Alphabet Name of the Note Usage English

Alphabet Equivalent
A A Elongated aa Hola, casa father, dark
B be bien, bebé Ball, Base
C Ce has 2 sounds: like casa, cine King, Kite, Sense
English S (before
E or I); like
English K (before
A, O, U, or
consonant)
CH Che chico, leche Champion
D de generally not as día, verdad There, Thus
strong as English
D; often like TH,
especially
between vowels
and at end of
word
E e Elongate Ay mesa, cine Case, Late
F efe café, fruta Café, Fruta
G ge has 2 sounds: like jugo, general Kh( Ladakh)
English H (before
E or I); like
English hard G
(before A, O, U,
or consonant)
H Hache always silent Hola, Hoy H is silent
(note that CH is a
separate
character)
I i Elongated ee cine, hijo Meet, Beet
J jota like an English H hijo, jugo Kh(Stronger H)
K Ka kilo, kiosko King, Kilogram
L ele hola, leche Color, mail
LL elle in most areas, calle, llama Year, york
pronounced as Y
M Eme mesa, llama Mayor, Mall
N ene noche, nada Night, noon
Ñ eñe like NY in English señor, niño Ny( New,
newton)
O O Elongated Oh niño, hola Open, close
P pe papá, peso Pig, Past
Q Cu always followed queso, quién King, Kill
by U; like an
English K
R ere pronounced with señor, fruta, Ring, Rose
single flap except Ramon
as initial sound,
when it is trilled
RR erre trilled R sound perro, carro Current,
surrender
S Ese casa, señor Simple, sip
T te unlike English, T taza, fruta T( Taiwan)
is an unaspirated
dental sound
U u Elongated ooo jugo, mucho Moon, boot
V ve often identical in vaso, vive Win, wore
sound to B
W Doble ve wiski Win
X equis varies, but often México, Lexicon, taxi
like KS in English excelente
Y Igriega almost always Hoy, y, Yucatán Year, meet
like English Y
Z Zeta like an English Taza, azúcar Assault, massive
S(dental S)

- Practice reading the following Spanish words/expressions aloud to practice sounds:

Uno 1
Dos 2
Tres 3
Cuatro 4
Cinco 5
Seis 6
Siete 7
Ocho 8
Nueve 9
Diez 10
Casa Home
Hola Hello
Buenos Días Good Morning
Buenas Noches Good Night
Mucho A lot/ Much
Está bien It`s okay, It`s fine
Muy bien Very Good
Adiós Goodbye
Hasta mañana See you tomorrow
Gracias Thank you
Mucho gusto Much pleasure, My pleasure, Nice to
meet you
De nada You`re welcome
Por favor Please
-Practice names of the months reading them out loud