El abecedario en español By: Malinda Seger Coppell High School Coppell, TX.

El abecedario en español

By: Malinda SegerCoppell High School

Coppell, TX

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 XW Y Z

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 XW Y Z

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 XW Y Z

Las vocales

A E IO

U

babebibobu

dade

didodu

fafefifofu

jaje

jijoju

lalelilolu

mame

mimomu

papepipopu

sase

sisosu

Ceciliacerealcity

As you can hear, the sounds of the vowels stay the same no matter what consonant comes in front of them. BUT, there are two consonants that when placed in front of the vowels do not follow the same pattern. Pronounce the following words in English:

cinema

The “c” in these words sounds like an “s”. In English, when a “c” is followed by an “e” or an “i” the “c” changes to the sound of an “s” instead of the hard “c” sound as in “cat”, “cot” and “cut”.The SAME thing happens in Spanish!

Geraldgiraffegigantic

Now read the following words in English that begin with the letter “g”:

gist

The “g” in these words sounds like a “j”. In English, when a “g” is followed by an “e” or an “i” the “g” sometimes changes to the sound of an “j” instead of the hard “g” sound as in “gate”, “got” and “gun”. There are lots of exceptions though (which makes

English pronunciation very confusing at times for students who are learning it as a second language).

In Spanish the SAME thing happens basically except the

“g” sounds like the English “h”.

caquequicocu

gague

guigogu

quequi

guegui

The “u” is silent in each of the following combinations of letters. They are the ONLY ones in Spanish that have a silent letter.

Here are a few other reminders to help you to pronounce Spanish correctly:

h = (silent)Spanish English

jllñvz

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hyny (as in canyon)

bs

Las vocales

A E I O U

¡El burro sabe más que tú!

Las vocales

AEIO

U

el burro se vael burro se fueel burro está aquíel burro soy yo

el burro eres tú

EL FIN