SPANISH ALPHABET

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SPANISH ALPHABET

• NAMES OF THE LETTERS AND THE SOUNDS THAT THEY MAKE

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A (AH)

• LIKE THE A IN FATHER

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B (BAY)

• SAME AS IN ENGLISH

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C (SAY)

• WHEN FOLLOWED BY A, O, OR U, MAKES A HARD
  K SOUND LIKE IN THE ENGLISH WORD CAT. WHEN
  FOLLOWED BY E OR I, MAKES A SOFT S SOUND
  LIKE IN THE ENGLISH WORD CEILING.

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CH (CHAY)

• LIKE THE CH IN CHURCH

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D (DAY)

• SAME AS IN ENGLISH

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E (AY)

• MAKES THE SOUND EH OR AY

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F (EH FAY)

• SAME AS IN ENGLISH

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G (HAY)

• WHEN FOLLOWED BY A, O, OR U, MAKES A HARD
  G SOUND LIKE IN THE ENGLISH WORD GOT. WHEN
  FOLLOWED BY E OR I, MAKES AN H SOUND LIKE
  IN THE ENGLISH WORD HOUSE.

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H (AH CHAY)

• THIS LETTER IS SILENT

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I (EE)

• LONG E SOUND LIKE THE EE IN THE ENGLISH WORD
  FEET.

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J (HO TAH)

• MAKES A SOUND LIKE THE H IN THE ENGLISH WORD
  HORSE

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K (KAH)

• SAME AS IN ENGLISH

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L (EHL AY)

• SAME AS IN ENGLISH

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Ll (AY YAY)

• MAKES THE SAME SOUND AS THE LETTER Y IN YELLOW

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M (EHM AY)

• SAME AS IN ENGLISH

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N (EHN AY)

• SAME AS IN ENGLISH

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Ñ (EHN YAY)

• MAKES THE SAME SOUND AS THE NY IN CANYON

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O (OH)

• LIKE THE O IN THE ENGLISH WORD GO

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P (PAY)

• SAME AS IN ENGLISH

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Q (KOO)

• THIS LETTER WILL ALWAYS BE FOLLOWED BY THE LETTER
  U AND MAKES A K SOUND. A GOOD EXAMPLE IS HOW
  THE QU SOUNDS IN SHAQUILLE

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R (AIR AY)

• SAME AS IN ENGLISH

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Rr (AIR RAY)

• MAKES A TRILLED SOUND

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S (EH SAY)

• SAME AS IN ENGLISH

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T (TAY)

• SAME AS IN ENGLISH

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U (OO)

• SOUNDS LIKE THE OO IN THE ENGLISH WORD MOON

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V (BAY)

• SOUNDS LIKE THE LETTER B IN ENGLISH

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W (DOH BLAY BAY)

• SAME AS IN ENGLISH

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X (AY KEES)

• SAME AS IN ENGLISH MOSTLY, SOMETIMES MAKES AN H
  SOUND LIKE IN THE ENGLISH WORD HORSE

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Y (EE GREE AY GAH)
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Z (ZEH TAH OR ZAY TAH)

• MUCH THE SAME AS IT IS IN ENGLISH