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I'm starting a Spanish Lessons thread for those who would like to learn or get better ^_^


I'll start with The Alphabet and Pronunciation.
When we start getting into actual lessons and sentence forming I will make short vocabulary lists. I will also have some optional quizzes for you to take and you can PM them to me to see how you did. Oh, and if you see that I have made a mistake, please feel completely free to correct me.
Well, If you decide to join the lessons, I hope you do well! If you have any questions just post or PM me.

Buena Suerte ^_^

I have the lessons saved on my computeer as .txt files (notepad). If you want them I'd be glad to give you them, just ask biggrin

If you happen to steal or forge these lessons... You will be asked to remove the post and or give me credit since I am the author. I wrote these lessons, I'd like them to be used by myself only. It's called plagarism when someone's work is used without permission and citing...That's all, Thanks.

Accents / Extra Punctuation

ALT+160=á
ALT+130=é
ALT+161=í
ALT+164=ñ
ALT+162=ó
ALT+163=ú
ALT+129=ü
ALT+0193=Á
ALT+144=É
ALT+0205=Í
ALT+165=Ñ
ALT+0211=Ó
ALT+0218=Ú
ALT+154=Ü
ALT+168=¿
ALT+173=¡

I'll start with the alphabet and showing proper pronunciation...

**NOTE: I will emphasize the North/Central American Spanish pronunciation since it is what I am educated in.


Lección Numero Uno

El Alfabeto Español y pronunciación
A: a said like 'Ah'
B: be said like 'beh'
C: ce said like 'say'
CH: che said like it looks
D: de said like 'Day
E: e said like 'Eh'
F: efe said like F-A
G: ge is pronounced much like the English "g" in "go," except when it comes before an i or e. In those cases, it is pronounced like an H.

H: hache Said like Ah-chey since the H is silent in Spanish
I: i said like E
J: jota said like Ho-ta. The J makes the H sound.
K: ka said like 'Caw'
L: ele Said like L-A
LL: elle said like A-Yay...Double LL's make the 'Y' sound
M: eme M-A
N: ene N-A
Ñ: eñe said like enn-yay
O: o Said like 'Oh'. Spanish speakers do not hold their o's for long when pronouncing 'O' they said it quickly like the word Ocean.
P: pe said like Pay
Q: cu said like coo
R: ere said like Air-eh, When you have a double R like
S: ese said like Essay
T: te said like Tay as in Taser
U: u Pronounced like the double o like in Moo.
V: ve said like Vay as in Vein
W: doble ve said like the W in Water
X: equis said like Eh-kies, It can sound like Exit, it can also make the S or j Sound
Y: i griega said like e-gre-a-ga
Z: zeta Said like Se-tah, Z's are pronounced as S's.

Si, Claro. ¿Tu sabes el alfabeto ahora, no?




Some Pronunciation biggrin

Examples of H,J,Ñ, and X

H is always silent. No exceptions.

Hola (Hello) is pronounced O-la
Hermano (Brother) is pronounced Er-mano
Cacahuate (peanut) Ka-Ka-Wa-Tay

J makes the H sound in Spanish...

Jalepeño (pepper type) is pronounced Hale-peen-yo
Jugo (Juice) is pronounced Hugo
Jueves (Thursday) is pronounced wave-ess
or garaje(Garage) pronounced Garr-ah-hey

Ñ easy, right?

Español (DUH Spanish) Ess-Span-Yol
Jalepeño (a pepper type) Hale-peen-yo
Niña (Child) is pronounced neen-ya

LL

Tortilla is pronounced Tore-Tee-Ya
Sombrilla (unmbrella) is pronounced Som-bree-ya
Calle (street) is pronounced Cay-ye

X... This one shouldn't be much trouble. You should be able to look at the word and tell how it should be pronounced. Remember it can make A sound like Ex, J, S and Sh...

** NOTE: I'm not emphasizing the S and Sh/Ch since I have only seen the H and X sounds used.


H sound-

Mexico - is pronounced Meh- He- Co

X sound

Examen (test) - Ex-am-en


**NOTE: As posted by Dave

Actually, Castillian Spanish (spoken in Spain) is pronounced a little differently.

They pronounce their c's (the soft ones, like in hacer) and z's like the "th" in the word "thing," and they tend to weaken or leave out syllable-final "s" sounds.

So someone from Spain might sound something like this:

"Hola, ¿cómo etá? ¿Qué etá hathiendo con mi lápith?"

(Mexican Spanish: "Hola, ¿cómo estás? ¿Qué estás haciendo con mi lápiz?")

(Weird example, I know, but it's the first thing that popped into my head that had c's and z's in it)

There are also some variations in pronunciation in Brazilian, Argentinian and Uruguayan Spanish, most obviously the way they pronounce "ll" in certain parts of these countries... they kind of pronounce it like English "sh" or "j," like "Me shamo David" (Me llamo David).



When a few more people join the lesson, I will post a voluntary quiz over this section.

Muchas gracias ^-^ Estoy piensando sobre seyendo una profesora algún día.

I wasn't talking about spelling, I was talking about pronuncition confused
Oh, well.

Wow -.- American Spanish education sucks. We've studied Mexico, The Hispanic areas of the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

I've never heard of alot of these different pronunciations. We were taught to say 'Me llamo Katie.' and that was it, they taught us that we'd be understood.

Dave, Do you mind if I put your note as one up in the pronunciation area? With your name beside it and you credited of course.