It’s always surprising to me year after year how many of my new BVSD Spanish students don’t know the Spanish Alphabet. This tutorial covers the letters in the Spanish alphabet and how they’re pronounced. Learning the proper pronunciation of Spanish letters allows the student to easily read and spell new words.
A- ah (the doctor tells you to say “ah”)
B- beh (like the word “bet” without the T)
C- seh (like “set” without the T)
CH- che (like “check” without CK)
D- deh (like “den” without N)
E- eh (the sound the E makes in “den”)
F- eh-feh (two syllables: the “eh” from above and “feh”)
G- hey (like “hey”you, without a strong Y)
H- ah-che (combine sounds for Spanish letters A + CH)
I- ee (The long E sound from “see”)
J- hoe-tah (the garden tool “hoe” + “tah”)
K- kah (sounds like the first syllable in “costume”)
L- eh-leh (like saying the English letters “L” + ”A”)
LL- eh-yay (like the letter “A” + “yeah”)
M- eh-may (“eh” + the month of May without strong Y)
N- eh-neigh (“eh” + plus the beginning of neighbor “neigh”)
Ñ- eh-nyeigh (“eh” + ny sound at the start of “neigh”)
O- oh (shortened version of English letter O)
P- peh (like the word “pay” without the Y)
Q- coo (like what a baby does: coo)
R- eh-reh (No rolling R. sounds like “eh” + “ray” without Y on end of ray)
RR- eh-rreh (same as above, but stronger, rolled R)
S- eh-seh (like “eh” + “say” without the Y on the end)
T- teh (like the sound in “tell”)
U- oo (like “oo” sound in “boo”)
V- oo-beh (“oo” from above + “beh” from letter B. No V-sound in Spanish)
W- doo-blah-beh (“do” + “blah” + “beh”)
X- ay-keys (like the English letter “A” + “keys”)
Y- ee-gree-ay-gah (like letter “E” + “gree” from green + “A” + “gah”)
Z- say-tah (the word “say” without strong “y” + tah)
