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    The document summarizes some key aspects of spelling and pronunciation in the Spanish alphabet: 1) It explains that the letters "u" and "g" are pronounced differently in the syllables "gue" and "gui". 2) The letter "h" is usually silent in Spanish words. 3) The letter "r" can have both a soft and hard pronunciation depending on its placement in a word. 4) The letter "x" is usually pronounced like an "s" but in some names from Hispanic America it is pronounced like an "h".

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    Práctica para aprender espanol

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    7 EL ALFABETO ESPANOL

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    The document summarizes some key aspects of spelling and pronunciation in the Spanish alphabet: 1) It explains that the letters "u" and "g" are pronounced differently in the syllables "gue" and "gui". 2) The letter "h" is usually silent in Spanish words. 3) The letter "r" can have both a soft and hard pronunciation depending on its placement in a word. 4) The letter "x" is usually pronounced like an "s" but in some names from Hispanic America it is pronounced like an "h".

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    7 El Alfabeto Espanol

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    The document summarizes some key aspects of spelling and pronunciation in the Spanish alphabet: 1) It explains that the letters "u" and "g" are pronounced differently in the syllables "gue" and "gui". 2) The letter "h" is usually silent in Spanish words. 3) The letter "r" can have both a soft and hard pronunciation depending on its placement in a word. 4) The letter "x" is usually pronounced like an "s" but in some names from Hispanic America it is pronounced like an "h".

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    El Alfabeto español

    flute, Luz (light) Lunes (Monday)

    u book,
    boots,
    Bus (bus)
    Usted (you)
    Cuba (Cuba)
    Mucho (a lot)
    Octubre (Octover)
    Uruguay (Uruguay)
    Cruz
    Buenos Aires
    Bogotá Colombia Vaso (glass)
    b Billete
    Bonbón
    (ticket)
    v Un vaso de vino
    (a glass of wine)
    (chocolates)
    Un billete de tren Verano (summer)
    ( a train ticket) Vacaciones (Holidays)
    Mamá (mum) Papá (dad) Es muy bonita (is very nice) Uvas (grapes)
    father, car,
    Mi abuelo Roberto Ventana (window)

    a bus, mum,
    dad, hat
    Casa (house)
    Cantar (to sing)
    Andar ()
    Trabajar (to work)
    Hablar (to speak) Nadar (to swim) •
    •
    (my grandfather Roberto)
    Buenos días (good morning)
    ña elephant, Tren (train) Te (tea) Muy bien (very good/ very well)

    e pen,
    shirt,egg,
    bell, belt
    Pez (fish) Elena (Helen)
    Deportes (sport) Es (is)
    Tele (TV) Él (he)
    •
    •
    El vino esta frio
    Los bomberos apagan el fuego
    (the wine its cold)

    (firemens put out the fire)


    Escribir (to write) Si (yes) • Dame un beso (give me a kiss)
    •
    i be, see,
    fish, key,
    Patinar (skating)
    Lápiz (pencil)
    Decir (to say)
    Pie (foot)
    Tigre (tiger)
    Inglesa (english)
    •
    •
    Antonio Banderas
    Vamos en bicicleta
    Mañana viene mi abuelo
    (we cycle)

    idea Oh!, Otoño (autumn) Hola (hello) (my grandfather cames tomorrow)

    o Monday,
    October,
    clock, ball,
    Teléfono (phone) No (no)
    Tampoco (neither) Como (as)
    Gracioso (funny) Sol (sun)
    •
    •
    •
    Buenos Aires es bonito
    Un bolígrafo negro
    Mi móvil
    (Buenos Aires is nice)
    (a black pen)
    (my cell pone)
    Güe y Güi:It is written ü in the syllables gue and gui to indicate that
    we must pronounce

    In case a word with the syllables gue or gui does not carry a dieresis
    (··), then we should not pronounce the u.

    The letter H is silent in Spanish


    The letter R has twu sounds
    Soft:: if there is only ONE “R” in between two vowels
    C
    Caro (expensive) Pero (but)

    Arana, Spider Estrella Star


    Árbol Tree Granja Farm
    Caricia Caress Hormiguero Anthill
    Cariño My dear Jirafa Giraffe
    Carolina Carolina Mandarina tangerine

    Hard: when the “R” is ar the beginning of a word and when there is an
    “RR”
    Rana (frog) ayo (ray)
    Rayo
    Carro (car) Perroo (dod)
    X at the beginning of the word is pronounced as The W is a letter used very little in
    x “S”
    Xilófono Xenón Xenofobia
    w Spanish, and basically it is used in words
    that we take of other languages: German
    and English, etc. and its pronunciation is
    generally preserved.
    In front of consonant, between vowels and at the end of the
    word is the sequence of the (k) + (s)
    Washington Walter Taiwan
    Exportación Pretexto Textil Externo William Wi Wantan
    Examen Alexander Texas Exacto Wiski Wafles Word
    Texaco Laxante Hexágono Exabrupto
    Examinar Mixer Nixon Píxel
    Félix Fénix Tórax ántrax

    En algunos nombres de lugares y personas de Hispanoamerica la


    X, se pronuncia como (j)
    Ximena Xavier México Texas Texano

    in Spain, although the emphatic cultured


    pronunciation coincides with the American one,
    the most widespread pronunciation is “S”

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