Basic Sounds Most vowel and consonants sounds are alike.

Basic Sounds

Most vowel and consonants sounds are alike

El abecedario…alfabeto (alphabet)

The Spanish alphabet is composed on 29 letters. The same 26

letters as in the English alphabet,

plus “ ñ”, “ll” and “ch”. Learning to read Spanish is

directly related to pronouncing the letters of the alphabet.

El abecedario… el alfabeto

a b c ch d e f

g h I j k

l ll m n ñ o p

q r rr s t

u v w x y z

Yo sé el alfabeto … Olé

Special Sounds and Vowels

There are many sounds that are alike in English as in Spanish, only seven

consonant and five vowel sounds are different.

Spanish is pronounced exactly as it is written. It is very important that you

pronounce all the vowels and consonants.

Always pronounce vowels.

A(ah)

E(eh)

I(ee)

O(oh)

U(oo)

Sometimes vowels have an accent mark. This written mark indicates that there is a stronger

sound on that vowel. For example: café, papá, adiós, lápiz, México.

Consonants Only seven consonant sounds are different

J: sounds like H Trabajar (tra-baj-har) To work

H: is silent. Hijo (ee - hoh) Son

Ñ: sound like “ny “ Niño (nee-nyoh) Child, Kid

RR: repeated sound of “r” Carro (car- roh) Car

LL: sounds like Y in English

Me llamo (may / yah –mo) I’m called/my name is

V: sounds like a B Verde ( bear- day) Green

Z: sounds like a S Zapatos (Sah -pah-toes) Shoes

ConsonantsOnly seven consonants are different

J: sounds like H Trabajar (tra-baj-har) To work

H: is silent. Hijo ( ee- hoh) Son

Ñ: sound like “ny “ Niño ( nee-nyoh) Child, Kid

RR: repeated sound of “r”

Carro ( car- roh) Car

LL: sounds like Y in English

Me llamo (may / yah – mo)

I’m called/my name is

V: sounds like a B Verde ( bear- day) Green

Z: sounds like a S Zapatos (Sah -pah-toes) Shoes

Special CombinationsOne quick sound

1. U and A together

ua (wah)

agua (ah-gwah)

(water)

2- U and E together

ue (weh)

bueno (bweh-noh)

(good)

Special Combinations

3- I and E together

ie (ieh)

hielo (ieh-loh)

(ice)

Viernes (biehr-ness)

4- E and I together

ei (ehee)

seis (seh-eess)

(six)

We will explore!!!!

How much do we already know!!!!

Or

How much can we learn / review today?

Vocabulary you might know!

¿Cómo se llama?

Koh-moh / seh / yah-mah?

What is your name?

Vocabulary you might know!

¿Cómo se llama?Koh-moh / seh / yah-mah?

Me llamo JoséMeh / yah-moh / José

My name is …

Try to guess the meaning!!

Mamá¿Cómo se llama su mamá?

Mi mamá se llama Maty

Try to guess the meaning!!

Amigo¿Cómo se llama su

amigo?

Mi amigo se llama Kevin

Let’s read more examplesPapá¿Cómo se llama su papá? Mi papá se llama Pedro

Amiga¿Cómo se llama su amiga? Mi amiga se llama Carmen

Hospital¿Cómo se llama el hospital? El hospital se llama Saint Joseph.

Restaurante¿Cómo se llama el restaurante? El restaurante se llama Saint Joseph.

Supermercado¿Cómo se llama el supermercado? El supermercado se llama Krogers. Create your

own!

Do you speak English?

¿Habla inglés? (ah-blah / een-glehs)

Do you speak Spanish?

¿Habla español?

(ah-blah / ehs-pah-nyohl)

I don’t understand

No comprendo

(noh kohm-prehn-doe)

• No comprendo español… • No comprendo inglés

(noh kohm-prehn-doe)

I speak

Yo hablo

( yoh / ah-bloh)

Yo hablo inglés Yo hablo español

Yo no hablo español

Slowly… speak slowly

Despacio (dehs-pah-seeoh)

Despacio por favor (dehs-pah-seeoh/ porh / fah-borh) )

Repeat, please!

