{"id":29,"date":"2020-03-10T21:29:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T21:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-introductoryspanish1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=29"},"modified":"2024-04-26T21:45:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T21:45:30","slug":"vocabulario-el-alfabeto","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1-2\/chapter\/vocabulario-el-alfabeto\/","title":{"raw":"Vocabulario: El alfabeto","rendered":"Vocabulario: El alfabeto"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Recognize the sounds of letters in Spanish<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>EL ALFABETO <span class=\"translation\" title=\"0-el-alfabeto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183202\/0-el-alfabeto.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\r\nThese are the 27 letters in the alphabet as established by the Spanish Royal Academy of the Spanish Language:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2896\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/13164447\/typewriter-1245894_1920-1-300x104.jpg\" alt=\"Decorative image.\" width=\"400\" height=\"139\" \/>\r\n<div class=\"threecolumn\">\r\n\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"a-a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183204\/a-a.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> a (a)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"b-be\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183205\/b-be.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> b (be)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"c-ce\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183207\/c-ce.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> c (ce)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"d-de\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183208\/d-de.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> d (de)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"e-e\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183210\/e-e.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> e (e)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"f-efe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183212\/f-efe.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> f (efe)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"g-ge\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183214\/g-ge.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> g (ge)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"h-hache\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183216\/h-hache.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> h (hache)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"i-i\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183217\/i-i.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> i (i)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"j-jota\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183218\/j-jota.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> j (jota)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"k-ka\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183220\/k-ka.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> k (ka)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"l-ele\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183221\/l-ele.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> l (ele)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"m-eme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183223\/m-eme.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> m (eme)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"n-ene\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183224\/n-ene.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> n (ene)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\u00f1-e\u00f1e\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183226\/n%CC%83-en%CC%83e1.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> \u00f1 (e\u00f1e)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"o-o\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183227\/o-o.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> o (o)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"p-p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183229\/p-p.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> p (p)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"q-cu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183231\/q-cu.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> q (cu)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"r-ere\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183232\/r-ere.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> r (erre)\r\n\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"s-ese\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183235\/s-ese.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> s (ese)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"t-te\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183237\/t-te.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> t (te)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"u-u\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183238\/u-u.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> u (u)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"v-ve\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183239\/v-ve.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> v (ve)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"w-doble-ve\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183241\/w-doble-ve.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> w (doble v)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"x-equis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183242\/x-equis.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> x (equis)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"y-ye\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183244\/y-ye.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> y (ye)\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"z-zeta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183247\/z-zeta.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> z (zeta)\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<strong>Digraphs<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThere are several consonant clusters in Spanish that you will need to know how to pronounce:\r\n\r\nch (ce-hache)\r\n\r\nll (doble ele)\r\n\r\nqu (cu-u)\r\n\r\nrr (doble erre)\r\n\r\n<strong>Accent marks<\/strong>\r\n\r\nSpanish only uses the acute accent mark, and when it appears, it makes that syllable receive the stress in the word, making that syllable louder.\r\n\r\n\u00a1Aj\u00e1!\r\n\r\nbeb\u00e9\r\n\r\nquiquiriqu\u00ed\r\n\r\n\u00a1Ach\u00fa!\r\n\r\n<strong>An important question<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u00bfC\u00f3mo se escribe ____? (<em>How do you spell ____?)<\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong>____ <\/strong>se escribe<strong> __-__-__-__.<\/strong>\u00a0 (<em>____ is spelled __-__-__-__.<\/em>)\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"592423\"]How do I type special characters? (click here to find out)[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"592423\"]\r\n\r\nThe tilde over the letter \u2018n\u2019, the accent marks that are sometimes needed over vowels, and the upside-down question mark and exclamation point are all symbols that don\u2019t appear in the standard English-language qwerty keyboard. How can you type them? There are several ways, depending on your device and the program you\u2019re using.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Most programs will have a menu option to Insert Special Character, and you can scroll through until you find the one you want to use.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The Windows operating system lets you toggle between different language keyboards, and the one for Spanish has keys for the \u00f1, for example (it\u2019s where the semicolon is on the qwerty keyboard), and shortcuts for putting accent marks on vowels (tap the apostrophe and then e to produce \u00e9, for example). Here's a youtube video explaining how it works: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tHx20SBc4jI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/tHx20SBc4jI<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The Apple operating systems have similar keyboard shortcuts (hold down option and e, then tap e, to produce \u00e9, for example). Newer macOS computers also let you press and hold a vowel to choose the accented version. Here's a youtube video explaining how to type special characters on a Mac: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VaeqmJi2kAw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/VaeqmJi2kAw<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>On an iOS device, you tap and hold the character to bring up a menu of special characters.