Episode 5: The ALFABET

LETTER NAME PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH SPANISH WORD A a ah Accident Accidente B be bay Bank Banco C ce say Cafeteria (K) Cafetería (K) Color (K) Color (K) Cuban (K) Cubano (K) Cereal (S) Cereal (S) City (S) Ciudad (S) *CH che chay Check Cheque D de day Disaster Desastre Day sas tray Anda ahn da Caldo Kal doe (at the beginning of word or after “n” or “l” D sounds the same as in English, everywhere else it sounds like “th” in they, but softer) Nada Na tha Todo Toe Tho E e ay Exercise Ejercicio (sounds like the “e” in eight) Ay hair see see o F efe ef ay Family Familia G ge hay Garage (G) Garaje (G) Government (G) Gobierno (G) Guatemalan (G) Guatemalteco (G) General (J) General (H) Giant (J) Gigante (H) H hache ah chay Hotel Hotel (no sound, H is silent) I i ee Intelligent Inteligente (sounds like the “ee” in see) Een tay lee hain tay J jota ho ta June Junio (H sound)Hoo nee oh K ca ka Karma Karma L ele el ay Liberty Libertad *LL elle ay yay Llama Llama (Y sound)Ya ma M eme em ay Magic Magia N ene en ay Necessary Necesario Ñ eñe en yay Español Español (sounds like the “ny” in canyon) O o oh Object Objeto P pe pay Patient Paciente Q cu coo Quebec Quebec (K sound)Kay bec R ere er ay Hour Hora RR erre err ray Radio Radio (rolled r) S ese es say Salt Sal T te tay Television Televisión U u ooo University Universidad ( sounds like the “oo” in shoot) Oo nee bair see thath V ve bay Vacation Vacaciones (sounds like the “b” in boy) Ba ca see own ace W doble ve do blay bay Waffle Wafle X equis ay keys Exam Examen (sounds like “ks” when it’s between vowels) Ayks ah main Excuso (sounds like “s” when it’s before a consonant) Ays koo so Y i griega ee gree ay ga Yak Yac (sounds like “y” most of the time, when it’s at the beginning of the word or stands alone it makes the sound of “i”) Y eee Z zeta zay ta Zen Zen (sounds like “s” in “sink”) To hear the sounds of the letters try the following sites: http://www.spanishspanish.com/alfabeto_ipower.html http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_alphabet http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_alphabet