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2 Spanish First Level El abecedario
3 Aims To learn the difference between Latin American Spanish and European Spanish To learn letter combinations in Spanish To learn the alphabet To learn how to spell in Español!
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5 Español latino vs Castellano
6 ¿Cuál es la diferencia? Everyone can understand each other!
7 Some differences in vocabulary… Fall vs. Autumn Old English = feallan Autumn – comes from the latin autumnus
8 ¿Cuál es la diferencia? OrdenadorComputadora
9 ¿Cuál es la diferencia? Coger
10 V V in Castellano = B sound V in latino – V sound e.g. ¡Vamos!
11 CI and CE CI /CE Castellano = “th” sound CI /CE in latino – CI /CE sound e.g. Decir = to say
12 V and WW V/ WW in Castellon = oo-bey and oo- bey dooble V/ WW in latino – Vay / Dooble vay
13 CH and ELLE no longer considered letters in their own right (since 2010) CH and ELLE (LL)
14 Spanish Vowel sounds remain the same always! A – AH E – EH I - EE O – Oh U – Oo ¡Las vocales!
15 A Animales
16 E Elefante
17 I Iguana
18 O organután
19 u uno
20 Cancion de vocales
21 ¡Salsa de vocales!
22 El abecedario en español
23 ah
24 be
25 say
26 day
27 ay
28 efe
29 ge
30 ache
31 Ee long
32 Joe-tah
33 ka
34 ele
35 eme
36 ene
37 ñ
38 oh
39 peh
40 coo
41 eray
42 Es-say
43 teh
44 oo
45 Oo-be
46 Oo-be-doo-ble
47 ekis
48 ee-gree- ay-gah
49 zetah
50 El abecedario es cool! a b c d e f g h i j k l m n ñ o p q r s t u v w x y z
51 El abecedario es cool! a b c d e f g h i j k l m n ñ o p q r s t u v w x y z
52 El abecedario es cool! a b c d e f g h i j k l m n ñ o p q r s t u v w x y z
53 El abecedario es cool! a b c d e f g h i j k l m n ñ o p q r s t u v w x y z
54 El abecedario es cool! a b c d e f g h i j k l m n ñ o p q r s t u v w x y z
55 Orale El Alfabeto
56 Spanish alphabet song
57 Rules of pronunciation!
58 C The letter C sounds like a "k" when it is followed by the vowels a, o and u: casa, cosa, cuchara. It is pronounced as an "s" when it is followed by the vowels i and e: ciudad, cebra. This occurs in English as well: carrot, cold and cucumber, but celery and city.
59 El cine
60 La clínica
61 Un cómico
62 El centro
63 Un castillo
64 D When D is intervocalic (between two vowels) as in the word nada [nothing], or occurs at the end of a word, like verdad [truth], it is pronounced like the "th" in the English word "they": NAH-thah, ver-DATH
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67 Domingo
68 Diamante
69 Decidir
70 Dentista
71 G The letter G is hard (like the English G in "gate") when it is followed by the vowels a, o and u: gato,gordo, gusto. It is soft (like the English 'H') when it is followed by the vowels i and e - gimnasio, general. (This occurs in English as well although with different "g" sounds: game, gone and gulp, but gentle and giraffe.)
72 galería
73 general
74 global
75 gente
76 H The letter H is always silent. You might try to pretend it is invisible too, when you see words with h's. For example, the verb hay is pronounced like the English word "eye", not like the horse-food! Alcohol is pronounced "al-col" as if there were no `h' in the middle. Don't forget that ch is a separate letter that cannot be split. Ch has the same pronunciation in Spanish as it does in English
77 helado
78 hamburguesa
79 hola
80 cheque
81 chico
82 LL The most common pronunciation of the ELLE letter is as a Y sound. There is a lot of regional variation but using this pronunciation, you’ll be understood everywhere!
83 la calle
84 Me llamo…
85 llaves
86 Q Q never occurs without u, so think of Qu as one letter. Qu is always pronounced like a `k'. It never makes the `kw' sound as it does in English. Try to visualize a K every time you see Qu.
87 que
88 queso
89 R Rr is spelled r when beginning a word: rojo [red], but is spelled rr when it occurs within a word: pelirrojo [redhead].
90 rojo
91 arroz
92 carne
93 Me gusta comer arroz con carne.
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95 R with an "R", cigar. "R" with an "R", barrel. Rapid run the cars (of the train) loaded with the railroad's sugar.
96 V V is pronounced the same as B. A common native speaker error is to switch these letters when writing. Do not pronounce this letter like the English letter `v'. Both V and B are pronounced like a softened version of the English letter `b'.
97 vale
98 vamos
99 veinte
100 Z Z occurs only in front of strong vowels (A, O, U.) The Z "time-shares" the vowels with C. C also has a soft "S" sound in front of the weak Vowels (I, E.) Therefore, when the Z is placed in a position where it is faced with a weak vowel, it changes into the letter C. (for example, we spell pencil "lápiz" but the plural form pencils needs to change the Z to C "lápices.")
101 zapato
102 zanahoria
103 zumo de naranja
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105 1.Camino 2.Coche 3.Montaña 4.Cuidad 5.Chocolate 6.Piscina 7.Manzana 8.Cumpleaños 9.Donde 10.Isla 11.Pollo 12.Feliz 13.Cuando 14.Conocer 15.Quiero 16.Gracias 17.Porque 18.Venir 19.Bajo 20.Empezar 1.Path/Route 2.Car 3.Mountain 4.City 5.Chocolate 6.Swimming pool 7.Apple 8.Birthday 9.Where 10.Island 11.Chicken 12.Happy 13.When 14.To know 15.I want 16.Thank you 17.Because 18.To come 19.Low 20.To start
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107 ¡ Adiós!