The Spanish Alphabet

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The Spanish Alphabet

• El alfabeto

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Some 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

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Aa
ah amigo, manzana
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Bb
bay
Bolígrafo
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Soft 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
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Ch
chay
Chico
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Dd
day
Dos
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Ee
A
elefante
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Ff
f-ay
Falda
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Soft 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!
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NEVER PRONOUNCED!!!
Hh
Hola, ahora Pronounce the vowel after!
ah-chay
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Ii
eee
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Pronounced like an Hyes you do make the H sound
with this letter gt.gt
Jj
junio, julio
ho-ta
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Kk
kah
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Ll
L-ay
Lola, Lima, limón
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ll
Pronounced like a Y, as in yes or
year Tortilla Ella Ellos
ay-yay, ay-jay, el-yay
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Mm
emm-ay
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Nn
enn-ay
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Ny sound, like in canyon or ni in onion
España año
ñ
en-yay
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Oo
oh
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Pp
pay
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Qq
coo
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Rr
air-ay
Pero, para, rápido
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Many are unable to roll their rs right away, so
if you cant, dont worry ?
rr
airr-ay (roll tongue)
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Ss
essay
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Tt
tay
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Uu
oo
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Pronounced like B, but slightly more soft
Vv
vay
vaso
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Ww
doblah- vay, doblah-oo
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Exam, extraño, excelente
Xx
eh-kees
may be pronounced like a j in some words
México, Texas
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Pronounced like 1. the letter i at the end
of a word (hoy) 2. like the y in yes (ya)
Yy
ig-ree-egg-ah
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Pronounced like the letter s In Spain,
pronounced like the letters th (lisp)
Zz
seta
Zapatos, zorro
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Que Bueno!
You are now a master of the alfabeto