El abecedario Pronunciation Rules When a word ends

El abecedario

Pronunciation Rules • When a word ends in a consonant, stress the last syllable. (general – hen ehr AHL) • When a word ends in a vowel, stress the second to last syllable. (muchacho = mu CHA cho) • If another syllable needs to be stressed, an accent mark (é) is used. (María = Ma REE ah) • Accent marks are only placed on vowels!!!!! • Only one accent mark is allowed in a word. • Cognate – a word in Spanish that looks and sounds like the same word in English and means that word (example: foto = photo)

First 10 Letters Letter • • • A B C Ch D E F G H I Name of Letter • ah • bay • say • chay • day • f fay • hay • ah chay • ee

A=ah “ah” in all avion

B = bay English “b” bota

C = say “k” sound carro “ce” and “ci” make an “s" sound cielo

Ch = Chay “ch” in “chalk” Chico

D = day English “d” disco compacto

E = ay “ay” in day elefante

F = ef ay English “f” fruta

G = hey hard “g” in go Gato “ge” and “gi” make “h” sound gigante

H = ah chay silent helado

I = ee “ee” “eel” iglesia

Next 10 Letters Letter • • • J K L LL M N Ñ O P Q Name of Letter • hoe tah • caw • el lay • ay yay • m may • n nay • n yay • oh • pay • coo

J = ho tah English “h” but more guttural jarra

K = kah English “k” kayak

L= el ay English “L” leche

LL = ay yay English “y” Lluvia

M= em ay English “m” manzana

N=ehn nay English “n” nariz

Ñ=ehn yay like “ny” in canyon ñu

O=oh “o” in “boat” ocho

P=pay English “P” perro

Q=coo English “K” queso

Last 10 Letters Letter • • • R RR S T U V W X Y Z Name of Letter • air ay • airray • eh say • tay • oo • vay • doble bay • ay keese • ee gree eg ah • say tah

R=air ay English “R” raton

RR = airray (trilled strongly) burro There are no Spanish words that begin with “rr. ”

S=eh say English “s” Sopa

T=tay English “T” tigre

U=oo like “oo” in “pool” uñas

V=vay English “b” vaca

W=dohblay bay English “W” waflera

X=ay kees “h” sound xilófono

Y=ee gree eg ah English “Y” yogur

Z=say tah English “s” zapato