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nClick here to see the access codes for your device: <a href=\"https:\/\/sip.la.psu.edu\/blp\/tech-support\/accents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sip.la.psu.edu\/blp\/tech-support\/accents .<\/a>\r\n\r\nExploring things you never knew your devices could do will be part of the fun of learning Spanish!\r\n\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognize the sounds of letters in Spanish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>EL ALFABETO <span class=\"translation\" title=\"0-el-alfabeto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183202\/0-el-alfabeto.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>These are the 27 letters in the alphabet as established by the Spanish Royal Academy of the Spanish Language:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2896\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/13164447\/typewriter-1245894_1920-1-300x104.jpg\" alt=\"Decorative image.\" width=\"400\" height=\"139\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"threecolumn\">\n<p><span class=\"translation\" title=\"a-a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183204\/a-a.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> a (a)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"b-be\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183205\/b-be.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> b (be)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"c-ce\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183207\/c-ce.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> c (ce)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"d-de\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183208\/d-de.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> d (de)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"e-e\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183210\/e-e.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> e (e)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"f-efe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183212\/f-efe.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> f (efe)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"g-ge\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183214\/g-ge.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> g (ge)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"h-hache\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183216\/h-hache.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> h (hache)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"i-i\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183217\/i-i.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> i (i)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"j-jota\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183218\/j-jota.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> j (jota)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"k-ka\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183220\/k-ka.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> k (ka)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"l-ele\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183221\/l-ele.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> l (ele)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"m-eme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183223\/m-eme.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> m (eme)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"n-ene\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183224\/n-ene.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> n (ene)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\u00f1-e\u00f1e\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183226\/n%CC%83-en%CC%83e1.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> \u00f1 (e\u00f1e)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"o-o\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183227\/o-o.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> o (o)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"p-p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183229\/p-p.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> p (p)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"q-cu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183231\/q-cu.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> q (cu)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"r-ere\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183232\/r-ere.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> r (erre)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"translation\" title=\"s-ese\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183235\/s-ese.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> s (ese)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"t-te\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183237\/t-te.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> t (te)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"u-u\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183238\/u-u.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> u (u)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"v-ve\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183239\/v-ve.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> v (ve)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"w-doble-ve\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183241\/w-doble-ve.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> w (doble v)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"x-equis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183242\/x-equis.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> x (equis)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"y-ye\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183244\/y-ye.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> y (ye)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"z-zeta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/17183247\/z-zeta.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span> z (zeta)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Digraphs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are several consonant clusters in Spanish that you will need to know how to pronounce:<\/p>\n<p>ch (ce-hache)<\/p>\n<p>ll (doble ele)<\/p>\n<p>qu (cu-u)<\/p>\n<p>rr (doble erre)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accent marks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spanish only uses the acute accent mark, and when it appears, it makes that syllable receive the stress in the word, making that syllable louder.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Aj\u00e1!<\/p>\n<p>beb\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>quiquiriqu\u00ed<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Ach\u00fa!<\/p>\n<p><strong>An important question<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00bfC\u00f3mo se escribe ____? (<em>How do you spell ____?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>____ <\/strong>se escribe<strong> __-__-__-__.<\/strong>\u00a0 (<em>____ is spelled __-__-__-__.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q592423\">How do I type special characters? (click here to find out)<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q592423\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>The tilde over the letter \u2018n\u2019, the accent marks that are sometimes needed over vowels, and the upside-down question mark and exclamation point are all symbols that don\u2019t appear in the standard English-language qwerty keyboard. How can you type them? There are several ways, depending on your device and the program you\u2019re using.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most programs will have a menu option to Insert Special Character, and you can scroll through until you find the one you want to use.<\/li>\n<li>The Windows operating system lets you toggle between different language keyboards, and the one for Spanish has keys for the \u00f1, for example (it\u2019s where the semicolon is on the qwerty keyboard), and shortcuts for putting accent marks on vowels (tap the apostrophe and then e to produce \u00e9, for example). Here&#8217;s a youtube video explaining how it works: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tHx20SBc4jI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/tHx20SBc4jI<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Apple operating systems have similar keyboard shortcuts (hold down option and e, then tap e, to produce \u00e9, for example). Newer macOS computers also let you press and hold a vowel to choose the accented version. 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