1. El abecedario Español 1 – Leccion Preliminar Essential question: How do I pronounce the alphabet in Spanish?

2. Did you know? The Spanish alphabet has more than your standard 26 letters!! The letters ‘k’ and ‘w’ are sometimes not considered part of the Spanish alphabet since they almost always appear in words that originated outside of the Spanish language!!! ◦Kárate ◦Wafle

3. A=a (“ah” as in all ) avi ó n

4. B = be (pronounced bay) like English b bota

5. C = ce (pronounced say) “k” sound, except for “ce” and “ci” which make the “s" sound carro C = ce (pronounced say) “k” sound, except for “ce” and “ci” which make the “s" sound carro

6. D = de (pronounced day) put tongue on back of teeth disco compacto

7. E=e (“eh” as in end ) elefante

8. F=efe (pronounced ehfay) fruta

9. G=ge (pronounced hey) hard “g” sound as in go, except “ge” and “gi” which make the “h” sound gato

10. H=hache (no sound) helado

11. I=i (“ee” as in eel) iglesia

12. J=jota (pronounced hotah) English “h” but more gutturalo sound jarra

13. K=ka (pronounced kah) like the English k kayak

14. L=ele (pronounced ehlay) like English l leche

15. LL=elle (pronounced ehyay) like English y Lluvia

16. M=eme (pronounced ehmay) like English m manzana

17. N=ene (pronounced ehnay) like English n nariz

18. Ñ=eñe (pronounced ehnyay) like the English ny in canyon ñu

19. O=o (pronounced oh as in boat) ocho

20. P=pe (pronounced pay) like the English p, but less aspirated perro

21. Q=cu (pronounced coo) like the English k queso

22. R=ere (pronounced ehray) like the English d; put tongue on palate just above front teeth rat ó n When 2 r’s are together like in perro, the rr is trilled; words that start with R are trilled also

23. S=ese (pronounced ehsay) like the English s Sopa

24. T=te (pronounced tay) almost a “th” sound; tongue is slightly between teeth tigre

25. U=u (pronounced “oo” as in pool) uñas

26. V=ve, ve pequeña (pronounced bay) like the English b, though sometimes a softer sound; never English v vaca

27. W=doble ve (pronounced dohbley bay) like the English w; used only in words of foreign origin wafle

28. X=equis (pronounced ehkeys) makes a “gs” sound; an “h” sound in Mexican words of Indian origin xilófono

29. Y=i griega (pronounced ee gree-eh-gah ) like the English “y”; sometimes is a vowel and makes the “ee” sound yogur

30. Z=zeta (pronounced saytah) like the English “s” zapato