El alfabeto espa

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El alfabeto español

• the Spanish alphabet

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El alfabeto español

• Most consonants sound the same in Spanish and
  English.
• Spanish vowels only have one sound each, as
  opposed to the variety in English.
• The Spanish alphabet has an additional four
  letters.

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Los consonantes

• Consonants
• Click for sound.

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Los consonantesconsonants

• B
• D
• F

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Los consonantesconsonants

• H
• is always silent
• J
• K

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Los consonantesconsonants

• L
• M
• N

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Los consonantesconsonants

• P
• Q
• R

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Los consonantesconsonants

• S
• T
• V

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Los consonantesconsonants

• W
• X
• Z

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Los consonantesconsonants

• Remember this rule
• Is and Es make soft Cs and Gs
• These two consonants have different sounds
  according to the vowel that follows.

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Los consonantesconsonants

• C
• Before e, i soft c like an English s
• cesta, cielo
• Before a, o, u hard c like English car
• carne, caro

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Los consonantesconsonants

• G
• Before e, i soft g like an English h
• generoso, gente
• Before a, o, u hard g like English gas
• gato, gasolina

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Los vocales

• vowels

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Los vocalesvowels

• A
• (ah) as in taco
• E
• (eh) as in Pepe

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Los vocalesvowels

• I
• (ee) as in burrito
• O
• (oh) as in hola

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Los vocalesvowels

• U
• (oo) As in burrito
• Y
• (ee) Just like i

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Los consonantes extras

• extra consonants

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Los extrasextras

• ch
• (ch) like in English church
• Chile, chicle

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Los extrasextras

• ll
• (eyeh) like an English y
• llama, llover

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Los extrasextras

• ñ
• (nya) like ni in English onion
• mañana, daño

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Los extrasextras

• rr
• Like an English r but longer, rolled
• burro, carro