ALPHABET

El alfabeto

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B and V sound the same!

How to know which letter to use? There are some grammar rules, but there is no other way than to memorize the words.

Banco - Vaca - Beber - Ver - Biberón - Vivir - Boca - Volar - Burro - Vuelo

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C and Z sound the same!

The C in CE, CI and the Z in ZA, ZO, Zu are pronounced the same.

Zapato - Cepillo - Cielo - Zorro - Zumo

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S - Z - C (e-i)

They sound the same sometimes!CA, CO, CU - QUE, QUIKA, KE, KI, KO, KU

The letter Q is always written before UI or UE. The U is silent: it is not pronounced.

The letter K is not very common in Spanish. It is used for words of foreign origin: karate, koala, kiwi, kaki...

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Casa - Cosa - Cuadro - Queso - Quiero

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The U in GUE GUI is not pronounced. The U is important for it to sound like G. Without the U, GE - GI they are pronounced like J (hee-hee).

GA - GUE - GUI - GO - GU

BEWARE: The letter U is silent in GUE - GUI, but if it has an umlaut (GÜE - GÜI) it is pronounced.

• Cigüeña
• Güero
• Ungüento
• Pingüino
• Bilingüe

• Gato
• Guerra
• Guitarra
• Gordo
• Gusano

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The G in GE-GI and the J are pronounced the same.

Ja - Je - Ji - Jo - Ju

Ge - Gi

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• Jamón
• Jeringa
• Jirafa
• Joven
• Juguete

• Gerardo
• Gelatina
• Girasol
• Genio

The letter H is written but not pronounced.

HA - HE - HI - HO - HU

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• Habitación
• Héroe
• Hilo
• Hola

• Hueso

This one is easy! Sounds the same like in English, but changes once we pronounce it with vowels

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Easy!

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In Spanish there are two different Rs: the soft r and the strong r.

Suave (soft)

• Tesoro
• Pera
• Cara
• Amarillo
• Tesoro
• Duro

When we write a single R, it's almost always a soft r (you'll usually see it in the middle of the word).

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Fuerte (strong)

R is pronounced like a hard er at the beginning of a word.

• Roto
• Carro
• Perro
• Guitarra
• Río
• Rana
• Correo

RR is always pronounced like a hard er.

The letter W is not very common in Spanish. Used for words of foreign origin: Hawaiian

Pronounced like u

X has two different pronunciations depending on the place it occupies in the word.

Within or at the end of the word sounds (KS) At the beginning of the word sounds (S)

Y and LL are pronounced the same.

The H is a silent letter, but when it comes after the C it forms CH. The pronunciation of CH is different from that of C. Its sound is the same as "Chalk" in English.