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Let's hear all the names of the letters of the alphabet in Spanish!
The Spanish alphabet looks a lot like the alphabet in English, but it has some extra letters.
Here's what the complete alphabet in Spanish looks like:
a, b, c, ch, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, ll, m, n, ñ, o, p, q, r, rr, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z
However, the underlined letters no longer appear in new Spanish dictionaries.
But it's still helpful to learn how to say these letters which have different sounds in words.
Each button leads you to a website with three activities to help you learn their names.
Press on 1, 2, and 3 to go to the different activities.
You will hear the man say a different name for the letters ll and w.
In Spanish class for ll, you hear may hear your teacher say one of two different names.
Press this blue button to hear them both.
All three letter names are correct!
And in Spanish class for w, you may hear your teacher say another name.
Press this green button to hear it.
Different places where Spanish is spoken
will use different letter names.
¡Qué interesante! How interesting!.
Have fun!
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Now you are ready to start reading in Spanish with websites from Spain!
The fve vowels -- a, e, i, o, u -- look the same as in English but some have different sounds. Vowels are easier to read in Spanish because each vowel only has one sound.
First, listen to the third orange box to hear the vowels -- a, e, i, o, u. Yes, they do sound differently in Spanish. There is only one sound for each vowel -- not like in English where there are many sounds for each vowel, depending on how wthe word is spelled. Click on the animated pencil to begin. Stop the lesson by clicking on the door.
Now you are ready to read some consonant/vowel
combinations in Spanish. Click above on the orange box number
four, please.
Spanish is easy to read once you know how to read in English,
isn't it?
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A woman from Venezuela will say the letters of the Spanish alphabet and show you a word beginning with that letter and its picture.
However, the sound file for the letter y has broken down.
So, now listen to the correct sound of y griega.
Once you have learned the all the alphabet,
have a race with her voice!
See if you can say the letter as soon as it appears!
¡En sus marcas, listos, fuera! Ready, set, go!
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Have fun moving your mouse over the letters of the alphabet -- in any order.
It's a fun way to make sure you know these letters -- for sure!
As you put your mouse on the letter, you will see the word for that letter, too, along with other interesting information on changes to the Spanish alphabet.
The Real AcademiaEspañola is located in Madrid, the capital of Spain.
It started in 1713.
A picture of this beautiful building appears below..
Some people call the Real Academia Spain's "official" dictionary because it has the last word on what is correct Spanish.
¡Muchísimas gracias! to Liliana, who created this great alphabet hop!
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Listen to this Spanish alphabet presented by this funny bunny.Click on the green arrow to start or click on each letter individually.
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Listen to a native speaker from Spain. She will pronounce the following letters differently: c and z. Click on the picture that appears to hear the name of the object. Some you will know already; others will be brand new!
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Listen to this alphabet song that is sung by someone your age. His name is Alito and he is the son of a famous singer from Spain. The song is in a very modern rock beat. In Spanish the alphabet can be called el alfabeto or el abecedario. Here it's called el abecedario. Have fun learning this catchy song!
