Haz Ahora Answer the following questions about the Spanish Alphabet: Today’s Objective: To become familiar with the Spanish Alphabet Haz Ahora Answer the following questions about the Spanish Alphabet: How many letters are there in the Spanish alphabet? What is different about the letter H in Spanish? What two letters are pronounced differently in Spain than in Latin America.

DO NOW Using The Info sheet on the alphabet, Today’s Objective: To become familiar with the Spanish pronunciation DO NOW Using The Info sheet on the alphabet, Phonetically spell your name: (ejemplo) w a l l y doble u/a/ele/ele/i griega s e i n ese/e/i/ene

Write these words in your notebook then practice pronouncing them ¡Haz Ahora! Write these words in your notebook then practice pronouncing them ferrocarril 8. ¡Venga! anaranjado 9. geografía uña 10. gato feliz 11. hombro anillo 12. quinto juntos 13. quetzal año 14. zoológico Today’s Objective: To become familiar with the Spanish pronunciation

El alfabeto español a – a j – jota r - ere b – be k – ka s - ese c – ce l – ele t - te d – de m – eme u - u e – e n – ene v – uve, ve chica f – efe ñ – eñe w – doble u, doble ve g – ge o – o x - equis h – hache p – pe y – i griega i – i q – cu z - zeta

Las vocales La vocal La pronunciación El vocabulario El inglés a as in the word “palm” casa house fama fame cama bed e as in the word “very” lento slow verde green mes month i as in the word “elite” mitad half as in the word “beet” primo cousin vino wine o as in the word “oh” no no oso bear todo all u as in the word “lunar” luna moon as in the word “boot” uno one cuna crib

Las consonantes The letters b and v have the same pronunciation as b. bien, victoria The c of ca, co, cu is pronounced like the c in cot. cama, coco, cubo The c of ce, ci is pronounced like the c in center in cerebro, cierto Latin America; and with a th sound in Spain. The g of ga, go, gu is pronounced like go. gato, gorra, guante The g of ge, gi is pronounced like helium. gente, gira The letter h is always silent. hotel, hospital The letter j is pronounced like the h in heavy. Jorge The letters k and w are usually found in words kilogramo, windsurf borrowed from other languages. The letter combination ll is pronounced like the y in the word you or like the s in the word measure or the letter j lluvia, calle The letter ñ sounds like an ny. Señor, Señorita, uña The letter combination que is pronounced like kay and queso, quetzal the letter combination qui is pronounced like key. Quijote, arquitecto The letter r at the beginning of a word and the letter Rita, perro combination rr is trilled. The letter z is pronounced like s in Latin America and lápiz, zona like th in Spain.

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