El alfabeto/El abecedario
• 30 letters
• Vowels only make one sound
a – a (ah)b - be (beh) c – ce (seh)
ch – che (cheh)d – de (deh)
e – e (eh)f – efe (ef-ay)g – ge (heh)
h – hache (ach-ay)
i – i (ee)j – jota (ho-tah)
k – ka (cah)
l - ele (el-lay) ll - elle (e-yay)m – eme (em-
may)n - ene (en-nay)ñ – eñe (en-yay)
o - o (oh)p - pe (peh)q – cu (coo)
r – ere (eh-ray)rr – erre (err-
ray)s – ese (es-say)
t - te (teh)u – u (ooh)v - ve / uve
(beh/oo-beh)w - doble u/doble uve
(doh-blay oo/doh-blay oo-beh)
x - equis (ek-keys)y - i griega / ye
(ee-gree-yeh-gah/yeh)z – zeta (seh-tah)
Gramática - PunctuationSimilarly to English, punctuation is important in Spanish. However, in Spanish, you can tell
what type of sentence you are reading sooner. Por ejemplo:
¿Cómo se llama?What is your name?
¡Bienvenidos!Welcome!
With questions and exclamations, the punctuation is placed before the sentence as well as after. The
punctuation mark that is placed before the sentence is always upside down. Declarative sentences and commands only have punctuation at the end of the
sentence.
Gramática – Accent Marks
Accents are especially important to proper pronunciation. Their primary purpose is to show where
the emphasis is in a word.el
corazónheart
el párajobird
Another purpose for accents is to distinguish between words that are spelled the same. For this reason, accents
are very important, and MUST be used.
Sí – yesvs.
Si - if
más – more
vs. mas - but
Another purpose for accent marks is in the use of question words, which will be covered later.