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El alfabeto

The Spanish alphabet is verymuch like your own.


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Las Vocales

ah

Like the a in father

Ana

sala

casa

blanca


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Las Vocales

eh

Like the e in met

leche

elefante

ella

Elsa


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Las Vocales

eee

Like the i in machine

Isabel

Ines

lista

Elisa


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Las Vocales

ohh

Like the o in obey

poco

loco

pronto

Paco


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Las Vocales

oooo

Like the u in rule oroo in boot

lunamucha

muchacha

lunes


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Culture

El burro sabe mas que tu.


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The rest of the alphabet.

not quite as explosive as in

the English alphabet.bebe; beb

ce

a

be

1. soft c like c in cent or s insent. (before the vowels e or i)principal, precio, cesta

2. hard c like in cant or theletter k. (before all otherletters) poco, cinco

abuela,Ana


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Like the ch in churchchico,coche, cucarachache

1. Like d in dog after n or / at thebeginning of a word dedo,dado,

dar2. Like ath within a word & at the

end of a word.nada, ensalada, Usted; Madrid

de

e elefante,leche, Eva


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Like the f in forkfamilia,feo, felizefe

1.soft g like h in hint or house(before the vowels e & i)

gente, geometra, general2.hard g like g in go or gum

(before all other letters)goma, tengo, garage

ge

hache The letter h is neverpronounced.hola, hora, Bohrquez


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Familia, felizi

Like h in house but strongerjunio, julio, jamnjota

ka kilo,kilometro (in foreign words)


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Lola, limn, Limaele

Like yes or yeartortilla, ella, elloselle

eme Mario, mi, manzana, meln


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no, nombre, ningunoene

Similar to ny in canyonnio, ao, otooene

o ojo, oranguntn

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Pepe, para, papa

pe

Like the c in comequeso, que, Quito, quin

(Always followed by ue or ui)Quique which is the nickname

Enrique has the 2 sounds)

*cu


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1. Like dd of Teddy or tt ofBetty.

pero, ahora, caro2. Like rr at the beginning of a

word or after letters l, n, or s.rojo, ratn, alrededor

ere

Very strongperro, ahorra, carro

erre

ese son, somos, solo


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t, toma, Tijuanate

uva, huevo, unicorniou

ve Pronounced like the bfavor, vaso, vino


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doble v

equis

This letter is only found in foreignwords. Washington

Like the x in exam excelente,

examen, prximo, explicar,extrao


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i griega

zeta

1. Like the letter iwhen by itselfand at the end of a word.hoy,muy, y

2. Like the y in yes otherwise

ya, yeso, yodo

Like the s (in Spain like a th)

zapatos, zorro


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Notes

ch and ll were separate letters of thealphabet until April of 1994 when LaReal Academia Espanola(sort of like a

grammar police) voted to eliminate themas separate letters.

Older dictionaries will have them intheir own section ch after c and llafter l.


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Practica

Spell the following words using the Spanish alphabet.

1. Your first name2. Your last name

Example:

Pazmio

Pe a zeta eme- i ee - o

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