El abecedario en espa ñ ol

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

2. El alfabeto

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Las vocales A E I O U

15. ba da be de bi di bo do bu du

16. fa ja fe je fi ji fo jo fu ju

17. la ma le me li mi lo mo lu mu

18. pa sa pe se pi si po so pu su

19. 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: Cecilia 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! cereal city cinema

20. Now read the following words in English that begin with the letter “g”: 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”. Gerald giraffe gigantic gist

21. ca ga que gue qui gui co go cu gu

22. The “u” is silent in each of thefollowing combinations of letters. They are the ONLY ones in Spanish that have a silent letter. gue que gui qui

23. Here are a few other reminders to help you to pronounce Spanish correctly: Spanish English h (silent) = j = h ll y = ñ ny (as in canyon) = v b = z = s

24. Las vocales A E I O U ¡El burro sabe más que tú!

25. Las vocales A el burro se va E el burro se fue I el burro está aquí O el burro soy yo U el burro eres tú

26. EL FIN