pronunciation rules

Spanish Pronunciatio

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Learning How to Pronounce Spanish

In English, each vowel can have different pronunciations depending on the sentence in which it is located.

go (g-oh)goose (goo-s)

In Spanish each vowelhas only

no matter where it is located.

onesound

a - ahh as in allrighte - eh as in everyonei - eee as in eato - oh as in ohiou - ooo as in supery - eee as in really

The letter v is pronounced like a b in English

vaca (bah-cah)

The letters ll are pronounced like a y in English

pollo (poh-yoh)

The letter l is pronounced the same as it is in English

flor (floh-r)

The r is rolled when found at the beginning or end of a word

rubio (rrooo-bee-oh)mar (marr)

The letters rr are also rolled

perro (pehrr-oh)

The curly line or tilda over the letter n - ñ, is pronounced like the letters ny in English

piña (peen-yah)

The letter j is pronounced like h; the g is also pronounced like h when found within a word

jamón (hah-mohn)inteligente (eeen-tehl-eee-hen-tay)

qué (kay)casa (kah-sah)

The letters qu are pronounced like the letter k in Spanish; so is the letter c

The letter z is pronounced like the letter s in Spanish

taza (tahs-ah)

The letter h is never pronounced in Spanish; it is always silent

hola(oh-lah)

accentsSPANISH USES ACCENTS OR

STRESSED VOWELS TO HELP WITH THE PRONUNCIATION OF

WORDS- when a vowel has an accent you are to stress the letter in that word

- in other words, you give that vowel more emphasis than the other vowels- matemáticas - mah-tay-mah-tee-cahs