If you want to learn how to pronounce the letters and sounds of the Spanish alphabet,
you've come to the right place. Hey everyone, I'm your host Danae and in this video, our
teacher Luis is going to share with you an easy way to memorize the Spanish alphabet. And go over
some of the trickiest letters for beginners. So stay tuned, and before you go make sure
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So today we're going to go over the Spanish alphabet. Alright we have A. Ah.
B. Beh. A. B. Now we'll do C. Ceh. The letter C in Spanish which is the letter C in English
is really interesting because it has the ability to sound like two different things. It can
either sound like a K -kuh- or an S. Or in Spain, a TH sound. Moving on we have A B C. Now we're
moving to D. Deh. A B C D. E. Eh. A B C D E. F. Efeh. A B C D E F. G. Heh. Now this is another
interesting letter. The letter G in Spanish is "heh" but if we put the letters U and O
after G, we get "gu" or "go". And if we have GA, it's "gah" like gato. But if we have the
letters GI or GE, the G in Spanish is now pronounced, "hhh". So far we have A B C D
E F G. No we're moving to H. Hache makes no sound; it is a silent letter. Hache. So whenever
you see an H in Spanish, just know that it's silent, like "hotel." A B C D E F G H. Next
we're moving to I. Eee. Now in Spanish, I sounds like E. And the letter E sounds like "eh."
So far we have, A B C D E F G H I. J. Jota. The Spanish letter for J is jota and jota gets
pronounced a bit differently in the sense that it gets a little bit of phlegm to it.
Somewhat like the sound in words that have H in English. They have a little bit of a
guttural sound which is in the back of the throat. So far we have A B C D E F G H I J.
Next we're moving to K. Ka. Like "karate" or "kimono." "Ka" is not a sound you hear very often in
Spanish. In fact it's borrowed from a lot of foreign languages. So far we have A B C
D E F G H I J K. Next we have L. El-eh. A B C D E F G H I J K L. Next we have M. Eh-meh. So far we have
A B C D E F G H I J K L M. Next is N. Eh-neh. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N. And next we have
O. Oh. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O. Next we have P. Peh. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P. Next
we have Q. Cooh. And that's the letter Q in Spanish. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q. And the
next letter is R. Eh-reh. Now be careful, I'm not saying "Ehrrreh" which is the double R, which we'll
go over at the end with all the special letters. But I'm saying eh-reh, which is just a flip of my tongue.
When it's in the beginning of a word, it's "ereh" as in "rapido" or "rincon." When it's
in the middle of a word it's pronounced a little softer like "Barcelona" or "mariposa."
So far we have A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R. Next we have S. Eh-seh. A B C D E F G
H I J K L M N O P Q R S. Next we have "teh" which is the Spanish letter for T. Teh.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T. Next we have U. Oooh. It is the next vowel in our alphabet
and the last one. Oooh. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U. And the next letter is
V. Veh. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V. Now we're going to move to the next letter, doble-u or doble-v,
depending on where you're from. That's one of those foreign letters to Spanish. A B C
D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W. La proxima letra, the next letter, is X or equis.
Equis. And when you pronounce X in a word sometimes it sounds like "hh". Mexico, Oaxaca.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X. The next letter is "y griega." Y. It's
pronounced "yeh". A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y. Y la ultima letra,
the last letter, is zeta. When pronouncing this letter zeta, in Spanish we use the letter S to pronounce
it. Like "izquierda." So Z would be "ss". A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U
V W X Y Z. Now we're going to move onto the special letters in Spanish. The first of those
is a compound, which is C and H together, which makes the sound "ch". "Ch ch ch ch ch." Machaca,
which is my favorite type of food. Machaca. Next are the letters double L, which are pronounced
"eh-yeh." This comes up in words like "lluvia" or "me llamo". And it's pronounced with a
"yeh" sound, "yeh." Much like our letter Y. The next special letter is Ñ. For beginners this can
be kind of a tough letter. The best way to form an Ñ, is to think about an N and a G
together - "ng ng ng." In the back of the throat they form and kind of push out with an E as
well, so Ñ, en-yeh, like cumpleaños or año. Our last special character is the double R.
Double R's are strong wherever they are. They don't need to be at the front and they certainly don't need to be at the end.
Double R's have a rolling of the R which is like this "rrrr rrrr", like "carro" or "perro". And that is all our
special letters. Again those letters are CH, LL, Ñ, RR. Hey guys thanks for watching.
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