El alfabeto y vocales

	LETTER NAME	PHONETIC NAME (so you can sing the alphabet song in Spanish)	SOUND The letter MAKES in Spanish words (the way the letters are pronounced in Spanish words)
	HOW YOU SEE IT	HOW YOU HEAR IT SAID WHEN THINGS ARE BEING SPELLED OUTLOUD IN SPANISH	THE SOUND THE LETTER MAKES IN A WORD. HOW YOU SOUND OUT WORDS
1	A	AH	AH AS IN “MAMA” OR THE SOUND U MAKE AT THE DENTIST
2	B	BAY
3	C	SAY	LIKE AN S BEFORE “E” AND “I” AND LIKE A “K” IN ALL OTHER CASES
4	D	DAY
5	E	A AS IN ATE	E AS IN “WEIGHT”
6	F	EF-FAY
7	G	HAY	H AS IN HUMID BEFORE E AND I AND LIKE G IN GO IN FRONT OF A, O AND U. IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE HARD SOUND BEFORE E AND I, WE NEED A SILENT U IN SPANISH
8	H	AH-CHAY	ALWAYS SILENT
9	I	E	EE AS IN EEL
10	J	HO-TA	H AS IN HUMID
11	K	KAH
12	L	EL-LAY
	LL	EL-YEA	Y AS IN BEYOND or YELLOW. NO LONGER CONSIDERED A LETTER IN THE ALPHABET.
13	M	EM-MAY
14	N	EN-NAY
15	Ñ	EN-YEA	NI IN OPINION or ONION or the NY in CANYON --NASAL
16	O	O	O LIKE IN NO
17	P	PAY
18	Q	KU
19	R	EH-RAY
20	RR	EH-RRAY	ROLLED R
21	S	ES-SAY
22	T	TAY
23	U	OOH	"ue" in the word "due," except that the sound is shorter—OR OO AS IN MOON
24	V	U-BAY	PRONOUNCED JUST LIKE A “b”
	W	DOUGH-BLAY-U-BAY	NOT IN SPANISH WORDS
25	X	EH-KEES
26	Y	YEAH
27	Z	SET-TAH	LIKE AN “S” IN LATIN AMERICA