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    How to say the Spanish alphabet

    (Los alfabetos/ ABECEDARIO)


    (Refer to page 10-11 of book also)

    Letter Name In action Letter Name In action

    A a araña (spider) Ñ eñe (en-yeh) niña (little girl)

    B be (bea) bota (boot) O o otoño (autumn)

    C ce (say for LatAm, thay for European) casa (home), cena (dinner) P pe (pay) perro (dog)

    D de (dei) dulce (candy/sweet) Q cu (ku) quesadilla (quesadilla)

    E e elefante (elephant) R erre (er-reh) radio (radio)

    F efe (eh-feh) fuego (fire) S ese (es-eh) sangría (sangria)

    G ge (hei) gallo (rooster), gente (people) T te (teh) tiburón (shark)

    H hache (ach-ay) hielo (ice) U u (oo) uvas (grapes)

    I i (ee) or i latina insecto (insect) V uve (oo-veh for European), ve corta, ve chica, or ve baja ventana (window)

    J jota (hotta) jirafa (giraffe) W uve doble (oo-veh dob-leh), doble uve, doble ve, or doble u wafle (waffle)

    K ka (ka) koala (koala) X equis (eh-kees) xenofobia (xenophobia)

    L ele (el-eh) libro (book) Y ye>/i> (LatAm) or i griega (Europen: ee-griega) yogur (yoghurt)

    M eme (em-eh) manzana (apple) Z zeta (the-ta/se-ta) zorro (fox)


    N ene (en-eh) nube (cloud)

    While the pronunciation of most letters will stay consistent, sometimes putting two letters together creates something unexpected.
    In Spanish, g varies its sound depending on the vowel that follows it.

    C+ vowels
    Before a, o, or u “c” as in “call, cone, cool” cama(bed), cosa (thing), cumbre (top of a mountain)

    Before i or e As “s- say” without exhaling cinco (five), cerca (five)

    Ch

    Ch, formerly the letter che, takes on the English “ch” sound you hear in “choo-choo’ or “cheese”. In Spanish, think chico or chica.

    Meanwhile, doble ele is pronounced a little differently depending on where you are in the world. It is most commonly pronounced as
    a ‘y’ throughout the Spanish-speaking world, as opposed to the ‘l’ in loco or lugar.

    G+ vowels
    Before a, o, or u “g” as in “good” gol (goal)

    Before i or e A raspy “kh” gente (people)


    Different pronunciations of Ll
    Y-sound

    pollo (poyo)

    lluvia (yuvia)

    Pronunciations of Q (que, qui)


    K-sound

    que sounds as ke- Querer

    qui sounds as ki- Quince

    Rr

    Next doble erre, which is ‘trilled’ – meaning rolled – for a distinctively Spanish sound. This is worth getting the hang of, since the
    trilled r can change the meaning of a word.

    Worth noting, as well, that a single r at the beginning of a word gets the same rolled treatment.

    Here are a few examples you can use to practise:

    Rolled

     Carro (car)
     Perro (dog)
     Burro (donkey)
     Ropa (clothing)

    Not rolled

     Caro (expensive)
     Pero (but)
     Buró (bureau)
     Arepa (arepa)

    And who could resist a word that uses both sounds? Carretera (highway).

    Last but not least, you have equis, which takes on a variety of sounds, Take a look:

    X
    x as ‘ks’ examen, taxi

    x as ‘h or kh’ México, Oaxaca (a city in Mexico)

    Y
    y as vowel (when it comes alone) ‘ee’ y (and)

    y as consonant Yo, ya

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