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Spanish Sounds
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The vowel sounds never change in Spanish
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Words starting with vowels
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a abeja
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e elefante
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i iglesia
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o oveja
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u uvas
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iglesia abeja elefante oveja uvas
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Some are pronounced differently to English consonants
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*c casa hard ‘c’ before ‘a’
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*c cerdo soft ‘c’ - ‘th’ sound before ‘e’ in Spanish and ‘s’ sound in Latin America
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*c ciclista soft ‘c’ - ‘th’ sound before ‘i’ in Spanish and ‘s’ sound in Latin America
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*ch coche The Spanish ‘ch’ is pronounced like the ‘ch’ in the word ‘church’
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*c conejo hard ‘c’ before ‘o’
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casa cerdo ciclista coche conejo
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*c cucaracha hard ‘c’ before ‘u’
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*g gato hard ‘g’ before ‘a’
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*g genio ‘g’ before ‘e’ like ‘h’ in English
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*g gimnasio ‘g’ before ‘i’ like ‘h’ in English
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*g gordo hard ‘g’ before ‘o’
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genio cucuracha gato gimnasio gordo
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*g gusano ‘hard’ g before u
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*h helado ‘h’ is a silent letter in Spanish
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*j jirafa ‘j’ in Spanish sounds like ‘h’ in English
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*ll amarillo ‘ll’ in Spanish sounds like ‘y’ sound in English
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*ñ señorita ‘ñ’ is like ‘ny’ sound in English
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jirafa gusano helado amarillo señorita
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*r ratón ‘r’ at the beginning of a word has a vibrating sound
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*rr perro ‘rr’ has a vibrating sound too
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*v ventana ‘v’- a soft, breathy ‘b’
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*x xilófono ‘x’ at the start of a word is a bit like ‘s’ sound in English
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*z zumo ‘z’ is ‘th’ sound in Spanish and like ‘s’ sound in Latin America
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ratón perro ventana zumo xilófono
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