1. Guía de Pronunciacíon
Lola Meyer
Periodo 8
Spanish 3

2. Vowels!
Vowels English Example Spanish Example
“a” mama, yacht cama, masa, Ana

3. Vowels!
VOWEL ENGLISH EXAMPLE SPANISH EXAMPLE
“e” ten, desk tele, mete, nene

4. Vowels!
Vowels English Example Spanish Example
“i” trio, chic, elite sí, mitin, di

5. Vowels!
Vowels English Example Spanish Example
“o ” obey solo, moto, oso

6. Vowels!
Vowels English Example Spanish Example
“u” lunar uso, una, puro

7. Vowels!
Vowels English Example Spanish Example
“y” (alone) many, penny y

8. Common Diphthongs!
Common Diphthongs English Example Spanish Example
ai, ay ice bailáis, iay

9. Common Diphthongs!
Common Diphthongs English Example Spanish Example
ei, ey vein veinte, ley, rey

10. Common Diphthongs!
Common Diphthongs English Example Spanish Example
oi, oy oil, joy oigo, soy, doy

11. Common Diphthongs!
Common Diphthongs English Example Spanish Example
auto, aula,
au, cow, how
ausente

12. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
bamba, vamos, vemos
b and v bat
un beso, uva

13. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
c before a,o,u cat casa, cosa, cuna

14. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
c before e,i cent, city celos, cinco, cesto

15. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
ch check chico, ocho, lucha

16. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
d do donde, aldea, anda

17. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
f fame fama, fe, foto

18. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
g before a,o,u gas, go, gun gala, goma, gustar

19. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
g before e,i hot gesto, Gil, gime

20. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
h hour, honest, honor hasta, hora, hola

21. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
j before all vowels hot jota, jete, ojo

22. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
k kit kiosko

23. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
l similar to english lento, ala, ola

24. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
ll million or yes llama, ella, olla

25. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
m similar to english mi, mas

26. Consonants!
Vowels English Example Spanish Example
similar to most
n no, nota
english

27. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
ñ onion, union uña, año, niño

28. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
p similar to english pan, peso, sopa

29. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
qu used only before e
clique que, quien, queso
or i

30. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
r three aroma, era, ira

31. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
rr and R double trilled r arroz, Rosa

32. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
s similar to english sin, son, esa

33. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
t similar to english tu, te, ti

34. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
not used in words of
w __________
Spanish origin.

35. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
excepto, excelente,
x similar to english
extra

36. Consonants!
Consonants English Example Spanish Example
z son zona, zeta, zapato

37. Common Semi Consonants
Common Semi
English Example Spanish Example
Consonants
i before e,a,o yes bien, tienes

38. Common Semi Consonants
Common Semi
English Example Spanish Example
Consonants
u before a,e,i,o was, went, wind agua, buena, cuota

39. Common Semi Consonants
Common Semi
English Example Spanish Example
Consonants
y before a,e,o,u yam, yolk ya, yo, yeso

40. Common Semi Consonants
Common Semi
English Example Spanish Example
Consonants
y (and) elite y