Spanish Alphabet Pronunciation

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Spanish Alphabet Pronunciation
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Differences between English and Spanish

• More letters in Spanish alphabet (30) (29)
• Different pronunciations
• Letter sounds dont change!!

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Vowels

• Aah (father)
• Eeh (day)
• Iee (feet)
• Ooh (go)
• Uoo (fool)

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REPITE, POR FAVOR

• A,E,I,O,U
• (Ah, eh, ee, oh, oo)

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REMEMBER

• These sounds never change!!

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• A a
• B be
• C ce
• CH che
• D de
• E e
• F efe
• G ge
• H hache
• I i

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• J jota
• K ka
• L ele
• LL elle
• M eme
• N ene
• Ñ eñe
• O o
• P pe
• Q cu

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• R ere
• RR Doble ere
• S ese
• T te
• U u
• V ve
• W doble u / doble v
• X equis
• Y i griega
• Z zeta

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Vowel Practice

• Pronounce the following nonsense words,
  remembering that vowel sounds dont change!
• abatanama
• nebebe
• itipidi
• otopo
• umugumu

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More vowel practice . . .

• Pronounce the words, remembering the sounds of
  the vowels!
• tulemendu
• sanebini
• adotute
• ducatebilo

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Consonants

• Most sound similar to English
• Some are different . . .

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La letra H (Hache)

• H is always silent !
• Pronounce
• Hamaca (hammock)
• Helado (ice cream)
• Hilo (thread)
• Hormiga (ant)
• Humanidad (humanity)

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La Letra J (Jota)

• J sounds like a hard English H.
• Pronounce
• Jalea (jelly)
• Jefe (chief, leader)
• Jirafa (giraffe)
• Joven (young person)
• Jugo (juice)

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La letra LL (elle)

• In most countries, the ll makes a y sound.
• Pronounce
• calle (street)
• bella (beautiful)
• silla (chair)
• olla (pan)

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La letra ñ (eñe)

• Makes a ny sound
• Pronounce
• pestañas (eyelashes)
• montaña (mountain)
• baño (bathroom)
• años (years)

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La letra R (ere)

• Makes a soft d sound
• (If the letter r starts a word, roll it!)
• Pronounce
• sendero (path)
• jarabe (syrup)
• barato (cheap)

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La Letra RR (erre)

• Always roll the rr
• Pronounce
• carro (car)
• perro (dog)
• ferrocarril (railroad)

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La Letra Z (Zeta)

• In most countries, the Z sounds like the
  English S
• In Spain, the Z makes a th sound
• Pronounce
• Zapato (shoe)
• Bostezo (yawn)
• Pizarra (chalkboard)
• Zanahoria (carrot)

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Special Letter C (ce)

• Sounds like s if followed by e or I
• (th sound in Spain)
• Sounds like k if followed by any other letter
• Casa (house)
• Caracol (seashell)
• Celoso (jealous)
• Ciencias (science)
• Cicatriz (scar)

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Special Letter G (ge)

• Sounds like h if followed by e or i
• Sounds like g in girl if followed by any other
  letter
• Gaviota (seagull)
• Gallo (rooster)
• General (general)
• Gimnasio (gymnasium)
• Gigante (giant)

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Tough Word 1

• Bacatepocupipo

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Tough Word 2

• enchadubanono

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Tough Word 3

• Nillopoturola

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Last Tough Word

• Zadepacucecalliñocherra

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La Tarea

• Find a written Spanish sentence and be ready to
  read it to the class tomorrow with perfect
  pronunciation.
• You can now pronounce any Spanish word!