Title: The Spanish Alphabet
1The Spanish Alphabet
2Some notes on the Spanish alphabet
- In English, sometimes vowels take on different
pronunciations - Pronounce the following words
- back, bake
- water, later
- roaring, pouring
- In Spanish, 99.99999999 of the time, vowels keep
the same pronunciation, making it very easy to
pronounce the word if you know how each letter is
pronounced
3Aa
ah amigo, manzana
4Bb
bay
Bolígrafo
5Soft C sounds like sent or cent before the
vowels e or I precio, principal Hard C
sounds like cat or the letter k before all other
letters Cinco, poco
Cc
say
6Ch
chay
Chico
7Dd
day
Dos
8Ee
A
elefante
9Ff
f-ay
Falda
10Soft G sounds like h in hint or house before e
or I Hard G sounds like go before all other
letters
Garage, goma, tengo
Gg
hey!
11NEVER PRONOUNCED!!!
Hh
Hola, ahora Pronounce the vowel after!
ah-chay
12Ii
eee
13Pronounced like an Hyes you do make the H sound
with this letter gt.gt
Jj
junio, julio
ho-ta
14Kk
kah
15Ll
L-ay
Lola, Lima, limón
16ll
Pronounced like a Y, as in yes or
year Tortilla Ella Ellos
ay-yay, ay-jay, el-yay
17Mm
emm-ay
18Nn
enn-ay
19Ny sound, like in canyon or ni in onion
España año
ñ
en-yay
20Oo
oh
21Pp
pay
22Qq
coo
23Rr
air-ay
Pero, para, rápido
24Many are unable to roll their rs right away, so
if you cant, dont worry ?
rr
airr-ay (roll tongue)
25Ss
essay
26Tt
tay
27Uu
oo
28Pronounced like B, but slightly more soft
Vv
vay
vaso
29Ww
doblah- vay, doblah-oo
30Exam, extraño, excelente
Xx
eh-kees
may be pronounced like a j in some words
México, Texas
31Pronounced like 1. the letter i at the end
of a word (hoy) 2. like the y in yes (ya)
Yy
ig-ree-egg-ah
32Pronounced like the letter s In Spain,
pronounced like the letters th (lisp)
Zz
seta
Zapatos, zorro
33Que Bueno!
You are now a master of the alfabeto