Ortografía

In Spanish there are several letters that make the same sound. The following chart will walk you through those letters and sounds.

Letters and combinations Sound
C-a    cama

C-o   comer

C-u   cuna

 

Qu-e   querer

Qu-i    quiero

 

K and a vowel     wisky, Alaska, kilo, koala

All of these letters and combinations have a K sound
C-e   cerrar

C-i    canción

 

Z-a   zapato

Z-o   Zorro

Z-u   Zumo

These two letters with these vowel combinations make a th sound (Spain) and/or a s sound (México, Guatemala…. )
B and any vowel       Broma, Barcelona

 

V and any vowel      Vaso, vaca, volver

These letters both make the sound
G-e    gente

G-i     girar

J-e    mujer

J-i     Jirafa

These letter combinations make a G sound
Ll and any vowel        llaves, lluvia

Y and any vowel         yema, yo

These letter combinations make a Y sound

 

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