1. The Spanish Alphabet
“El alfabeto”

2. Some notes on the Spanish alphabet…
In English, sometimes vowels take on different pronunciations
Pronounce the following words:
back, bake
water, later
roaring, pouring
In Spanish, % of the time, vowels keep the same pronunciation, making it very easy to pronounce the word if you know how each letter is pronounced

3. Aa
[ah]
amigo, manzana

4. Bb
[bey]
Bolígrafo

5. *Soft C sounds like sent or cent; before the vowels “e” or “i” precio, principal
*Hard C sounds like cat or the letter k; before all other letters
Cinco, poco, como Cc
[se]

6. Ch
[che]
Chico

7. Dd
[dey]
Dos

8. Ee
[e]
elefante

9. Ff
[effe]
Falda

10. Gg [hay] Garage, goma, tengo
*Soft G sounds like h in hint or house; before vowels “e” or “i” gigante, gesto
*Hard G sounds like go; before all other letters garage, goma
Garage, goma, tengo Gg
[hay]

11. Hh [ah-che] NEVER PRONOUNCED!!! Hola, ahora
*Pronounce the vowel after!
[ah-che]

12. Ii
[ee]

13. Pronounced like an H…yes you do make the H sound with this letter…Jj
junio, julio
[hota]

14. Kk
[kah]

15. Ll
[elay]
Lola, Lima, limón

16. ll [ay-yay] **Pronounced like a Y, as in yes or year Tortilla Ella
Ellos
[ay-yay]

17. Mm
[em-eh]

18. Nn
[en-eh]

19. Ny sound, like in canyon or ni in onion
España
año ñ
[en-yay]

20. Oo
[oh]

21. Pp
[peh]

22. Qq
[ku]

23. Rr
[ere]
Pero, para, rápido

24. rr [errrrrre] (roll tongue)
Many are unable to roll their r’s right away, so if you can’t, don’t worry  rr
[errrrrre]
(roll tongue)

25. Ss
[ese]

26. Tt
[te]

27. Uu
[oo]

28. Pronounced like B,
but slightly more soft Vv
[ve]
vaso

29. Ww
[doblay ve]

30. Xx [eh-kees] Exam, extraño, excelente
*may be pronounced like an English “H” in
some words– México, Texas

31. Yy [ee-gre-egg-ah] *Pronounced like:
1. the letter i at the end of a word (hoy)
2. like the y in yes
(ya) Yy
[ee-gre-egg-ah]

32. Zz [zeta] Zapatos, zorro *Pronounced like the letter s
*In Spain, pronounced like the letters th (lisp) Zz
[zeta]
Zapatos, zorro

33. ¡Que Bueno!
You are now a master of the alfabeto…