THE SPANISH ALPHABET

EL ABECEDERO

La letra Pronunciación Ejemplo

A ah ABRIR = to open
B beh BEBER = to drink
C ceh CELEBRAR = to celebrate
CASA = House
C is pronounce like an “S” if followed by weak vowels. Weak vowels are E I
C is pronounce like a “K” if followed by strong vowels. A O U
CH. ceache Chiste = Joke
Chicharon = Masarap pag malutong.
D deh Divina = Divine
E eh Elefante = Elephant
F ehfe Foco = Bulb
G heh Gato = Cat
General = General
Like the C,
G is pronounced according to the vowel that follows the letter.
With strong vowel, A O it is G is like our GAtas
With E and I, it is like an H, like our Heneral.
How about U? Iba na ito. With u, then followed by weak vowels, nagiging parang GA
ng GAtas natin.
Guitarra = Guitar. Pronounced like our gitara. U is not heard, but the I makes G like
GInataan natin.
Especial letter is ü.
Guerra = War. Pronounced like our Giyera.
Güerra = Blonde. Pronounced “guwera”.
H ahche Historia = History
H is always silent in Spanish
Historia is pronounced as istorya
I ee Inglés = English
J jota Jefe = Chief
J takes the sound of H
Jefe is pronounced like our hefe. Parang yung hepe natin.
K kah Kilo = Kilo
L eleh Loco = Crazy
LL doble LL Lluvia = Rain
In America Latina, it is pronounced like Y,
In Spain, it is pronounced like LY
CaLLe = Street
AL = Pronounced as kaye.
Sp = Pronounced like our kalye.
M ehme Mamá = Mother
N ehne Nada = Nothing
Ñ ehnye Ñoño = Stupid (bad word ito)
O oh Ola = Wave
P pe Padre = Father
Q koo Queso = Cheese
Pronounced like our KESO
R ehre Rey = King
RR doble ehre Perro = Dog, (no word starts with RR)
Exaggerate the R sound.
S ehse Sol = Sun
T teh Tinieblas = Darkness
U ooo Útil = Useful
V uhbeh Vaca = Cow
W doble u Wafle = Waffle Few words start with W and usually they are Spanized
English.
X ehquis Xilófono = Xylophone X life W, few words and Spanized English.
Y eegriega Yo = I
Z sehta Zanahoria = Carrot
In Latin America, pronounced like S,
In Spain, pronounced like TH.

The vowels, A, E, I, O, U are pronounced like our Tagalog, a,e,i,o,u.

Ejercicios:
Choose two letters of the Alphabet and give 10 words each that start with the letter
that you choose. 5 verbs and 5 nouns. This is to put into our system, el español. You
may send your answer to my Email, thaddeusteano@gmail.com ¡Gracias!

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