Repita(reh-peeh-tah)

Repita por favor

(reh-peeh-tah porh-fah-borh)

Thank you

Gracias (grah-see-ahs)

De nada (deh – nah-dah)

May I help you?

¿Puedo ayudarlo?

(poo-eh-doh / ah-yoo-dar-loh)

Do you need help?

¿Necesita ayuda?(neh-seh-see-tah / ah-yoo-dah)

I need help!

Necesito ayuda(neh-seh-see-toh / ah-yoo-dah)

Otra vez(oh-trah / behs)

What?

¿Qué?(keh?)

again

Un momento, por favor

(oon-moh-mehn-toh / porh / fah-borh)

Just a minute

Greetings

Greetings

Please repeat aloud and practice a lot, if you don’t pronounce it correctly or if you don’t know the meaning of an expression, don’t

be intimidated by it and keep trying…

It has been said that to learn a foreign language you have to make at least 10,000 mistakes… so let’s start!!!

Buenos días(good morning)

(bway-nose / dee-ahs)

-Buenos días señor

-Buenos días señorita.

Buenas tardes(good afternoon)

(bway-nahs / tar –dehs)

-Buenas tardes José

- Buenas tardes señora

Buenas noches(good evening)

(bway-nahs / no-chess)

-Buenas noches, mamá

-Buenas noches, papá

¡Mucho gusto!

Nice to meet you

(moo-choh / goos-toe)

Me llamo …Pedro

(My name is…)

meh / yah-mo Peh-droe

Muy bien, gracias

Very well, thank you

(mwee /bee-yen /

grah-see-ahs)

¿Y usted?

And you?

Ee / oo-sted?

Hola

(oh-la)

¿Cómo está?

ko-mo / ess- tah?

Practice: You are Person B, I am person A… ready?Person A Person B

-Buenos días, Me llamo María - Mucho gusto, Maria. Me llamo

Pedro

- ¿Cómo está Pedro - Muy bien, gracias… ¿Y usted?

-Bien, gracias. -Adiós María

-Hola _Hola, buenos días

-Adiós Pedro -Hasta la vista!

Write and translate these greetings

Buenos dias

Buenas tardes

Buenas Noches

¿Cómo estás?

¿Cómo está usted?

¿Qué tal?

¿ Qué pasa?

FAREWELLS

DespedidasDes-peh-dee-dahs

These expressions are as important as greetings. You might know more

than what you thinkHBO uses a lot of them!!

Hasta la vistaSee you soon

ahs-tah / lah / bees-tah

De nadaYou’re welcome

Deh / nad-dah

Hasta mañanaSee you tomorrow

ahs-tah / mah-yah-nah

Un placerA pleasure

oon / plah-serh

AdiósGood bye

ah-dee-ose

Hasta luegoSee you soon

ahs-tah / loo-eh-goh

Actividad: The best response in Spanish for each of these expressions is…

1 -¿Cómo se llama?

2-¡Buenas noches!

3- Adiós

4- Mucho gusto

5- ¡Buenas tardes!

NumbersReady to count!

cero ceh-roh 0

uno oo-noh 1

diez dee-ess 10

ocho oh-choh 8

cuatro kwah-troh 4

cinco seen-koh 5

siete see-et-teh 7

dos dohs 2

tres trehs 3

seis seh- ees 6

nueve nway-beh 9

Numbers 11- 15once own-seh 11

doce doh-seh 12

quince keen – seh 15

trece treh-seh 13

catorce ka-tore-seh 14

Numbers 16 - 20dieciséis dee-ess / ee / seh- ees 16

diecisiete dee-ess / ee / see-et-teh 17

veinte bane-tay 20

dieciocho dee-ess / ee / oh-choh 18

diecinueve dee-ess / ee / nway-beh 19

ColoresColores

Spanish love colors!!Spanish love colors!!

Have a great time and practice Have a great time and practice these colors a lotthese colors a lot

Visit this weekend the WordFest Visit this weekend the WordFest at the Belvedere Front Parkat the Belvedere Front Park

roh -hoh

Rojored

ah-mah-ree-ioh

amarilloyellow

ah-zool

Azul

neh-groe

Negroblack

blanc-koh

Blancowhite

moh-rah-doe

Moradopurple

ros-sah-doe

Rosadopink

bear-deh

Verdegreen