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El abecedario. Pronunciation Rules. When a word ends in a consonant, stress the last syllable. (general – hen ehr AHL) When a word ends in a vowel, stress the second to last syllable. ( muchacho = mu CHA cho )
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Pronunciation Rules • When a word ends in a consonant, stress the last syllable. (general – hen ehr AHL) • When a word ends in a vowel, stress the second to last syllable. (muchacho = mu CHA cho) • If another syllable needs to be stressed, an accent mark (é) is used. (María = Ma REE ah) • Accent marks are only placed on vowels!!!!!!!!!! • Only one accent mark is allowed in a word. • Cognate – a word in Spanish that looks and sounds like the same word in English and means that word (example: foto = photo)
First 10 Letters Letter Name of Letter ah bay say chay day ay f fay hay ah chay ee • A • B • C • Ch • D • E • F • G • H • I
C = say “k” sound “ce” and “ci” make an “s" sound carro cielo
Ch = Chay “ch” in “chalk” Chico
G = hey hard “g” in go “ge” and “gi” make “h” sound gigante Gato
Next 10 Letters Letter Name of Letter hoe tah caw el lay ay yay m may n nay n yay oh pay coo • J • K • L • LL • M • N • Ñ • O • P • Q
Last10 Letters Letter Name of Letter air ay airray eh say tay oo vay doble bay ay keese eegreeeg ah say tah • R • RR • S • T • U • V • W • X • Y • Z
RR = airray(trilled strongly) burro There are no Spanish words that begin with “rr.”