This PowerPoint helps students to consider the concept of infinity.
El abecedario español
1. El Abecedario Español
A: a (ah)
B: be (beh)
C: ce (seh)
CH: che (cheh)
D: de (deh)
E: e (eh)
F: efe (eh-feh)
G: ge (heh)
H: hache (ah-cheh)
I: i (ee)
J: jota (ho-tah)
K: ka (kah)
L: ele (el-leh)
LL: elle (eh-yeh)
M: eme (eh-meh)
N: ene (en-eh)
Ñ: eñe (en-yeh)
O: o (oh. very short sound)
P: pe (peh)
Q: cu (koo)
R: ere (eh-deh)
RR: erre (er~~eh - roll the “r”)
S: ese (eh-seh)
T: te (teh)
U: u (oo - like in moon)
V: ve (veh)
W: doble-ve (doh-bleh veh)
X: equis (eh-kees)
Y: i griega (ee gree-eh-gah)
Z: zeta (seh-tah)
The chart to the left shows the capital letters along
with name of each letter. (In parentheses I have
added what the name of the letter sounds similar to
in English so you can pronounce them easier)
It may interest you to know that not all authorities
(or at least not all textbooks) agree on which letters
make up the alphabet.
Some lists don't include W (sometimes referred to as
uve doble, doble uve, or doble u) and K, which exist
almost exclusively in words of foreign origin, such as
kilowatt. And some lists count RR (erre), whose
sound usually is different than that of R, as a separate
letter.
The Academy also has ruled that while CH and LL are
considered letters, for alphabetization purposes only
they should not be treated that way. It used to be
that dictionaries would list all the words beginning
with CH separately, after the words beginning with C,
so, for example, the word achatar would be listed
after acordar. But in most modern dictionaries, the
words are alphabetized as they would be in English
(except that the Ñ comes after the N).
Note also that the letters B and V have exactly the
same pronunciation, and their names are
pronounced exactly alike. Some colorful expressions
are used to indicate which letter is being used, such
as B de burro and V de vaca (roughly, "B as in burro"
and "V as in vaca"). Sometimes B is referred to as
being grande ("big B") and the V as uve or ve
chica("little V").