Bellringer 8/31

• Take out a half sheet, put your name on it, and tell me the following:

• Which of the following do you have at home: computer, internet, printer, newspaper

• Tell me 3 interesting things about yourself

• Tell me YOUR cell phone number and e-mail address (if you have either)

El alfabeto

In English, sounds AND letters of the alphabet are just one letter. In Spanish, each letter is spelled out, except for the vowels. For example, if I were giving a quiz on letters, if I said “eme,” you would just write “m.”

a“ah” (a)

Spanish letter

English letterHow it sounds

be“bay” (b)

ce“say” (c)

che“chay” (ch)

de“day” (d)

e“eh”(e)

efe“eh-fay” (f)

ge“hay” (g)

hache“ah-chay” (h)

i“ee” (i)

jota“ho-tah” (j)

ka“kah” (k)

ele“ellay” (l)

elle“eh-yay” (ll)

eme“eh-may” (m)

ene“eh-nay”(n)

eñe“eh-nyay” (ñ)

o“oh” (o)

pe“pay” (p)

cu“koo”(q)

ere“eh-rray” (r)

erre“eh-rrrray” (rr)

ese“eh-say” (s)

te“tay”(t)

u“oo” (u)

ve“vay” (v)

uve doble

“oovay doblay” (w)

equis“eh-kees”(x)

i griega

“ee gree-eh-gah” (y)

zeta“zay-tah” (z)

Los vocales

The sounds that the vowels make in Spanish can get a little confusing.

A - “ah”- “father”

E - “eh”- “they”

I - “ee”- “police”

O - “oh”- “low”

U - “oo”- “sue”

PunctuationQuestion marks and exclamation points are placed upside down at the beginning of a question or exclamation. ¿ ? ¡ !

Why?

Accent marks are tilted lines placed over vowels. They indicate that you should put emphasis on that syllable. á é í ó ú

Why are they important?

A wavy line over the letter “n” is called a tilde. “ñ” = “ny” in canyon

You may sometimes (not often) see the letter “u” with two dots over it. To pronounce this letter in “pingüino,” you would say “peen-gwee-noh.” Without the two dots, it would be pronounced “peen-gee-noh.”

Commas and periods in numerals are opposite of what we are used to in English.

$1.50=1,50 1,234,567=1.234.567