The Spanish Alphabet “El alfabeto”
Some notes on the Spanish alphabet… In English, sometimes vowels take on different pronunciations In Spanish, 99.99999999% of the time, vowels keep the same pronunciation, making it very easy to pronounce the word if you know how each letter is pronounced
Aa [ah] amigo, manzana
Bb [be] Bolígrafo
Cc [ce]
Ch [che] Chico
Dd [de] Dos
Ee [e] elefante
Ff [efe] Falda
Garage, goma, tengo Gg [ge]
NEVER PRONOUNCED!!! Hh [ache]
I i [i]
J j junio, julio [ jota]
K k [ka]
L l [ele] Lola, Lima, limón
LL **Pronounced like a Y, a Tortilla Ella Ellos [elle]
M m [eme]
N n [ene]
Ny sound, like in España año Ñ ñ ` [eñe]
O o [oh]
P p [pe]
Q q [ku]
R r [ere] Pero, para, rápido
rr [erre] (roll tongue)
S s [ese]
T t [te]
U u [u]
Pronounced like B, but slightly more soft V v [ve] vaso
Ww [doble ve ]
X x [equís] exámen extraño, excelente *may be pronounced like a jota in some words– México, Texas
Yy [ye] *Pronounced like: 1. the letter i at the end of a word (hoy) 2. like the y in yes (ya) Yy [ye]
Z z [zeta] Zapatos, zorro *Pronounced like the letter s *In Spain, pronounced like the letters th (lisp) Z z [zeta] Zapatos, zorro
¡Que Bueno! You are now a master of the alfabeto…