El Alfabeto en Español | Spanish Alphabet for Beginners

Alphabetto. It's important that we understand the building blocks of the Spanish language. In order to know how to pronounce, read, and write, we must first learn the alphabet. The great thing about Spanish is that unlike English, it's phonetic. This means that the way a word is spelled is how it will sound. Once we learn the alphabet, it will be easy for us to know how to pronounce and say a word. Let's take a look at the whole Spanish alphabet first and then we'll go letter by letter and practice saying each one. Take a look at the Spanish alphabet. Both English and Spanish have roots in the Latin language. Therefore, their alphabets are similar. Notice what looks similar and what looks different. Okay, before we go learn how to pronounce all the letters of the alphabetto espanol, here's a little tip for better pronunciation. In English, we tend to speak so our mouths are half open. However, Spanish speakers comparatively open their mouths much wider when they talk. This may feel a little silly, but as we go through the alphabetto, especially on the vocales or the vowels, exaggerate how wide you would open your mouth. Ah, is our first vocal or vowel. When you say a, open your mouth wide and almost do a half yawn. A b. When you say b, almost add a v sound to it. B say ch. Ch is our first consonant that is different in the Spanish alphabet. De. A. E is our second vowel. Imagine you're saying hey to a friend but taking off the h a e. Now e is our third vowel. We want to make sure that we're pronouncing our vowels very purely because this will make or break your accent. Imagine you're saying B like a bumblebee but taking off the B. And remember to overexaggerate how much you're moving your mouth. E hot or what we know as J in English normally takes on the sound of an H. Ca l a m a n o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o. Now O is another vowel that is important. Open your mouth wide and almost imagine that you're Santa Claus saying ho ho ho. But take off the H. O P er. Now, these double Rs, er, can be tricky for English speakers. If you have not rolled your Rs before and want to practice, it may seem a little bit silly at first, but I promise that you'll be able to do it eventually. Take the tip of your tongue and place it behind your two front teeth. Now blow air really fast. If you can't do this, a quick temporary fix is to pronounce k d really fast. Could essay t is our last vowel. Imagine that you're trying to scare someone and you say woo except take off the B. Now, when you say the V in Spanish, almost put a B sound to it. Bisga, and last but not least, Zeta. Great job. You did it. Now on to the next adventure.