Hola.
En esta lección,
vamos a aprender el alfabeto
o, abecedario.
Please note that in some Spanish courses,
two or three additional letters might be taught.
Watch my older video on the alphabet to see the "CH" /che/
"LL" /elle/
and "RR" /erre/
First, let's go over the vowel sounds,
since they're a little different in Spanish from English.
"A a"
Kind of like the sound in "clock."
"A"
"E e"
"E"
They kind of like
"bay" or "hey"
"I i"
Like the "e" in "me."
"O o"
Kind of like the sound in "toe."
"U u"
kind of like the sound in "moo."
"U"
So, "A"
"E"
"I"
"O"
"U"
You can find all the vowel sounds in the word
"murciélago."
"Murciélago."
Which is the word for "bat."
And if you can memorize that word,
you'll have all the vowels.
Now, we always pronounce the vowels the same way in Spanish,
except once in a while,
the "U" go silent after "Q" or "G".
Otherwise,
if they're in the word,
we're going to say them.
Bien.
Ahora, el alfabeto.
O, el abecedario.
A a /a/
B b /be/
C c /ce/
D d /de/
E e /e/
F f /efe/
G g /ge/
H h /hache/
I i /i/
J j /jota/
K k /ka/
L l /ele/
M m /eme/
N n /ene/
Ñ ñ /eñe/
O o /o/
P p /pe/
Q q /cu/
R r /erre/
S s /ese/
T t /te/
U u /u/
V v /uve/
W w /double uve/
X x /equis/
Y y /ye/
Z z /zeta/
Otra vez.
A a /a/
B b /be/
C c /ce/
D d /de/
E e /e/
F f /efe/
G g /ge/
H h /hache/
I i /i/
J j /jota/
K k /ka/
L l /ele/
M m /eme/
N n /ene/
Ñ ñ /eñe/
O o /o/
P p /pe/
Q q /cu/
R r /erre/
S s /ese/
T t /te/
U u /u/
V v /uve/
W w /doble uve/
X x /equis/
Y y /ye/
Z z /zeta/
Now, in Spanish, if you're not sure how to say something,
you can always ask,
"¿Cómo se dice..."
...en español?"
You can fill in the blank with a word, maybe.
And
"¿Cómo se escribe?"
is "how is it written or spelled?"
Or
"¿Cómo se deletrea?"
for "how is it spelled?"
Por ejemplo,
¿Cómo se dice "guitar" en español?
Se dice, "guitarra."
¿Cómo se escribe?
Se escribe
G-U-I-T-A-R-R-A
¿Cómo se dice "guy teacher" en español?
Se dice, "profesor."
¿Cómo se escribe?
Se escribe
P-R-O-F-E-S-O-R
¿Cómo se dice "tv" en español?
Se dice, "televisión."
¿Cómo se escribe?
Se escribe
T-E-L-E-V-I-S-I-O-N
¿Cómo se dice "mushroom" in español?
Se dice, "champiñón."
¿Cómo se escribe?
Se escribe
C-H-A-M-P-I-Ñ-O-N
¿Cómo se dice "cat"?
Se dice, "gato."
¿Cómo se escribe?
Se escribe
G-A-T-O
¿Cómo se dice "llama"?
Se dice, "llama." /yama/
¿Cómo se escribe?
Se escribe
L-L-A-M-A
o LL-A-M-A
So, to review el alfabeto
o, abecedario,
It's as follows.
A a /a/
B b /be/
C c /ce/
D d /de/
E e /e/
F f /efe/
G g /ge/
H h /hache/
I i /i/
J j /jota/
K k /ka/
L l /ele/
M m /eme/
N n /ene/
Ñ ñ /eñe/
O o /o/
P p /pe/
Q q /cu/
R r /erre/
S s /ese/
T t /te/
U u /u/
V v /uve/
W w /doble uve/
X x /equis/
Y y /ye/
Z z /zeta/
Some of the letters
have different names in different places.
So, the following are some things that you might hear
for the different letters.
Por ejemplo,
B b /be/
That's letter "B."
You might hear called,
"be"
"be alta"
"be larga"
"V" You might hear
"uve"
"be corta"
"be baja"
"W" You might hear,
"uve doble"
"doble uve"
"doble u"
"doble ve"
"ve doble"
And "Y" you might hear the old name,
which was "i griega"
or,
now,
"ye"
Bien. I hope this video is helpful.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments about this video.
Y, adiós.