As you are now acquainted with the common or garden greetings in Spanish, you can begin to learn the Spanish alphabet. You’ve got to know how each letter is known as, and the sound it produces.
The Spanish alphabet composed from thirty letters. Spanish sounds are way more than the total number of letters, as there are examples a letter is recounted in several ways according to its position succinctly.
Additionally, each letter has a name different to the ABC’s of English. To learn more on this Spanish Language, visit read Rocket Spanish.
The table below will show you how each letter in Spanish is called, how every one of them is announced, and some examples for practice.
Alphabet Name Pronounce It! Examples
An a [ah] / ah / as in English other, shut, boy alto ‘tall’ [al-to]
B b [beh] / b / as in English boy, about, crib bien ‘good’ [byen]
C c [theh] / k / as in English cup, rocky, milk cuatro ‘four’ when followed by the vowels a, o, u [kwat-ro] / th / as in English thin,
Catherine, maths cinco ‘five’ when followed by the vowels e, I [thing-ko] Ch ch [cheh] / ch / as in English kid, Richard, beach chica ‘girl’ [chi-ka]
D d [deh] / d / as is English doll, idea, satisfied donde ‘where’ when utilized in the beginning of a word or syllable [don-de] / th / as is then, mummy, breathe zilch ‘nothing’ when placed between vowels succinctly [na-dha] and so on..
Meanwhile, the letter h is often found in the written language of Spanish, but isn’t articulated verbally unless it belongs to the / ch / sound. As this day ends, you need to now be in a position to recite the thirty letters of the Spanish alphabet using the names they’re called ( ah, beh, theh, for example.
), distinguish the different sounds manufactured by some letters like c, d, g, v, x, and y according to specific circumstances, and cite some examples where all letters and sounds can be noted.