El Alfabeto The Alphabet Las Vocales Vowels A

El Alfabeto The Alphabet Las Vocales – Vowels A E I O U A (ah) A as in father E (eh) E as in Las Vegas I (ee) I as in machine O (oh) O as in go orange U (ooh) U as in Luke hat pen need not, rule

El Alfabeto The Alphabet Las Vocales – Vowels A E I O U a-gu-a e-le-fan-te i-gle-sia o-cho u-va

ah beh hoh tah kah theh cheh de eh leh eh yeah eh meh cooh eh reh eh seh teh eh kees ee gri egah eh eh feh eh neh ooh theh tah heh aah cheh eh ni eh ooh beh oh ee peh oh beh doh bleh

EL ALFABETO A, a a B, b C, c CH, ch D, d E, e be ce che de e H, h I, i hache i J, j jota K, k ka L, l, LL, ll M, m ele elle eme Ñ, ñ O, o P, p Q, q R, r S, s T, t eñe o pe cu ere ese te W, w X, x uve doble equis F, f efe Y, y i griega Z, z zeta G, g ge N, n ene U, u V, v u uve

NOTES ON PRONUNCIATION ce – ci – and z centro (thentro)– plaza (platha) – cine (thine) “c” when followed by “e” and “i” sounds as the English “th” as in “thick” ca – co calle (kalle) – Colombia (Kolombia) ka - ko (sounds like a hard “k”) cu sounds like “cw” que - qui ke cuatro (number 4) cuando (when) cuánto (how much) (the “u” is silent) - ki (sounds like English “k”) parque (parke) – aquí (akee)

“j” as in jardín (hardines) is a harder stronger version of the. English “h” “g” when followed by “e” and “i” ge – gi sounds exactly the same as “j”. gente (hente) gitano (hitano) ga – go – gu is pronounced as the English “g” in “go” gato – goma – guapo gue – gui sounds like a soft “g” and the <u> is silent guerra – guitarra – Miguel – guia - juguete

“ch” is pronounced as the English “ch” ocho - coche “h” is not pronounced, hola sounda like “ola” “ll” as is calle is like the “y” in “you” or soft English“j” hoy “ñ” España, niño “rr” to make this sound you need to roll your rrs. Note. the difference between pero (but) and perro (dog) Note: Until recently CH (cheh) & LL (eh heah) were individual letters in the Spanish alphabet.

cer-ve-za ci-ne po-li-ci-a ce –ci = ze - zi, as in “th” pa-e-lla ll = like the “y” in “you”

gen-te g-i-ne-bra ge-gi = j, strong “h” Guer-ni-ca gui-ta-rra gue-gui = soft ‘g’ <u> is silent

que-so que-qui = ke – ki quin-ce <u> is silent

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