Spanish Alphabet

REVIEW:
Introductions

By Maddie Gomez

Multiple Choice

Translate: ¿Cómo te llamas?

• What's his/her/your

  (formal) name?

• What's your

  (familiar/informal) name?

• Who is he/she/it?

Multiple Choice

Translate: ¿Quién es?​

• What's his/her/your

  (formal) name?

• What's your

  (familiar/informal) name?

• Who is he/she/it?

Multiple Choice

Translate: ¿Cómo se llama?

• What's his/her/your

  (formal) name?

• What's your

  (familiar/informal) name?

• Who is he/she/it?

Multiple Choice

Translate: Encantado

• ​Delighted to meet you (masculine)

• ​Delighted to meet you (feminine)

Multiple Choice

Translate: Encantada

• ​Delighted to meet you (masculine)

• ​Delighted to meet you (feminine)

Multiple Choice

Translate: El gusto es mío

• Nice to meet you

• The pleasure is mine​

• Likewise​

Multiple Choice

Translate: Se llama...

• His/Her/Your (formal) name is...

• ​My name is...

• Let me introduce you

  (informal) to...

• Let me introduce you

  (formal) to...

• ​He/She/It is...

Multiple Choice

Translate: Igualmente

• Nice to meet you

• The pleasure is mine​

• Likewise​

Multiple Choice

Respond to "¿Cómo te llamas?"

• Se llama...

• Me llamo...

• Este es mi amigo.

Multiple Choice

What does "Este es mi amigo" mean?

• My friend's name is...

• This is my friend

• Nice to meet you

• The pleasure is mine

Multiple Choice

Which one would you use to introduce a parent to your teacher?

• Te presento a...

• Le presento a...

Multiple Choice

Which one would you use to introduce a friend to your teacher?

• Te presento a...

• Le presento a...

Multiple Choice

Which one would you use to introduce a friend to another friend?

• Te presento a...

• Le presento a...

Multiple Select

What is an appropriate "respuesta" to "¿Cómo te llamas?"

• Bien

• Me llamo

• Mi nombre es

• Soy de

• Soy

Multiple Choice

"Cómo te llamas tú" and "Cómo te llamas" have the same meaning

• Cierto

• Falso

Multiple Choice

"Cómo se llama usted" and "Cómo se llama" have the same meaning

• Cierto

• Falso

Multiple Choice

"Te presento a..." is...

• Formal

• Informal

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"¿Cómo se llama?" is...

• Formal

• Informal

Reorder

Put the conversation in the correct order

• ¿Cómo te llamas?

• Me llamo Ana, ¿y tú?

• Me llamo Cesar.

• Mucho gusto.

• Igualmente.

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Put the conversation in the correct order

• ¿Quién es?

• Esta es mi amiga Sara.

• Un placer de conocerte.

• El gusto es mío.

• Igualmente.

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Spanish:
El alfabeto

By Maddie Gomez

​The Spanish alphabet is made up of consonants and vowels and is very similar to the English alphabet; However, there is one letter that English does not have.

​Did you spot it in the list?

​The Spanish alphabet, with 27 letters, is the same as the English alphabet with the addition of the ñ.

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Although English does not have the letter ñ, there are English words that have the sound, like “canyon” and “onion.”

​The Spanish Alphabet has 27 letters... but once had 30.

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There used to be some pairs of letters that were considered letters, but have been removed. ​

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​rr, ch , and ll?

​Although they still have distinct pronunciations in Spanish, the letters rr, ch and ll were removed from the Spanish alphabet by the Royal Spanish Academy in 2010.

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They are called digraphs. A digraph is a combination of two letters that make one sound.

​rr = rolling r ch = "ch" in cheese ll = "y" in yes

Sólo las vocales llevan acento (á, é, í, ó, ú)​

Only vowels have accents​ (á, é, í, ó, ú)

​Cosas para saber: Things to Know

- 27 letters, used to be 30
- old "letters" were rr, ll, and ch
- only vowels have accent marks
- vowels are a, e, i, o, u
- k and w are foreign letters- not in any native Spanish words
- all vowels sound different from English
- some consonants make the same sound as in English, some do not
- the line on top of ñ is called a tilde
- the only silent letter is "h"
- like in English, some consonants make different sounds depending on which vowel follows them (like Cat and Circle in English)

​El alfabeto/El abecedario: NOMBRES

Spanish A sounds like the O in the English word "clock"​

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​A = ah

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Spanish E sounds like when you kinda don't care and you just say "Eh. Whatever"​

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​E = eh

Spanish I sounds like the e in the English word "me"

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I = ee

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Spanish O sounds like the O in the English word "go"

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​O = oh

Spanish U sounds like the OO in the English word "moo"

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U = oo

​ A sounds

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​ E

Sounds​

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O Sounds

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U sounds

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Spelling
Spell the following words by saying the letter in Spanish

A - D - V - A - Y

H - O - L - A

P - E - R - R - O

E - N - C - A - N - T - A - D - O

N - I - Ñ - A

Q - U - E - S - O

Z - E - R - O

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gato

ah oh​

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Vowel EXAMPLE

​encantado

eh ah​ ah oh

Vowel EXAMPLE

gomez

Vowel EXAMPLE

Multiple Choice

1. How many letters are currently in the Spanish alphabet?

Multiple Choice

2. How many letters used to be in the Spanish alphabet, before they removed some?

Multiple Choice

Which letter is NEVER pronounced in Spanish?

