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