el alfabeto the spanish alphabet is very much like your own
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El alfabeto
The Spanish alphabet is very much like your own.
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Las Vocales
ah
Like the a in father
•Ana
•sala
•casa
•blanca
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Las Vocales
eh
Like the e in met
•leche
•elefante
•ella
•Elsa
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Las Vocales
eee
Like the i in machine
•Isabel
•Ines
•lista
•Elisa
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Las Vocales
ohh
Like the o in obey
•poco
•loco
•pronto
•Paco
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Las Vocales
oooo
Like the u in rule or oo in boot
•luna
•mucha
•muchacha
•lunes
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Culture…
El burro sabe mas que tu.
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The rest of the alphabet….
not quite as explosive as in the English alphabet. bebe; bebé
ce
a
be
1. soft c like c in cent or s in sent. (before the vowels e or i) principal, precio, cesta
2. hard c like in can’t or the letter k. (before all other letters) poco, cinco
abuela,Ana
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Like the ch in church chico,coche, cucarachache
1. Like d in dog – after n or / at the beginning of a word dedo,dado, dar
2. Like a th – within a word & at the end of a word. nada, ensalada, Usted; Madrid
de
e elefante,leche, Eva
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Like the f in fork familia,feo, felizefe
1.soft g like h in hint or house (before the vowels e & i) gente, geometría, general
2.hard g like g in go or gum (before all other letters) goma, tengo, garage
ge
hache
The letter h is never pronounced. hola, hora, Bohórquez
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Familia, felizi
Like h in house but stronger junio, julio, jamón
jota
ka kilo,kilometro (in foreign words)
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Lola, limón, Limaele
Like yes or year
tortilla, ella, ellos
elle
eme Mario, mi, manzana, melón
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no, nombre, ningunoene
Similar to ny in canyon niño, año, otoño
ene
o ojo, oranguntán
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Pepe, para, papape
Like the c in come queso, que, Quito, quién
(Always followed by ue or ui)
“Quique which is the nickname Enrique has the 2 sounds)
*cu
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1. Like dd of Teddy or tt of Betty. pero, ahora, caro
2. Like rr at the beginning of a word or after letters l, n, or s. rojo, ratón, alrededor
ere
Very strong perro, ahorra, carro
erre
ese son, somos, solo
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té, toma, Tijuanate
uva, huevo, unicornio u
ve Pronounced like the b favor, vaso, vino
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doble v
equis
This letter is only found in foreign words. Washington
Like the x in exam excelente, examen, próximo, explicar, extraño
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i griega
zeta
1. Like the letter i when by itself and at the end of a word. hoy,muy, y
2. Like the y in yes otherwise
ya, yeso, yodo
Like the s (in Spain like a th) zapatos, zorro
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Notes
• ch and ll were separate letters of the alphabet until April of 1994 when La Real Academia Espanola (sort of like a grammar police) voted to eliminate them as separate letters.
• Older dictionaries will have them in their own section – ch after c and ll after l.
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Practica
Spell the following words using the Spanish alphabet.
1. Your first name2. Your last name
Example:
Pazmiño
Pe – a – zeta – eme- i – eñe - o