the A in FATHER - A sounds like…, the E in Eggs - E sounds like…, the I in Iguana - I sounds like…, the O in MOST - O sounds like…, the U in FLU - U sounds like…, the English F - F sounds like…, the English L - L sounds like…, the English M - M sounds like…, the English N - N sounds like…, the English P but without a puff of air at the end. - P sounds like…, the English T except the tip of the tongue presses against your upper teeth and there is no puff of air. - T sounds like…, the English D except that your tongue gently strikes the back of the upper front teeth. - D at the beginning of a word (or following a L, N or R) sounds like…, a very soft TH sound. Your tongue should strike the lower part of your upper teeth almost between the upper and lower teeth. - D between two vowels or at the end of a word sounds like…, the S in Serpent - S sounds like…, a soft S sound (seh and si) but a TH sound in Spain. - CE and CI sound like…, a S (saw, so, su) but a TH sound in Spain. - ZA, ZO, and ZU sound like…, a hard K sound (like in KITE). (Note that a CUA is the same as QUA in English) - CA, CO and CU sound like…, a hard K sound (like in Kay, Key). - QUE and QUI sound like…, a hard G (gah, go, goo) - GA, GO and GU sound like…, when G is with the vowels UE or UI it makes the sounds Gay, Gee like in soggy - GUE and GUI sound like…, a B & V sound similar. Think of B burro o V vaca - B and V sound like…, similar to the sound in WHO like Juan and Jalapeño - J sounds like…, similar to a soft H like in Hen or He - GE and GI sound like…, the NY in CANYON. (Note: Ñ is it's own letter in the Spanish alphabet!) - Ñ sounds like…, the CH in Chimichanga - CH sounds like…, a softer English X, like a GS sounds. (examen -> eg-samen) - X between two vowels sounds like…, an S in English - X followed by a consonant sounds like…, a trilled/rolled R. (This sound doesn't exist in English…but it's a whole lot of fun!) - R at the beginning of a word sounds like…, a trilled/rolled R. (This sound doesn't exist in English…but it's a whole lot of fun!) - RR in the middle of a word sounds like…, If it's just one R no roll - R in a word sounds like…, the EE as in BEE (or just like the letter I in Spanish) - Y used as a vowel sounds like…, the Y in YO-YO. Note that a Y is a consonant when it begins a word or a syllable. This is a letter that is pronounced differently in many Spanish-speaking places. - Y used as a consonant sounds like…, the Y in YO-YO depending on where you are. In Spain it sounds like a J +Y combination. - LL sounds like…, the GUI in penguin, Gwi - Ü sounds like …, the H in Hour or Honor. It is silent unless it is CH - H sounds like …, the English W. (There are less than 30 words in the Spanish dictionary that start with W) - W sounds like …,

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