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Español 1 – Leccion Preliminar Essential question: How do I pronounce the alphabet in

Spanish?

Did you know? Did you know? The Spanish alphabet has more than your

standard 26 letters!!

The letters ‘k’ and ‘w’ are sometimes not considered part of the Spanish alphabet since they almost always appear in words that originated outside of the Spanish language!!!◦Kárate ◦Wafle

A=a A=a ((“ah” as in all“ah” as in all )) aavivióónn

B = be B = be (pronounced (pronounced bay)bay)

like English blike English b bbotaota

C = ce C = ce (pronounced s(pronounced say)ay)

“k” sound, except for “ce” and “ci” which make the “s" “k” sound, except for “ce” and “ci” which make the “s" sound sound

ccarroarro

D = de D = de ((pronounced daypronounced day)) put tongue on back of teethput tongue on back of teeth ddisco compactoisco compacto

E=e E=e ((“eh” as in end“eh” as in end ) ) eelefantelefante

F=efe F=efe (pronounced ehfay)(pronounced ehfay) ffrutaruta

G=ge G=ge (pronounced hey)(pronounced hey) hard “g” sound as in go, except “ge” and “gi” which make hard “g” sound as in go, except “ge” and “gi” which make the “h” soundthe “h” sound

ggatoato

H=hacheH=hache (no sound)(no sound)

hheladoelado

I=i I=i (“ee” as in eel)(“ee” as in eel)

iiglesiaglesia

J=jotaJ=jota (pronounced hotah)(pronounced hotah) English “h” but more gutturalo sound English “h” but more gutturalo sound

jarrajarra

K=kaK=ka (pronounced kah)(pronounced kah)

like the English klike the English k

kkayakayak

L=ele L=ele (pronounced (pronounced ehlayehlay)) like English llike English l

llecheeche

LL=elle LL=elle (pronounced ehyay)(pronounced ehyay) like English ylike English y

LlLluviauvia

M=eme M=eme (pronounced ehmay)(pronounced ehmay)like English mlike English m

mmanzanaanzana

N=ene N=ene (pronounced (pronounced ehnayehnay)) like English nlike English n

nnarizariz

Ñ=eñe Ñ=eñe (pronounced (pronounced ehnyayehnyay)) like the English ny in canyonlike the English ny in canyon

ññuu

O=o O=o (pronounced (pronounced ohoh as in boat) as in boat) oochocho

P=pe P=pe (pronounced (pronounced paypay)) like the English p, but less aspiratedlike the English p, but less aspirated

pperroerro

Q=cu Q=cu (pronounced (pronounced coocoo))

like the English klike the English k qquesoueso

R=ere R=ere (pronounced ehray)(pronounced ehray)like the English d; put tongue on palate just above front like the English d; put tongue on palate just above front

teethteeth rratatóónnWhen 2 r’s are together like in perro, the rr is

trilled; words that start with R are trilled also

S=ese S=ese (pronounced (pronounced ehsayehsay))

like the English slike the English s SSopaopa

T=te T=te (pronounced (pronounced taytay))almost a “th” sound; tongue is almost a “th” sound; tongue is slightly between teeth slightly between teeth

ttigreigre

U=u U=u (pronounced (pronounced “oo” as in pool“oo” as in pool))

uuñasñas

V=ve, ve V=ve, ve pequeñapequeña (pronounced (pronounced baybay))like the English b, though sometimes a softer sound; never like the English b, though sometimes a softer sound; never English v English v

vvacaaca

W=doble ve W=doble ve (pronounced dohbley (pronounced dohbley bay)bay)like the English w; used only in words of foreign originlike the English w; used only in words of foreign origin

wwaaflefle

X=X=equisequis (pronounced (pronounced ehkeysehkeys))makes a “gs” sound; an “h” sound in Mexican words of Indian makes a “gs” sound; an “h” sound in Mexican words of Indian

originorigin xilófonoxilófono

Y=i griega Y=i griega (pronounced (pronounced ee gree-eh-ee gree-eh-gah gah ))like the English “y”; sometimes is a vowel and makes the like the English “y”; sometimes is a vowel and makes the “ee” sound“ee” sound

yyogurogur

Z=zetaZ=zeta (pronounced saytah)(pronounced saytah)like the English “s”like the English “s”

zzapatoapato