APUNTES: el alfabeto y las vocalesEE1 - Etapa Preliminar
El alfabeto español !TBp.
Las vocales
A - E - I - O - U el burro sabe más que tú.
Las vocales
Español ➔ Inglés
A: padre ➔ father
E: español ➔ egg
I: policía ➔ police
O: votar ➔ vote
U: uniforme ➔ tutor
Las vocalesA E I O U
ma me mi mo mupa pe pi po pula le li lo lufa fe fi fo fucha che chi cho chuja je ji jo ju
la letra CLike in English, the Spanish letter C has 2 sounds. The Spanish & English rules are basically the same.
1. The hard C, which sounds like the English letter K, is said when the letter C is followed by an A, O, U, or a consonant (other than H).
Comer
Clase
2. The soft C, which sounds like the English letter S, is said when the letter C is followed by an E or an i.
Cena
la letra* Ch
CH is no longer a separate letter in the Spanish alphabet, but it is a common combination that has a distinct sound.
CH = CHE
NACHO
CHICLE
la letra GLike English, Spanish has a soft G and a hard G.
The hard G, which sounds like the G in “Go,” is said when the letter G is followed by an A, O, U, or a consonant.
Pagar
Guacamole
The soft G, which sounds like the English letter H, is said when the letter G is followed by an E or an i.
Gerardo
Gimnasio
la letra HIs silent! It only has a sound when said in combination with C – CH.
English also has silent H, but in Spanish the H is always silent.
Hola
Hasta la vista
Hoja
la letra J
The Spanish J is pronounced like an English H.
Justicia
Caja
Javier
Rojo
la letra* Ll
Like CH, Ll was a letter in the Spanish alphabet and is a common combination in Spanish with a unique sound.
Ll makes an English Y sound.
Llave
Ella
Quesdilla
Tortilla
la letra Ñ
The letter Ñ is a nasal sound. It sounds similar to the “ny” sound in canyon.
Cañon
Mañana
Baño
las letras R y RrOne R makes one tap.
Pero
Tarea
Two Rs or an R that starts or ends a word trills or rolls – extend the tap.
Perro
Rojo
Comer
“Erre con erre cigarro, erre con erre barril, rápido corren los carros por el ferrocarril."
la letra V
The Spanish letter V sounds like the English letter B.
Versión
Voleibol
Vegetales
Visitar
la letra Z
The Spanish letter Z is pronounced like the English letter S.
Zapatos
Zorro
Zona