1. Apuntes: El alfabeto español
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Apuntes: El alfabeto español
Sustantivo (noun)
Adjetivo
The Spanish Alphabet
Adjective
Noun
Names of languages in Spanish will be lower case.
Notice the adjective and noun placement.

2. Los vocales: the vowels
A- That is both awkward and awesome at the same time!
E- The incredible edible egg.
I- Eek! I hate feet!
O- Okay!
U- Dude! You’re such an uber-goober!
Pronunciation of the vowels will never change. They only have 1 pronunciation. Compare that with English…
Read, read, red
Neighbor, father, ate, apple
The silent “e” does not exist in Spanish!
English: Late, Case
Presente
Staccato
Short and crisp

3. Los consonantes: the consonants B-D
B: Be* (be grande/larga)
Boy
Ba Be Bi Bo Bu
C: Ce
Soft “C” when followed by an E or an I… “cell phone”
Hard “C” when followed by an A, O or U… “cat”
Ca Ce Ci Co Cu
Ch: Che
Change
Cha Che Chi Cho Chu
D: De
Dear
Da De Di Do Du

4. Los consonantes: F-J E F: efe G: ge H: hache I J: jota Female
Fa Fe Fi Fo Fu
G: ge
Hard “G” when followed by a A, O, U or a consonant… “grade”
“H” sound when followed by and E or I… “hello”
Ga Ge Gi Go Gu
*Guerra …“gate”
*Guisantes …“geese”
H: hache
ALWAYS SILENT! … “Humble, Texas”
Ha He Hi Ho Hu I
J: jota
“H” sound all the time… “Hello”
Ja Je Ji Jo Ju
2nd period finished j

5. Los consonantes: K-M K: ka L: ele Ll: elle M: eme Kitten
Ka Ke Ki Ko Ku
Borrowed letter
L: ele
Land
La Le Li Lo Lu
Ll: elle
Tortilla or Yell
Lla Lle Lli Llo Llu
M: eme
Mommy
Ma Me Mi Mo Mu

6. Los consonantes: N-Q N: ene Ñ: eñe O P: pe Q: cu Nope Na Ne Ni No Nu
Canyon
Ña Ñe Ñi Ño Ñu
Aviso (Warning)
Ano is not año! Be careful!
One is a body part and the other means “year.” O
P: pe
Papa
Pa Pe Pi Po Pu (Go ahead and giggle.)
No burst of air
Q: cu
Haiku
Qua Que Qui Quo Qu
Kay and Key
6th period finished q

7. Los consonantes: R-T R: ere Rr: erre S: ese T: te U Pot o’ Tea trick*
Para ti
Ra Re Ri Ro Ru
Rr: erre
Rolled*
Rra Rre Rri Rro Rru
S: ese
Sea
Sa Se Si So Su
T: te
Tea
Ta Te Ti To Tu
No burst of air U

8. Los consonantes: V-Z V: uve* (ve, be chica/corta)
Boy
Va Ve Vi Vo Vu
W: doble u (doble v, uve doble*)
Whatever
Wa We Wi Wo Wu
Borrowed letter
X: equis
(ks) or “S”… “Taxi”
Y: i griega (ye*)
Yellow
Ya Ye Yi Yo Yu
Z: zeta
“S” sound not “Z” sound… “Saint”
Za Ze Zi Zo Zu

9. ¿Sabes?
In 1994, the Spanish alphabet was revised to eliminate most of the compound letters.
Therefore, the Spanish alphabet has all the letters of the English alphabet except for the additional ñ.
Most dictionaries still adhere to the traditional letters.
Many Latin American countries have not decided to follow Spain’s lead in this matter.
These traditional letters are used when spelling aloud.
It is important to know the original standard Spanish alphabet.