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El alfabeto español. Lección Uno. Las vocales del español. A ( ahhh ) casa house E ( ehhh ) libre free I ( eeee ) libre free O ( ohhh ) ocho eight U ( oooo ) su his *Y ( eeee ) y and
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El alfabeto español Lección Uno
Las vocales del español A (ahhh) casa house E (ehhh) libre free I (eeee) libre free O (ohhh) ocho eight U (oooo) su his *Y (eeee) y and * Makes sound of (oy) when paired with o (hoy today); sound of (oooeee) when paired with u (muy very).
Las consonantes del español • B and V are pronounced exactly alike (weak b) (bien) • When before e andi, and z, the letter c is pronounced like an ‘s’. (gracias) In all other configurations, it sounds like a k (casa). • Ch is pronounced the same as in English (mucho) • G (when before e and i) and j sound like an exaggerated ‘h’ (Jorge) • All other ‘G’ configurations sound like ‘G’ in ‘Go’. (gracias) • H is always silent (hombre) • ‘LL’ is pronounced like the ‘y’ in ‘yes’ (llamo) • ‘Ñ’ ispronouncedlike ‘ny’ in ‘Canyon’ (niño)
Las consonantes del español • ‘Q’ isalwayswrittenwith ‘u’ and ispronounced as a ‘K’ (que) • ‘R’ (except at beginning of word, orafter ‘L’, ‘N’, or ‘S’) isprouncedwith a slight roll (gracias).Allother ‘R’ sounds and ‘RR’ have a more exageratedrolling(rojo). • ‘S’ ispronouncedwith a slight ‘hiss’ sound (gracias) • ‘T’ ispronouncedbyplacingtongueagainst back of upperfrontteeth (tiempo) • ‘X’ has twosounds 1) before a consonant, rarelybewteenvowels- like‘a hissed s’ as in sent (explorar) 2) betweenvowels- like a ‘weak g’ followedby a ‘hissed s’ (examen)