Señor Dennis Raymond Maturan

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1) H is the only silent consonant in
Spanish, it is never pronounced. It
often appears at the beginning of a
word and sometimes within a word:
hotel, habichuelas, hierro, hambre, hay,
ahora, hoy, ahí, hielo
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2) Z is pronounced in most of Spain,
especially in Madrid like the th in
think. In Latin America and Southern
Spain, it is like s in sink: paz, cruz,
razón, mezclar, Zaragoza
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3) C before and e or i, is pronounced
just like the Spanish z; that is, in most
of Spain like the th in thought:
cerrado, cesto, cebolla, centro, ceniza,
cine, cinco, ciudad, celoso, obligación,
repetición
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4) In all other positions, C, is
hard like the c in corn:
capítulo, caja, cartón, cuidad,
actual, acción, camisa, castillo
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5) Qu in Spanish is
pronounced like K and
appears only before an e or
i: querer, queso, Roque,
Quezon, quién, quinto
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6) D is pronounced as th in
Madrid if it is found at the end
of a word, in other positions
like d in dog: pared, ciudad,
cantidad, red, domingo, diente
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7) Ll is pronounced as liyeh
(valle=vuh-liye) or jiy/
(caballo= cuh-bah-
jiyoh/cebolla= the-boh-jiyah):
detalle, llamar, batalla,
toalla, llave, llano, llevar
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8) J is pronounced like the h in hen.
It has the same articulation as
the g in coger and gente.
(jinete= hi-ne-the/ jabón=ha-
bhon): julio, junio, jamón, jamás,
Javier, Juan, junta
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9) X is articulated in Spanish
like ks in English. Others
pronounce it like as s: mixto,
texto, boxear, examen, experto,
exotico, (h) Oaxaca, México,
Xavier
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10) G has two pronunciations.
a) When g is immediately followed by i or
e, the g is pronounced like h in hen, hole, or
honey:
gigante, gente, coger, gentíl, Gener, Gerardo.
b) When the g is followed immediately by
a, o, u, r or l it is pronounced like go or girl:
gallo, gordo, agudo, aguja, grado, granada,
globo
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11) Y has the same pronunciation as I (ee)
by itself which means and. It can either be
used as a consonant or a vowel.
a) When used at the beginning of a word it
is a consonant: yerba, yema, yugo and in
intervocalic (consonant between two
vowels) like rayo.
b) When y is found at the end of a word, it
is a vowel: rey, ley, buey.
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12) B and V are pronounced in
Spain as B as in the English Boy,
but the V is softer and not as
explosive. In South America V is
pronounced like the English V in
Victory