6Alphabet

Question 1

A

Answer 1

Name: ‘ah’ as in father,

Pronunciation: always the same

Examples: casa hacer

Question 2

B

Answer 2

Name: ‘beh’

Pronunciation: at the beginning of words and after ‘L”, as b in baseball;

all other times softer (using only your lower lip)

Examples: buscar, haber

Question 3

C

Answer 3

Name: seh,

Pronunciation: Either a hard sound (k) (before a, o and u)

or soft (s/th)(before e and i)

^{(Mexico: soft c and z are like ‘s’)}

^{(Spain: soft c and z are ‘th’)}

Examples: caber, hacer

^{[This works the same way with ‘g’:}

^{gato, hago, proteger, corregir]}

Question 4

D

Answer 4

Name: deh (day);

Pronunciation: a soft sound,

at the end of a word, more like ‘th’

Examples: decir, usted

Question 5

E

Answer 5

Name: eh pronounced like the A in day

Pronunciation: always the same

Examples: mesa, decir

Question 6

F

Answer 6

Name: eh feh

Pronunciation: Sounds like the English ‘f’

Examples: satisfacer

Question 7

G

Answer 7

Name: hay (pronounced hey)

Pronunciation: Hard g before a, o, u;

Breathy h before e and i

Examples: gato, general

^{[This works the same way with ‘c’:}

^{caber, halago (flattery), parece, decir]}

Question 8

Gu/Gü

Answer 8

Gu: Gw with A,O

Hard G with E, I

Gü: Gw with E, I

Examples: guapo, seguir, vergüenza

Question 9

H

Answer 9

Name: aah cheh

Pronunciation: always silent unless used in ‘ch’

Examples: ha, hecho

Question 10

I

Answer 10

Name: ee

Pronunciation: Always the same

Examples: picar, decir

Question 11

J

Answer 11

Name: hoh tah

Pronunciation: An English ‘h’ coming from the back of your throat

Examples: jugar, jefe

Question 12

K

Answer 12

Name: kah

Pronunciation: like English k. Used infrequently, mostly in words borrowed from other languages

Examples: Kabul

Question 13

L

Answer 13

Name: eh leh (L A)

Pronunciation: like English L

Examples: oler, solía

Question 14

M

Answer 14

Name: eh meh (a may)

Pronunciation: Like English M

Examples: mención

Question 15

N

Answer 15

Name: eh neh

Pronunciation: Same as English

Examples: negociar, nadan

Question 16

Ñ

Answer 16

Name: ehn yay

Pronunciation: Like ny in canyon

Examples: año, pequeño

Question 17

O

Answer 17

Name: oh

Pronunciation: O as in hotel - always

Examples: sobre, gato

Question 18

P

Answer 18

Name: peh

Pronunciation: Like English

Examples: participar, poner

Question 19

Qu

Answer 19

Name: cooh ooh

Pronunciation: only in front of E,I

K in front of E,I

Examples: que, querer

Question 20

R

Answer 20

Name: eh reh

Pronunciation: with a slight D just before,

At the beginning or end of a word, there is a roll.

Examples: rascar, querer

Question 21

S

Answer 21

Name: eh seh

Pronunciation: Like English letter S (never z)

Examples: escapar, sostener

Question 22

T

Answer 22

Name: teh

Pronunciation: Like English T

Examples: total, argot

Question 23

U

Answer 23

Name: ooh

Pronunciation: OO - always. Never ‘you’

Examples: juzgar, una

Question 24

V

Answer 24

Name: beh

Pronunciation: At beginning of word - b as in baby

In the middle of a word, like an English V, but not aspirated

Examples: valer, revuelto

Question 25

W

Answer 25

Name: do ble veh

Pronunciation: English letter W. Rarely used. Only in foreign words.

Examples: web, whiskey

Question 26

X

Answer 26

Name: eh kees

Pronunciation: Before consonants, a hissed S.

Between vowels a hissed GS.

Examples: exigir, exacto, xilófono

Question 27

Y

Answer 27

Name: ee gree a gah (Greek I)

today called ye.

Pronunciation: by itself like English E,

In a word, like Y in ‘you’ with a slight J sound.

Examples: yendo, desayamos

Question 28

Z

Answer 28

Name: say tah

Pronunciation: Like English S

Examples: conozco, zoología

Question 29

CH

Answer 29

No longer a Spanish letter.

Sounds like English.

Question 30

LL

Answer 30

No longer a Spanish letter, but its sound still exists.

Pronunciation: Like English Y with a slight J

Examples: llamar, callado

Question 31

RR

Answer 31

No longer a Spanish letter, its sound still exists.

Pronunciation: the Spanish R with a trill.

Examples: correr, aburrido

Question 32

page with pronunciations

Answer 32

How to Say The Alphabet in Spanish — Spanish and Go