Phonics
Spanish: KS3, topic 1.1.1
El Alfabeto en Español - The Alphabet in Spanish
A - F
- A = ah
- B = beh
- C = sey
- D = deh
- E = eh
- F = efe
G - LL
- G = hheh
- H = a - chay
- Be aware that the letter ‘h’ is nearly always silent - this sound is just for pronouncing the alphabet.
- I = ee
- J = hha
- Although the letter in the alphabet is pronounced ‘hhota’.
- K = kah
- L = eh leh
- LL = eh-yeh
M - Q
- M = eh-meh
- **N **= eh-neh
- Ñ = eh-nyeh (like Tanya).
- O = oh
- P = peh
- Q = koo
R - U
- R = eh-reh
- RR = eh rreh
- S = eh seh
- T = teh
- U = oo
V - Z
- V = veh
- Note that in Spain, it is quite common to hear the v pronounced as a b but not in Latin America.
- W = wer
- Although the letter is pronounced uve doble in Spanish and doble v in Latin American Spanish.
- X = eh-kees
- Y = ee
- Although the letter is called i griega.
- Z = zeh-tah
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