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You gotta review what you already learned! Click on a vowel below and repeat it. Make sure you say it exactly as you hear it. Ingrain into your mind that these sounds are represented by the letter you see. If you have problems on HOW to say it, click the black button beneath the vowel. It'll tell you HOW it's formed, ... or sounds. Practice! Repeat! Review! Speak! A E I O U Click on the black button to hear about the formation of these letters. Learning the Alphabet: Click on the letters below to hear their Spanish names. The information to the right is supposed to provide assistance to English speakers. A Always sounds like a as in father. B Same as V. Both are between English B & V. C Hard before a, o, & u. Soft before e & i. CH Same as English CH, but considered one letter in Spanish. D Sounds like th in English word they. E Always sounds like e as in met, let, bet, wet, etc. F Same as English F. (Note: PH isn't in Spanish.) G Hard before a, o, & u. Soft before e & i. H Always silent. I Always sounds like ee as in seen, ... but short! J Same as English H. Guttural in some Spanish countries. K Same as English K. Used in foreign words - no Spanish! L Same as English L. LL Same as English Y. M Same as English M. N Same as English N. Ñ Same as English Nya-Nya. O Close to English o in sore, bore, more ... but shorter. P Same as English P, ... but with less air afterwards. Q Same as English K. Needs U after it. No air afterwards. R Say "dd" as fast as you can, while blowing out lots of air. RR Say "dddd" as fast as you can, while blowing out lots of air. S Same as English S. Very "whistled" in Spain. T Sounds like th in English word think. U Always sounds like oo as in moon, but shorter. V Same as B. Both are between English B & V. W Same as English W. Used in foreign words - no Spanish! X Sometimes "sh" - or "h" - or "x" Y Same as English Y. Z Same as English S. "Lisped" in Spain. Now we're gonna sing! If you don't know the names of the letters, click on the letter in the alphabet chart in the upper right column of this page. It might be easier from the ALPHABET page ... Notice that when the song is sung, ... you just say "ve" for B (ve grande) and for V (ve chica). That'll get you going. Listen to them until you can sing the song with me! I guess you need some exercises to get this really going. OK. How about this!?! Go through this table as quickly as you can, and you should have the letters learned at the end of a good hour or two. GO! I LL C J O E F N L U D K E RR Ñ U B CH A M P A S V G H R Y C Q M Q L CH I W D E P K H O B A P U RR V J E E Y F X N T O LL Ñ S T U W J E Q Y I B O G R C D V RR F A U T N A Z LL R O Z S G X CH X L I Ñ W K M Z H Say the names of the letters then click on the letters to see that you said them correctly. If you don't sound like the recording, --- focus! Go through the chart backwards & forwards, up & down, randomly, or any way you want to. Hasta mañana el profe

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