1.
Learning How to
Pronounce Spanish
Spanish
Pronunciation

2.
In English, each vowel can have different
pronunciations depending on the sentence
in which it is located.
go (g-oh)
goose (goo-s)

3.
In Spanish
each vowel
has only
one
sound
no matter
where it is
located.
a - ahh as in allright
e - eh as in everyone
i - eee as in eat
o - oh as in ohio
u - ooo as in super
y - eee as in really

4.
The letter v is pronounced
like a b in English
vaca
(bah-cah)

5.
The letters ll are pronounced
like a y in English
pollo
(poh-yoh)

6.
The letter l is pronounced the
same as it is in English
flor
(floh-r)

7.
The r is rolled when found at
the beginning or end of a word
rubio
mar
(rrooo-bee-oh)
(marr)

8.
The letters rr are also rolled
perro
(pehrr-oh)

9.
The curly line or tilda over the
letter n - ñ, is pronounced like
the letters ny in English
piña
(peen-yah)

10.
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)

11.
The letters qu are pronounced
like the letter k in Spanish; so is
the letter c
qué
(kay)
casa
(kah-sah)

12.
The letter z is pronounced like
the letter s in Spanish
taza
(tahs-ah)

13.
The letter h is never
pronounced in Spanish; it is
always silent
hola
(oh-lah)

14.
accents
SPANISH 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-mahtee-cahs