2. El abecedario

3. Pronunciation Rules When a word ends in a consonant, stress the last syllable. (general – hen ehr AHL) When a word ends in a vowel, stress the second to last syllable. (muchacho = mu CHA cho) If another syllable needs to be stressed, an accent mark ( é ) is used. (Mar ía = Ma REE ah) Accent marks are only placed on vowels!!!!!!!!!! Only one accent mark is allowed in a word. Cognate – a word in Spanish that looks and sounds like the same word in English and means that word (example: foto = photo)

4. First 10 Letters Letter A B C Ch D E F G H I Name of Letter ah bay say chay day ay f fay hay ah chay ee

5. A=ah “ah” in all a vion

6. B = bay English “b” b ota

7. C = say “k” sound “ce” and “ci” make an “s" sound c arro c ielo

8. Ch = Chay “ch” in “chalk” Chico

9. D = day English “d” d isco compacto

10. E = ay “ay” in day e lefante

11. F = ef ay English “f” f ruta

12. G = hey hard “g” in go “ge” and “gi” make “h” sound Gato g igante

13. H = ah chay silent h elado

14. I = ee “ee” “eel” i glesia

15. Next 10 Letters Letter J K L LL M N Ñ O P Q Name of Letter hoe tah caw el lay ay yay m may n nay n yay oh pay coo

16. J = ho tah English “h” but more guttural jarra

17. K = kah English “k” k ayak

18. L= el ay English “L” l eche

19. LL = ay yay English “y” Ll uvia

20. M= em ay English “m” m anzana

21. N=ehn nay English “n” n ariz

22. Ñ=ehn yay like “ny” in canyon ñ u

23. O=oh “o” in “boat” o cho

24. P=pay English “P” p erro

25. Q=coo English “K” q ueso

26. Last 10 Letters Letter R RR S T U V W X Y Z Name of Letter air ay airray eh say tay oo vay doble bay ay keese ee gree eg ah say tah

27. R=air ay English “R” r aton

28. RR = airray (trilled strongly) burro There are no Spanish words that begin with “rr.”

29. S=eh say English “s” S opa

30. T=tay English “T” t igre

31. U=oo like “oo” in “pool” u ñas

32. V=vay English “b” v aca

33. W=dohblay bay English “W” w aflera

34. X=ay kees “h” sound xilófono

35. Y=ee gree eg ah English “Y” y ogur

36. Z=say tah English “s” z apato