C sounds like “K”  CA Ex: Casa  CO Ex: Color  CU Ex: Cuaderno C sounds like “S”  CE Ex: Cenefa  CI Ex: Cigarrillo

CASA –house CALABAZA-pumpkin CABEZA-head CARRO- car CAMA- bed

COLOMBIA COMER-eat COCODRILO -crocodile COCO- coconut COBRE- copper

CUNA –crib CUADERNO- notebook CUADRO-Painting CUERNO – horn CUADRADO-square

 Ga Ex: Ganzo  Go Ex: Gorro  GuEx: Gurú G sound is automatically hard when followed by “A”, “O” and “U”

 Ex: GuerraGuitarra

When “G” is before “U” followed by “E” or “I” ONLY the second vowel sound. Ex: GuerraGuitarra

When “G” is before “U” follow by “E” or “I” we have to add DIÉRESIS (ü) to make BOTH vowels sound. Ex: Chigüiro (Capybara), Cigüeña (White stork), Bilingüe (bilingual), Pingüino (pinguin).

 When G is followed by “E” or “I” with no “U” in between the G sound changes for a soft “H” sound.  Ge: HAE  Gi: HEE G and J in Spanish share the same sound with these two vowels. They sound like H ello or H ead Ex: Gimnasia-JirafaGente-Cojear

 Que  Qui Ex: Queso Ex: Quijada

letras minúsculas a, b, c, d, etc…