Spanish Dictionary

Tips for speaking Spanish:

Exceptions:

• H is normally silent
• LL sounds like a Y
• J sounds like an H
• N with a ~ above it sounds like NY or "nyuh"
  
  

Vowels:

Always pronounced exactly the same way. There are no multiple sounding verbs in Spanish.

• a - "ah" sounds like Mom or Dog
• e - "eh" like Ted or Head]
• i - "ee" like geek or speak
• o - "oh" like toe or no, but said very fast cutting off the ow sound at the end.
• u - " oo" like shoe or two
• y - "ee" not used very much except as AND like "perro y gato" ( dog and cat )

Letter Combinations:

• ue as in que ( what ). Sounds like hay or may. There is no W sound here. It is not " KWAY "
• ui as in izquierda ( left ) sounds like key or me There is no W sound here. It is not " KWEY "
• If you practice the above rules, you can pronounce most any Spanish word you see.
  
  

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Marine Animals