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    The document summarizes the Spanish alphabet by listing each letter of the alphabet from A to Z. It provides the Spanish name for each letter as well as notes on pronunciation compared to English. For some letters, it gives examples of Spanish words that demonstrate the pronunciation of that letter.

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    The document summarizes the Spanish alphabet by listing each letter of the alphabet from A to Z. It provides the Spanish name for each letter as well as notes on pronunciation compared to English. For some letters, it gives examples of Spanish words that demonstrate the pronunciation of that letter.

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    The document summarizes the Spanish alphabet by listing each letter of the alphabet from A to Z. It provides the Spanish name for each letter as well as notes on pronunciation compared to English. For some letters, it gives examples of Spanish words that demonstrate the pronunciation of that letter.

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    The document summarizes the Spanish alphabet by listing each letter of the alphabet from A to Z. It provides the Spanish name for each letter as well as notes on pronunciation compared to English. For some letters, it gives examples of Spanish words that demonstrate the pronunciation of that letter.

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    The key takeaways are that the Spanish alphabet has some letters pronounced differently than in English and some letters have multiple pronunciations depending on the surrounding vowels.

    The letter C is pronounced like a 'k' sound when followed by the vowels a, o, u, and like an 's' sound when followed by the vowels i, e.

    The letter G is pronounced with a hard 'g' sound like in 'gate' when followed by the vowels a, o, u, and with a sound like the English 'h' when followed by the vowels i, e.

    SPANISH ALPHABET

    Letter
    a b

    Spanish Name
    a be grande/be larga

    Pronunciation
    ah beh "k" or ceh : when it is followed by the vowels a, o and u. "s" : when it is followed by the vowels i and e.

    Spanish Example
    padre bomba

    English Example
    father bomb

    *c

    ce

    cadver composicin cementerio cigarro

    cadaver composition cemetary cigar

    ch *d

    che de

    cheh deh th in they eh effe g in Gate: when it is followed by the vowels a, o and u. h : when it is followed by the vowels i and e.

    nacho detective

    nacho detective -- pronounced like the "e" in `egg'. factory

    e f

    e efe

    espaol fbrica

    gobierno general

    government --pronounced like the English letter "h"

    *g

    ge

    *h i j *k

    hache i jota ka

    h is always silent i hota kah

    honor polica justicia kilmetro

    honor (the letter "h" is always silent) police justice kilometer

    ele

    ele

    legal

    legal --pronounced like the English letter "y", as in "yahoo" mother nationality canyon vote peninsula chemistry --a 'tap' like the 'd' sound in the English word 'ladder' --a 'trill', extend the 'tap' soup text --pronounced like the English 'u' in 'tutor' bandage Washington excellent Yucatan Paraguay --an 's' sound, as in 'socks'

    ll

    elle

    y sound

    llave [key]

    m n o p *q

    eme ene ee o pe cu

    eme ene ee oh peh k sound

    madre nacionalidad can votar pennsula qumica pariente [a relative] radio sopa texto uniforme

    ere

    thrill rr

    *rr s t u

    erre ese te u ve chica/ve corta doble ve or uve doble equis i griega zeta

    extended thrill ese te oo in food, but shorter Veh / beh uve doble pronounced as j in Mexico

    *v *w x y z

    vendaje Washington excelente Yucatn Paraguay zapatos [shoes]

    *c The letter C sounds like a "k" when it is followed by the vowels a, o and u: casa, cosa, cuchara. It is pronounced as an "s" when it is followed by the vowels i and e: ciudad, cebra. This occurs in English as well: carrot, cold and cucumber, but celery and city.

    *d When D is intervocalic (between two vowels) as in the word nada [nothing], or

    occurs at the end of a word, like verdad[truth], it is pronounced like the "th" in the English word "they": NAH-thah, ver-DATH. *g The letter G is hard (like the English G in "gate") when it is followed by the vowels a, o and u:gato, gordo, gusto. It is soft (like the English 'H') when it is followed by the vowels i and e:gimnasio, general. (By the way, this occurs in English as well although with different "g" sounds: game, gone and gulp, but gentle and giraffe.) *h The letter H is always silent. You might try to pretend it is invisible too, when you see words with h's. For example, the verb hay is pronounced like the English word "eye", not like the horse-food! Alcohol is pronounced "al-col" as if there were no `h' in the middle. Don't forget that ch is a separate letter that cannot be split. Ch has the same pronunciation in Spanish as it does in English. *K is a foreign letter and used only in words borrowed from other languages. *Q never occurs without u, so think of Qu as one letter. Qu is always pronounced like a `k'. It never makes the `kw' sound as it does in English. Try to visualize a K every time you see Qu. *Rr is spelled r when beginning a word: rojo [red], but is spelled rr when it occurs within a word: pelirrojo [redhead]. *V is pronounced the same as B. The names ve chica and be grande mean `little b' and `big b' respectively. A common native speaker error is to switch these letters when writing. Do not pronounce this letter like the English letter `v'. Both V and B are pronounced like a softened version of the English letter `b'. *W is a foreign letter and used only in words borrowed from other languages. *Z occurs only in front of strong vowels (A, O, U.) The Z "time-shares" the vowels with C. C also has a soft "S" sound in front of the weak Vowels (I, E.) Therefore, when the Z is placed in a position where it is faced with a weak vowel, it changes into the letter C. (for example, we spell pencil "lpiz" but the plural form pencils needs to change the Z to C "lpices.")
    http://www.drlemon.com/Grammar/alphabet.html#footnote%201

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