1. The Spanish Alphabet
“El alfabeto”

2. 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

3. Aa
[ah]
amigo, manzana

4. Bb
[bay]
Bolígrafo

5. *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 Cc
[say]

6. Ch
[chay]
Chico

7. Dd
[day]
Dos

8. Ee
[A]
elefante

9. Ff
[f-ay]
Falda

10. Gg [hey!] Garage, goma, tengo
*Soft G sounds like h in hint or house; before e or I
*Hard G sounds like go; before all other letters
Garage, goma, tengo Gg
[hey!]

11. Hh [ah-chay] NEVER PRONOUNCED!!! Hola, ahora
*Pronounce the vowel after!
[ah-chay]

12. Ii
[eee]

13. Pronounced like an H…yes you do make the H sound with this letter… >.>Jj
junio, julio
[ho-ta]

14. Kk
[kah]

15. Ll
[L-ay]
Lola, Lima, limón

16. ll [ay-yay, ay-jay, el-yay] **Pronounced like a Y, as in yes or year
Tortilla
Ella
Ellos
[ay-yay, ay-jay, el-yay]

17. Mm
[emm-ay]

18. Nn
[enn-ay]

19. Ny sound, like in canyon or ni in onion
España
año ñ
[en-yay]

20. Oo
[oh]

21. Pp
[pay]

22. Qq
[coo]

23. Rr
[air-ay]
Pero, para, rápido

24. rr [airr-ay] (roll tongue)
Many are unable to roll their r’s right away, so if you can’t, don’t worry  rr
[airr-ay]
(roll tongue)

25. Ss
[essay]

26. Tt
[tay]

27. Uu
[oo]

28. Pronounced like B,
but slightly more soft Vv
[vay]
vaso

29. Ww
[doblah- vay, doblah-oo]

30. Xx [eh-kees] Exam, extraño, excelente
*may be pronounced like a j in some words– México, Texas

31. Yy [ig-ree-egg-ah] *Pronounced like:
1. the letter i at the end of a word (hoy)
2. like the y in yes
(ya) Yy
[ig-ree-egg-ah]

32. Zz [seta] Zapatos, zorro *Pronounced like the letter s
*In Spain, pronounced like the letters th (lisp) Zz
[seta]
Zapatos, zorro

33. ¡Que Bueno!
You are now a master of the alfabeto…