Da 1 El Alfabeto Spanish Alphabet Spanish Alphabet
Día 1: El Alfabeto Spanish Alphabet!
Spanish Alphabet • Looks identical to English alphabet! • Spanish Alphabet has a few more letters. • Easy to remember! • Practice makes perfect.
First Letter: A A Father « Ah » *Try saying it out loud! Ah-choo!
Second Letter: B Bake B « Beh » Practice is key! Say all of these out loud! Bay
Next letter… C Sounds like say, but is not the same thing! C « Seh »
Weird letter!! Ch **As of 1994, this is no longer an official letter in the Spanish alphabet. Ch « Chey » Fun fact: Really old Spanish dictionaries have a section for words that start with ch!
Next we have… D Day D « Deh »
Second vowel… E Egg E « Eh » Exit
Entonces (then)… F F « Efeh »
Quick practice Let’s review what we have so far. A B C Ch D E F Ah Deh Beh Seh Eh Chey Efeh
Moving on… G Hey G « Heh »
Entonces… H H « Ah chey »
Entonces…I Evaluate I « EE » This sounds exactly like “E” does in English! Eat
Entonces… J J « Hota »
Entonces… K Polka dots K « Kah » ¡Ay caramba!
Mini review Quick recap G H I J K Heh Ee Ah chey Hota Kah
Next we have… L L « Eleh »
Next we have… Ll **This is no longer an official letter of the Spanish alphabet either! Ll « Ehyeh » It has a much different sound than two “L’s” put together
Entonces… M M « Emeh »
Entonces… N N « Eneh »
After comes… Ñ ¡Ojo! Some words have this letter. This letter is not the same as N. Ñ « Enyeh »
After comes… Ñ ¡Ojo! Some words have this letter. This letter is not the same as N. Ñ « Enyeh » This squiggly line is called a tilde. Forgetting to put the tilde above the N in a word can actually Change the meaning of the word entirely!
Entonces… O Okay O « Oh » Sounds like the letter “O” in English! Obama
Entonces… P P « Peh »
Quick practice Pronunciation guide. L Ll M N Ñ O P Eleh Enyeh Ehyeh Emeh Oh Eneh Peh
Entonces… Q Q « Cu »
Entonces… R R « Ereh »
Entonces… Rr **This is no longer an official letter either. Rr « Erreh » This letter requires you to roll the r on your tongue. If you can’t do this at first, you are not alone. It make take a few weeks to be able to get the hang of it. Keep practicing and eventually you will get it
Entonces… S S « Eseh »
Entonces… T T « Teh »
Mini review Looking back Q R Rr S T Ereh Cu Eseh Ereh Teh
Entonces… U U « Oo »
Entonces… V V « Veh »
Entonces… W W « Doble veh » **There are not any Spanish words with W in them!! *Only places, names, and foreign words may have W in them.
Entonces… X X « Ekees »
Entonces… Y Y « Y egriega »
Por fin… Z Z « Zeta »
Vowels A E I O U Eh Ah Oh Ee Oo
Ready for the song?
http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=b 1 Dy. Ah. NNsq. Q
Tarea (Homework) • Listen to the Spanish alphabet song. • Sing along! • Memorize the song! This song is extremely helpful and really helps you learn the alphabet.
Next lesson… • Greetings • ¿Cómo estás? • TBA
Reference This looks much better in the word document.
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