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English Pronunciation
Symbol or
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English Example Spanish Example
Vowels and Diphthongs/Vocales y Dipthongs

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bat, apple
farm, calm
e set, less perro
above, porter
fern, work
tip, pity
i see, been vino
rot, wash corra, torre
bail, board por
soot, full
u root, fool
come, rum, blood
a lie, fry fraile, vais
a now, plough pausa, sauce
e fate, say, waiter
ago, also, note
there, rare, fair
here, interior, fear
toy, voice voy
allure, pure
Consonants/Consonantes
b bet, able tumbar, umbrio
d dime, mended conde, andar
g go, agog grande, rango
h hit, reheat
j you, pure cuyo, reyes
bank, singer banco, rango
r rate, sorrow
bear, after
s sit, scent casa, sesin
v vine, river
w wine, bewail huevo, puede
z zero, roses desde, mismo
rouge, leisure, french: jour, jalousie

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d page, jail
shame, ocean french: chambre, fiche
t much, chuck
thin, maths zumbar, ciento
this, other todo, hablando
x loch joven, rojo

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