We all find it hard when starting a new language, and one of the trickiest things can be pronunciation. What we will do is give you a quick run through of the rules and how they apply them to Spanish words
Welcome to Spanish for beginners, a pronunciation guide, the first thing we are are going to look at is the Spanish Alphabet.
a b c ch d e f g h i j k l ll m n ń o p q r s t u vx y z
Firstly we can see that there is on w, but we do have three new letters that are not in the English alphabet, ch, ll and ń. Lets start with the vowels.
Spanish For Beginners – Pronunciation – The Vowels
Unlike English vowels, Spanish vowels only have one sound.
a is said as in cat, not as in say.
e is said as in beg.
i is said as in feet, not as in sit.
o is said as in not, not as in note.
u is the exception, it has two options! it is said as in cool, unless it is between a g and an i, or a g and an e, then it is silent, even then if it has two dots over it , then you do pronounce it as described. Easy?
Spanish For Beginners – Pronunciation – The Consonants
We will look at the...