o e i The vowel sounds never change in Spanish Words starting with vowels a abeja e elefante i iglesia o oveja u uvas Say the words abeja elefante iglesia oveja ID: 787860
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Slide1
Spanish Sounds
Slide2Vowels
a
u
o
e
i
The vowel sounds never change in Spanish
Slide3Words starting with vowels
Slide4a
abeja
Slide5e
elefante
Slide6i
iglesia
Slide7o
oveja
Slide8u
uvas
Slide9Say the words!
Slide10abeja
elefante
iglesia
oveja
uvas
Slide11Say the words!
Slide12
Slide13Consonants
Some are pronounced differently to English consonants
Slide14*
c
casa
hard ‘c’ before ‘a’
Slide15*
c
cerdo
soft ‘c’ - ‘
th’ sound before ‘e’ in Spanish and ‘s’ sound in Latin America
Slide16ciclista
soft ‘c
’ - ‘
th’ sound before ‘i’
in Spanish and ‘s’ sound in Latin America
*
c
Slide17coche
The Spanish
‘ch’
is pronounced like the ‘ch’
in the word ‘church’
*
ch
Slide18conejo
hard ‘c’ before ‘o’
*
c
Slide19Say the words!
Slide20casa
cerdo
ciclista
coche
conejo
Slide21Say the words!
Slide22
Slide23cucaracha
hard ‘c’ before ‘u’
*
c
Slide24gato
hard ‘g’ before ‘a’
*
g
Slide25genio
‘g’ before ‘e’ like ‘h’ in English
*
g
Slide26gimnasio
‘g’ before ‘
i
’ like ‘h’ in English
*
g
Slide27gordo
hard ‘g’ before ‘o’
*
g
Slide28Say the words!
Slide29cucuracha
gato
genio
gimnasio
gordo
Slide30Say the words!
Slide31
Slide32gusano
‘hard’ g before u
*
g
Slide33helado
‘h’ is a silent letter in Spanish
*
h
Slide34jirafa
‘j’ in Spanish sounds like ‘h’ in English
*
j
Slide35amarillo
‘ll’ in Spanish sounds like ‘y’ sound in English
*
ll
Slide36señorita
‘ñ’ is like ‘
ny
’ sound in English
*
ñ
Slide37Say the words!
Slide38gusano
helado
jirafa
amarillo
señorita
Slide39Say the words!
Slide40
Slide41ratón
*
r
‘r’ at the beginning of a word has a vibrating sound
Slide42perro
*
rr
‘
rr
’ has a vibrating sound too
Slide43ventana
‘
v
’- a soft, breathy ‘b’
*
v
Slide44xilófono
‘x’ at the start of a word is a bit like ‘s’ sound in English
*
x
Slide45zumo
‘z’ is ‘
th
’ sound in Spanish and like ‘s’ sound in Latin America
*
z
Slide46Say the words!
Slide47ratón
perro
ventana
xilófono
zumo
Slide48Say the words!
Slide49