1. Día 1: El Alfabeto Spanish Alphabet!

2. Spanish Alphabet Looks identical to English alphabet! Spanish Alphabet has a few more letters. Easy to remember! Practice makes perfect.

3. First Letter: A A « Ah » Father Ah-choo! *Try saying it out loud!

4. Second Letter: B B « Beh » Bake Bay Practice is key! Say all of these out loud!

5. Next letter… C C « Seh » Sounds like say, but is not the same thing!

6. Weird letter!! Ch Ch « Chey » **As of 1994, this is no longer an official letter in the Spanish alphabet. Fun fact: Really old Spanish dictionaries have a section for words that start with ch!

7. Next we have… D D « Deh » Day

8. Second vowel… E E « Eh » Egg Exit

9. Entonces (then)… F F « Efeh »

10. Quick practice Let’s review what we have so far. A B C Ch D E F AhBehSehChey Deh EhEfeh

11. Moving on… G G « Heh » Hey

12. Entonces… H H « Ah chey »

13. Entonces…I I « EE » This sounds exactly like “E” does in English! Evaluate Eat

14. Entonces… J J « Hota »

15. Entonces… K K « Kah » ¡Ay caramba! Polka dots

16. Mini review Quick recap G H I J K HehAh chey Ee Hota Kah

17. Next we have… L L « Eleh »

18. Next we have… Ll Ll « Ehyeh » **This is no longer an official letter of the Spanish alphabet either! It has a much different sound than two “L’s” put together

19. Entonces… M M « Emeh »

20. Entonces… N N « Eneh »

21. After comes… Ñ Ñ « Enyeh » ¡Ojo! Some words have this letter. This letter is not the same as N.

22. After comes… Ñ Ñ « Enyeh » ¡Ojo! Some words have this letter. This letter is not the same as N. Forgetting to put the tilde above the N in a word can actually Change the meaning of the word entirely! This squiggly line is called a tilde.

23. Entonces… O O « Oh » Okay Obama Sounds like the letter “O” in English!

24. Entonces… P P « Peh »

25. Quick practice Pronunciation guide. L Ll M N Ñ O P ElehEhyeh EmehEneh Enyeh OhPeh

26. Entonces… Q Q « Cu »

27. Entonces… R R « Ereh »

28. Entonces… Rr Rr « Erreh » **This is no longer an official letter either. This letter requires you to roll the r on your tongue. If you can’t do this at first, you are not alone. It make take a few weeks to be able to get the hang of it. Keep practicing and eventually you will get it

29. Entonces… S S « Eseh »

30. Entonces… T T « Teh »

31. Mini review Looking back Q R Rr S T Cu Ereh Eseh Teh

32. Entonces… U U « Oo »

33. Entonces… V V « Veh »

34. Entonces… W W « Doble veh » **There are not any Spanish words with W in them!! *Only places, names, and foreign words may have W in them.

35. Entonces… X X « Ekees »

36. Entonces… Y Y « Y egriega »

37. Por fin… Z Z « Zeta »

38. Vowels A E I O U Ah EhEe Oh Oo

39. Ready for the song?

40. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1DyAhNNsqQ

41. Tarea (Homework) Listen to the Spanish alphabet song. Sing along! Memorize the song! This song is extremely helpful and really helps you learn the alphabet.

42. Next lesson… Greetings ¿Cómo estás? TBA

43. Reference This looks much better in the word document.

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