The Spanish Alphabet “El alfabeto”.

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1 The Spanish Alphabet “El alfabeto”

2 Some notes on the Spanish alphabet…
In English, sometimes vowels take on different pronunciations In Spanish, % of the time, vowels keep the same pronunciation, making it very easy to pronounce the word if you know how each letter is pronounced

3 Aa [ah] amigo, manzana

4 Bb [be] Bolígrafo

5 Cc [ce]

6 Ch [che] Chico

7 Dd [de] Dos

8 Ee [e] elefante

9 Ff [efe] Falda

10 Garage, goma, tengo Gg [ge]

11 NEVER PRONOUNCED!!! Hh [ache]

12 I i [i]

13 J j junio, julio [ jota]

14 K k [ka]

15 L l [ele] Lola, Lima, limón

16 LL **Pronounced like a Y, a Tortilla Ella Ellos [elle]

17 M m [eme]

18 N n [ene]

19 Ny sound, like in España año Ñ ñ ` [eñe]

20 O o [oh]

21 P p [pe]

22 Q q [ku]

23 R r [ere] Pero, para, rápido

24 rr [erre] (roll tongue)

25 S s [ese]

26 T t [te]

27 U u [u]

28 Pronounced like B, but slightly more soft V v [ve] vaso

29 Ww [doble ve ]

30 X x [equís] exámen extraño, excelente
*may be pronounced like a jota in some words– México, Texas

31 Yy [ye] *Pronounced like: 1. the letter i at the end of a word (hoy)
2. like the y in yes (ya) Yy [ye]

32 Z z [zeta] Zapatos, zorro *Pronounced like the letter s
*In Spain, pronounced like the letters th (lisp) Z z [zeta] Zapatos, zorro

33 ¡Que Bueno! You are now a master of the alfabeto…