Ff[effe]
Falda
Gg[hay]
*Soft G sounds like h in hint or house; before vowels “e” or “i” gigante, gesto
*Hard G sounds like go; before all other letters garage, goma
Garage, goma, tengo
Hh[ah-che]
NEVER PRONOUNCED!!!
Hola, ahora
*Pronounce the vowel after!
Ii[ee]
Jj[hota]
Pronounced like an H…yes you do make the H sound with this letter…
junio, julio
Kk[kah]
Ll[elay]Lola, Lima,
limón
ll[ay-yay]
**Pronounced like a Y, as in yes or year
TortillaEllaEllos
Mm[em-eh]
Nn[en-eh]
ñ[en-yay]
Ny sound, like in canyon or ni in onion
España
año
Oo[oh]
Pp[peh]
Qq[ku]
Rr[ere]
Pero, para, rápido
rr[errrrrre] (roll tongue)
Many are unable to roll their r’s right away, so if you can’t, don’t worry
Ss[ese]
Tt[te]
Uu[oo]
Vv[ve]
Pronounced like B, but slightly more soft
vaso
Ww[doblay ve]
Xx[eh-kees]
Exam, extraño, excelente
*may be pronounced like an English “H” in some words– México, Texas
Yy[ee-gre-egg-ah]
*Pronounced like: 1. the letter i at the end of a word (hoy) 2. like the y in yes
(ya)
Zz[zeta]
*Pronounced like the letter s
*In Spain, pronounced like the letters th (lisp)
Zapatos, zorro
¡Que Bueno!You are now a master of the alfabeto…
