Letters
| G when used with; it has a soft g sound
Ga – gato Go – gota Gu – gustar Gue- guerra Gui – guitarra |
G when used with; it has a hard j sound
Ge – gerundio Gi- gitano
If we want to make the soft g sound with these vowels, we have to add a u in between the g and the vowels. |
| C when used with It has a k sound
Ca – casa Co – comer Cu – cuñado |
C when used with It has a th (Spain) or s (México, Guatemala…) sound
Ce – cenar Ci – cita |
| RR we add rr in between two vowels and it has a strong sound (lot of rolling)
Carro, perro, hierro, erre
R Also sounds strong when at the beginning of the word or when its after l, n or sub. Ropa, Roma, reír Enrique, alrededor, subrayar |
R has a soft r sound (or roll) in every other word that was not mentioned in previous examples
caro, pero, abrazo, salir, crecer |
| Y Has a ye sound when at the beginning of the word or in between vowels
Yo, ayer, leyendo |
Y has an i (Spanish i) sound when at the end of the word or by itself
Y, rey, hay, hoy |
PRÁCTICA
After reading about the different letter sounds, complete the activities below.
Ejercicio 1
Ejercicio 2
Ejercicio 3
Ejercicio 4
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Ortografía content on this page was remixed from Español por el mundo by Gemma Morawski and Ani Alcocer, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Adaptations include voice pronunciations provided by Gemma Morawski and openly-licensed images throughout the H5P flashcards attributed on each card via the H5P editing dashboard. Further adaptations include practice activities created by Gemma Morawski via H5p.