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El alfabeto
The Spanish alphabet is verymuch like your own.
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Las Vocales
ah
Like the a in father
Ana
sala
casa
blanca
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Las Vocales
eh
Like the e in met
leche
elefante
ella
Elsa
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Las Vocales
eee
Like the i in machine
Isabel
Ines
lista
Elisa
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Las Vocales
ohh
Like the o in obey
poco
loco
pronto
Paco
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Las Vocales
oooo
Like the u in rule oroo in boot
lunamucha
muchacha
lunes
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Culture
El burro sabe mas que tu.
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The rest of the alphabet.
not quite as explosive as in
the English alphabet.bebe; beb
ce
a
be
1. soft c like c in cent or s insent. (before the vowels e or i)principal, precio, cesta
2. hard c like in cant or theletter k. (before all otherletters) poco, cinco
abuela,Ana
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Like the ch in churchchico,coche, cucarachache
1. Like d in dog after n or / at thebeginning of a word dedo,dado,
dar2. Like ath within a word & at the
end of a word.nada, ensalada, Usted; Madrid
de
e elefante,leche, Eva
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Like the f in forkfamilia,feo, felizefe
1.soft g like h in hint or house(before the vowels e & i)
gente, geometra, general2.hard g like g in go or gum
(before all other letters)goma, tengo, garage
ge
hache The letter h is neverpronounced.hola, hora, Bohrquez
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Familia, felizi
Like h in house but strongerjunio, julio, jamnjota
ka kilo,kilometro (in foreign words)
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Lola, limn, Limaele
Like yes or yeartortilla, ella, elloselle
eme Mario, mi, manzana, meln
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no, nombre, ningunoene
Similar to ny in canyonnio, ao, otooene
o ojo, oranguntn
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Pepe, para, papa
pe
Like the c in comequeso, que, Quito, quin
(Always followed by ue or ui)Quique which is the nickname
Enrique has the 2 sounds)
*cu
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1. Like dd of Teddy or tt ofBetty.
pero, ahora, caro2. Like rr at the beginning of a
word or after letters l, n, or s.rojo, ratn, alrededor
ere
Very strongperro, ahorra, carro
erre
ese son, somos, solo
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t, toma, Tijuanate
uva, huevo, unicorniou
ve Pronounced like the bfavor, vaso, vino
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doble v
equis
This letter is only found in foreignwords. Washington
Like the x in exam excelente,
examen, prximo, explicar,extrao
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i griega
zeta
1. Like the letter iwhen by itselfand at the end of a word.hoy,muy, y
2. Like the y in yes otherwise
ya, yeso, yodo
Like the s (in Spain like a th)
zapatos, zorro
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Notes
ch and ll were separate letters of thealphabet until April of 1994 when LaReal Academia Espanola(sort of like a
grammar police) voted to eliminate themas separate letters.
Older dictionaries will have them intheir own section ch after c and llafter l.
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Practica
Spell the following words using the Spanish alphabet.
1. Your first name2. Your last name
Example:
Pazmio
Pe a zeta eme- i ee - o