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Pure vowels sound Spanish word English word a la (ah) father yacht e le (A) ate eight i ti (ee) meet o yo (O) order open u tu (oow) too smooth |
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Consonant sounds Spanish word English word b (b) bien boy banana |
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Consonant sounds Spanish word English word c (k) ca (k) casa cap co (k) comer cap cu (k) cumbia cap c (s) ce (s) cien cero ci (s) conocer ch mucho church |
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Consonant sounds Spanish word English word d (d) dedo cada pared f (f) foto falda fan g (h) ge (h) gente gi (h) gitano g (hard g) gato regular |
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Consonant sounds Spanish word English word h always silent j (h) (h)jesus ojo k (k) kilo l (l) largo ll (y) (y)llamo m (m) madre |
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Consonant sounds Spanish word English word n (n) nada ~ n p (p) papa mapa non aspired q (k) (always paired with qu) (k)quiero |
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Consonant sounds Spanish word English word r (beginning of word) rolled (rr) Rico rumor r (middle of word) (d) mir(d)a Ur(d)uguay rr always rolled carro carrera |
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Consonant sounds Spanish word English word s (s) soda buenos t (t) tapa meta non aspired v (b) (b)vaca (b)Veronica w (w) |
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Consonant sounds Spanish word English word x(ks) or (gs) (ks)examen (gs)exacto x (j) sounds like h (in words of Mexican origin) Mexico y (ee) like i in machine z (s) (s)zapatos z (th) pez(th) |
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