El alfabeto / El abecedario

Why should we learn the

Spanish alphabet?

escribir, escribir,

¿Qué ya sabes del alfabeto

español?

¿Qué quieres saber del alfabeto

español?

Introducción

Al fin de esta lección, you will be

able to…

pronounce the vowels and give 3

pronunciation facts about them

say the alphabet in Spanish

give some important information

about the Spanish letters

compare the Spanish and English

alphabets

Al fin

Vowels (vocales)

a e i o u

mouth gets smaller as you say them

Each vowel has only one sound

“Short” sounds

El Alfabeto: Las Letras

Names in SpanishN (ene)

Ñ (eñe) ~ is a “tilde”

O

P (pe)

Q (cu)

R (ere)

*RR (erre) = trill tongue

S (ese)

T (te)

U

V (uve) = makes b/v sound

W(doble uve )

X (equis)

Y (ye)

Z (zeta) = s sound

A

B (be)

C (ce)

*CH (che)

D (de)

E

F (efe)

G (ge= hey!!)

H (hache)

I

J (jota) =J sounds like Eng “H”)

K (ka)

L (ele)

*LL (elle)

M (eme)

El Alfabeto: Las Letras

with English phonetic sound

c chCeh cheh

yeh

uuh- veh doble

uuh- veh

Alphabet chant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUcu9PUh9_A

(Alfabeto- Military Style)

Letras especiales:

ñ: only extra letter currently in the Spanish alphabet

• ch/ll/rr: although they are still “sounds” in Spanish,

these letters were removed from the alphabet

several years ago;

• h: silent

• ll: may be pronounced as /y/, /j/, or /zh/

• b & v : May have the same pronunciation (/b/);

• k & w: foreign letters; only in loan words

Acentos Escritos:

1. Where are written accents?

On some vowels

2. What do they do?

Indicates stress / emphasis on a syllable

EX: lápiz, éxito

3. How would I use it to spell aloud?

Á (“a” con acento), É Í Ó Ú

Cómo = c - o “con acento” – m - o

¿Quieres practicar más?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8MlEtSdJx0(la A suena A)

http://www.studyspanish.com/pronunciation/(click on the left side for specific sounds and topics

http://www.spanishspanish.com/alfabeto_ipower.html

http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_alphabet

http://www.spanish411.net/Spanish-Alphabet.asp

¿Quieres practicar más?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MECCt3

8QwEA (Salsa alphabet)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZA0

p45a18 (el abecedario y los animales)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahrfs7fq

Efw (Alfabeto para niños)

Conversación #1:

Asking about/ spelling names- ¿Cómo te llamas?

- Me llamo _________ (name).

- ¿Cómo se escribe _________ (name)?

- Se escribe __ - __ - __ - …. (spell out)

Conversación #2:

Vocabulario- ¿Cómo se dice “please” en español?

- Se dice “por favor” .

- ¿Cómo se escribe “por favor”?

- Se escribe __ - __ - __ - …. (spell out)

- NOW USE WITH OTHER “FRASES

IMPORTANTES” from your notes!

Can you…

pronounce the vowels and give 3

pronunciation facts about them?

say the alphabet in Spanish?

compare the Spanish and English

alphabets?

Al fin

El Alfabeto: Las Letras“Phonetic Name”

N en-ay

Ñ en-nyay ~ is a “tilde”

O oh

P pay

Q coo

R air-ay

RR air-rrrrray (trill tongue)

S es-say

T tay

U oo

V bay OR oo-bay/ vay

W doble bay OR doble oo OR ,bay doble

X ay-kees

Y ee-gree ay gah

Z say-tah

A ah

B bay

C say

*CH chay

D day

E ay

F ef-ay

G hay

H ah-chay

I ee

J ho-tah

K kah

L el-lay

*LL ay-yay

M em-ay