Letter Name English words

with
approximately
this sound
Spanish word
A, a a Anne avin
B, b be mobile beb
C,c ce i, e ciudad,
cerveza
a, o , u casa,
cosa,
cuaderno
Ch, ch che cheese leche
D, d de ladder dedo
E, e e elephant elefante
F, f efe coffee fuente
Letter Name English words
with
approximately
this sound
Spanish word
G, g ge elegant,
honey
i, e gente,
gimnasio
a, o, u gato,
gota, guapo
H, h hache (mute letter) hotel
I, i i England Inglaterra
J, j jota hero jabn, jardn
K, k ca/ka maker kilo
L, l ele lion len
LL, ll elle yard, yes lluvia
Letter Name English words
with
approximately
this sound
Spanish word
M, m eme mother madre
N, n ene banana naranja
, ee senior,
canyon
araa, Espaa
O, o o orchestra oso
P, p pe supper pie, poco
Q, q cu queue queso
R, r; rr erre (doble) bar, curry rosa, pero,
perro
Letter Name English words
with
approximately
this sound
Spanish word
S, s ese Sunday sombrero
T, t te tomato tomate
U, u u boot uvas
V, v uve berry vaca
W, w uve doble coward kiwi
X, x equis exit xilfono
Y, y i griega mayor yoy, y
Z, z zeta/ceta Catherine zapato, zorro
All Spanish nouns are either masculine or feminine,
the letters are feminine, so their determiners and
modifiers (e.g., articles, possessives, adjectives) must
be feminine too.
Escribe una a pequea. Write a small letter a.

In Spanish, words are spelled just like they sound.
It is not true in English put vs but or scalp vs. scissors
Spanish uses written accents to tell the reader which syllable
of the word has the greatest stress - that is, which syllable is
pronounced the loudest.
The written accents exist so that you, the reader, can know
precisely how the word is pronounced.

Words ending in a vowel, -n, or -s are stressed on the
next to the last (penultimate) syllable:
nada limonada zapatos
na da li - mo - na da za - pa tos
origen compro esta
o - ri gen com pro es - ta
estas
es- tas

Words ending in any consonant except -n or -s are
stressed on the last syllable:
doctor doc tor
ciudad ci - u - dad
comer co - mer

When rules above are not followed, a written accent is
used:
compr com - pr
est es - t
ests es - ts


Written accents are also used to differentiate between
words that are pronounced the same but have different
meanings:
si if s - yes
mi my m - me
el the l - he
tu your t - you