pronunciation rules
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Spanish Pronunciatio
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Learning How to Pronounce Spanish
In English, each vowel can have different pronunciations depending on the sentence in which it is located.
go (g-oh)goose (goo-s)
In Spanish each vowelhas only
no matter where it is located.
onesound
a - ahh as in allrighte - eh as in everyonei - eee as in eato - oh as in ohiou - ooo as in supery - eee as in really
The letter v is pronounced like a b in English
vaca (bah-cah)
The letters ll are pronounced like a y in English
pollo (poh-yoh)
The letter l is pronounced the same as it is in English
flor (floh-r)
The r is rolled when found at the beginning or end of a word
rubio (rrooo-bee-oh)mar (marr)
The letters rr are also rolled
perro (pehrr-oh)
The curly line or tilda over the letter n - ñ, is pronounced like the letters ny in English
piña (peen-yah)
The letter j is pronounced like h; the g is also pronounced like h when found within a word
jamón (hah-mohn)inteligente (eeen-tehl-eee-hen-tay)
qué (kay)casa (kah-sah)
The letters qu are pronounced like the letter k in Spanish; so is the letter c
The letter z is pronounced like the letter s in Spanish
taza (tahs-ah)
The letter h is never pronounced in Spanish; it is always silent
hola(oh-lah)
accentsSPANISH USES ACCENTS OR
STRESSED VOWELS TO HELP WITH THE PRONUNCIATION OF
WORDS- when a vowel has an accent you are to stress the letter in that word
- in other words, you give that vowel more emphasis than the other vowels- matemáticas - mah-tay-mah-tee-cahs