T HE S PANISH A LPHABET Señora Kimball. W HY LEARN THE S PANISH ALPHABET ? Helps with pronunciation and spelling Improves listening, speaking, reading,

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1 T HE S PANISH A LPHABET Señora Kimball

2 W HY LEARN THE S PANISH ALPHABET ? Helps with pronunciation and spelling Improves listening, speaking, reading, and writing (LSRW) skills Similar, but not the same as the English alphabet

3 Spanish speakers write their letters the same way that we do. The only difference is the way they sound. I will show you the pronunciation of the letters.

4 A=ah

5 B=bay Sometimes called bay grande

6 C=say

7 Ch=chay No longer a separate letter, but used in the song.

8 D=day

9 E=ay

10 F=f-ay

11 G=hay

12 H=ah- chay

13 I=ee

14 J=ho- tah

15 K=kah

16 L=L.A.

17 LL=ay- yay No longer a separate letter, but used in the song.

18 M=em ay

19 N=N.A

20 Ñ=N- ney

21 O=oh

22 P=pay

23 Q=coo

24 R=airay

25 RR=air - ray

26 S=essay

27 T=tay

28 U=oo

29 V=bay Sometimes called bay-chica

30 W=doh bley bay

31 X=ay- keys

32 Y=ee gree ay gah

33 Z=say- tah

34 W HY ARE THERE EXTRA LETTERS ? The English alphabet has 26 letters whereas the Spanish alphabet has 30. The four extra letters are: CH LL Ñ RR **Some letters can be confusing because they sound different in the Spanish alphabet. E I  H  Q  LL  V  RR

35 S ALUDOS Y D ESPEDIDAS

36 S ALUDOS Hello – ¡Hola! Good day – Buenos días Good afternoon – Buenas tardes Good night – Buenas noches

37 D ESPEDIDAS Goodbye – ¡Adiós! See you tomorrow – Hasta mañana See you later – Hasta luego Hasta la vista Nos vemos

38 “P LEASANTRIES ” - I T IS A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU … Nice to meet you – El gusto es mío Mucho gusto Encantado(a) Es un placer Same here - Igualmente

39 M EETING – P HRASES OF I NTRODUCTION Meet ……… - Te presento a …….. Ex. Bob, meet Teresa. Roberto, te presento a Teresa.

40 ¿C ÓMO SE ESCRIBE TU NOMBRE ? - Yo escribo R-A-U-L ¿Cómo escribes tu apellido? Yo escribo S-A-N-CH-E-Z

41 W HAT IS YOUR NAME ? ¿C ÓMO TE LLAMAS ? - INFORMAL ¿C ÓMO SE LLAMA U STED ? - FORMAL Me llamo _______. el nombre – first name el apellido – last name