Spanish Grammar: The Spanish Alphabet

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Spanish Grammar: The Spanish Alphabet

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Spanish Grammar: The Spanish Alphabet
la gramática española: el alfabeto español

  • System of letters and symbols, similar to English.
  • Spell and pronounce words correctly.

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60-Second Spanish Grammar Lesson

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The Spanish alphabet is almost identical to the English alphabet.

Both use the same letters, and some of the letters even have the same sounds.

Spanish, like English, divides the letters into vowels and consonants.

Vowels are letters that have sounds that are not blocked or changed by the airway.

[A]  [E]  [I]  [O]  [U]

Consonants have sounds that are at least partially changed in the airway before coming out.

Letters like [B], [D], [K], [T], [P], and more!

However, unlike English, Spanish creates sounds that are made by putting two letters together. These are called digraphs (los dígrafos). Digraphs are not counted as single letters, but together they make one sound.

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A
(ahh)

B
(bey)

C
(say)

CH
(che)

D
(day)

E
(ehh)

F
(effay)

 G
(hey)		 H
(a-che)		 I
(eee)		 J
(hota)		 K
(kah)

L
(ellay)

 LL
(ehh-yay)		 M
(emmay)		 N
(ennay)		 Ñ
(en-neay)		 O
(ohh)

P
(pay)

 Q
(coo)		 R
(eray)		 RR
(errrray)		 S
(essay)		 T
(tay)

U
(ooo)

 V
(bey)
(alt: oo-bey)		 W
(doe-ble-bey)
(alt: doe-ble-ooo)		 X
(ekis)		 Y
(ee-gri-eh-ga)
(alt: yay)		 Z
(seta)

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los acentos : accents

Usamos los acentos para poner énfasis.
We use accents to place emphasis.

el alfabeto : alphabet

El alfabeto español tiene veintiséis letras.
The Spanish alphabet has twenty-six letters.

el aire : air

Movemos aire cuando hablamos.
We move air when we speak.

los consonantes : consonants

Hay veintiún consonantes en el alfabeto.
There are twenty-one consonants in the alphabet.

decir : to say

Yo puedo decir mi nombre.
I can say my name.

deletrear : to spell

Deletrea su nombre aquí por favor.
Spell your name here please.

el dígrafo : digraph

Español tiene algunos dígrafos.
Spanish has a few digraphs.

escribir : to write

Yo escribo mi nombre.
I write my name.

las letras : letters

Usamos las letras para deletrear.
We use letter to spell.

la mayúscula : upper-case

La primera letra es una mayúscula.
The first letter is upper-case.

la minúscula : lower-case

Las últimas letras son minúsculas.
The last letters are lower-case.

pronunciar : to pronounce

Yo pronuncio las vocales bien.
I pronounce the vowels well.

la sílaba : syllable

Las sílabas son partes de las palabras.
Syllables are parts of words.

el sonido : sound

El sonido de los vocales es importante.
Vowel sounds are important.

el tilde : tilde [ñ]

[Ñ] tiene un tilde.
[Ñ] has a tilde.

las vocales : vowels

Hay cinco vocales en español.
There are five vowels in Spanish.

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Quizlet Activity
  • The Spanish Alphabet – Phonetic
  • Direct Link: [https://quizlet.com/_8dujef]
  • Click on the top right-hand corner for Options.
  • Click on the bottom right-hand corner to change Study Mode.

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Quizlet Activity
  • The Spanish Alphabet – Examples
  • Direct Link: [https://quizlet.com/_5kyxit]
  • Click on the top right-hand corner for Options.
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