• Z

• V

• H

• X

Multiple Choice

Which two Spanish letters are considered BORROWED letters, meaning they are not used in any authentic Spanish words?

• X,V

• K, W

• Z, Y

• LL,CH

Multiple Choice

"coo"

• K

• Q

• C

• U

Multiple Choice

equis

• S

• E

• X

• Q

Multiple Choice

zeta

• S

• C

• Z

• T

Multiple Choice

Las vocales en Español son...

• a, i, w, u

• a, e, i, o, u

• a, e, y, o, q

• b, c, d, e, f

Multiple Choice

¿Qué letras pueden tener acentos en Español?

• we do not have accents in Spanish

• only consonants

• only vowels

• any letter

• s

​Consonants with different sounds

​C The Spanish “c” has two separate sounds, hard and soft. The hard “c” closely resembles the English “k” sound, and the soft “c” is like the “s”.

casa, cena​

​ Q You will only see the letter “Q” in two ways: QUE and QUI.

Queso, quince

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​ Y Depending upon the region, the  y might sound like the English “y” in the word “yes” or the j in the English word “joy.” 

The letter “y” is a word in Spanish and it means  “and”.

 It is always pronounced   “ee”.

yate, playa​, buey, voy

​Consonants with different sounds

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​H The H is always silent in Spanish.

hola, hasta​

​ J The Spanish J closely resembles the “h” sound in English.

jugar, juez​

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​ G The Spanish G has a soft and a hard sound. The hard sound closely resembles the “g” in the word “good.” The soft sound resembles the “h” sound in English.

​gato, gente​

​Consonants with different sounds

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​V The V makes a sound like "b"

vaca, vacaciones

V de Vaca
B de Burro

​ D The Spanish D closely resembles the "th" sound when it is between vowels. The Spanish D has a much softer sound than in English.

lodo, delfín​

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C sound combinations
C-a, C-o, C-u make the "k" sound​

​Ejemplos: canto, como, cuarto.

​ C-e, C-i make the "s" sound​

​Ejemplos: cereza, silencio

G sound combinations
G-a, G-o, G-u make the hard "g" sound​

​Ejemplos: gato, gorila, guitara

​ G-e, G-i make the "h" sound​

​Ejemplos: gente, gigante

Multiple Choice

The letter "v" sounds like what other letter in the alphabet when pronounced in a word?

• D

• B

• C

• G

Multiple Choice

The letter "j" sounds like what letter in the English alphabet?

• D

• B

• H

• G

Multiple Choice

What sound would the beginning of this word make?: Gerente.

• "H" like in hello

• "G" like in great

• "G" like in giant

• "H" like in Cheese

Multiple Choice

What sound would the beginning of this word make?: Casa

• "C" like in cents

• "C" like in cat

Multiple Choice

What sound would the beginning of this word make?: Cero

• "C" like in cents

• "C" like in cat

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What sound would the beginning of this word make?: Cinco

• "C" like in cents

• "C" like in cat

Multiple Choice

What sound would the beginning of this word make?: Gigante

• "H" like in hello

• "G" like in great

• "G" like in giant

Multiple Choice

What sound would the beginning of this word make?: Curso

• "C" like in cents

• "C" like in cat

Multiple Choice

What sound would the beginning of this word make?: Gambas

• "H" like in hello

• "G" like in get

• "G" like in giant

Multiple Choice

What sound would the beginning of this word make?: Guantes

• "H" like in hello

• "G" like in get

• "G" like in giant

​Where to stress?/ What syllable is stressed?

​Spanish Pronunciation

​Any word that ends in a vowel (A, E, I, O, U) and the consonants N and S the stress will naturally fall on the second to last syllable/vowel.

Any other consonants have a stress naturally fallingon the last syllable.

Rule 1 - Palabras Graves

Rule 2 - Palabras Agudas

BASURA

SABEN

HOMBRES

​SALUD

CALOR

ABRIL

Multiple Choice

What syllable should be naturally stressed in the word "persona"?

• PERsona

• perSOna

• persoNA

Multiple Choice

What syllable should be naturally stressed in the word beber?

• BE-ber

• be-BER

Multiple Choice

What syllable should be naturally stressed in the word beber?

• BE-ber

• be-BER

​The Acute Accent

´

​There can only be one acute accent per word and can only be over vowels. Acute accents are used to break the previously explained rules. Whereever the acute accent mark is placed will be the stressed or emphasized syllable. Here are some examples:

JESÚS

DÉBIL

á, é, í, ó, ú

​The Acute Accent

´

á, é, í, ó, ú

​Homonyms are words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins

The Acute accent is used to differentiate the meaning of homonyms in Spanish

• Si - If/ Sí - Yes

• El - The/Él - He

• Papa - Potato/ Papá- Dad

Dipthongs/Triphthongs

​The sound formed by the combination of 2 or 3 vowels in a single syllable

Strong Vowels vs Weak Vowels in Spanish

The strong vowels of Spanish -a, -e, and -o; the weak vowels are -i and -u. When two strong vowels are next to each other, they form separate syllables; in other combinations, the vowels are in the same syllable.

Strong vowel combinations

• Microonda

• Tarea

• Real

Weak vowel combinations

• Farmacia

• Negocio

• Industria

Multiple Choice

What letter in the Spanish alphabet makes the English H sound?

• Y

• J

• Ch

• Q