2. Spanish Sounds

3. Vowels The vowel sounds never change in Spanish

4. Words starting with vowels

5. abeja

6. elefante

7. iglesia

8. oveja

9. uvas

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11. abeja elefante iglesia ovejauvas

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14. Consonants Some are pronounced differently to English consonants

15. casa hard ‘c’ before ‘a’

16. cerdo soft ‘c’ before ‘e’ like ‘th’ in the word ‘thin’

17. ciclista soft ‘c’ before ‘i’ like ‘s’ in English

18. coche The Spanish ‘ch’ is pronounced like the ‘ch’ in the word ‘church’

19. conejo hard ‘c’ before ‘o’

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21. casacerdo ciclista cocheconejo

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24. cucaracha hard ‘c’ before ‘u’

25. gato hard ‘g’ before ‘a’

26. genio ‘g’ before ‘e’ like ‘h’ in English

27. gimnasio ‘g’ before ‘i’ like ‘h’ in English

28. gordo hard ‘g’ before ‘o’

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30. cucurachagato genio gimnasio gordo

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33. gusano ‘hard’ g before u

34. helado ‘h’ is a silent letter in Spanish

35. jirafa ‘j’ in Spanish sounds like ‘h’ in English

36. amarillo ‘ll’ in Spanish sounds like ‘y’ sound in English

37. señorita ‘ñ’ is like ‘ny’ sound in English

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39. gusanohelado jirafa amarilloseñorita

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42. ratón ‘r’ at the beginning of a word has a vibrating sound

43. perro ‘rr’ has a vibrating sound too

44. ventana ‘b’ and ‘v’ are pronounced exactly alike in Spanish

45. xilófono ‘x’ at the start of a word is a bit like ‘s’ sound in English

46. zumo ‘z’ in Spanish sounds like ‘th’ in the English word ‘thin’

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48. ratónperroventana xilófono zumo

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