☆ ☆ Tricky Letters ☆ ☆

The Spanish alphabet has very few misleading letters, in which their sound and pronunciation depend specifically on the vowel that accompanies them.

Some of them use the "silent U" as a tool to make their pronunciation stronger. Here we will analyze those letters and we will see several examples of each of the pronunciations to help us understand them better.

Remember to repeat each of the words to familiarize yourself with the sounds.

★ Letras Engañosas ★

El alfabeto en español tiene muy pocas letras engañosas en las que su sonido depende especificamente de la vocal que las acompaña.

Algunas de ellas utilizan la "U" silenciosa como herramienta para fortalecer su pronunciacion,  Aqui vamos a analizar esas letras y veremos varios ejemplos de cada una de las pronunciaciones para ayudarns a entenderlas mejor.

Recuerda repetir cada una de las palabras para familiarizarte con los sonidos. 

Letter "C" has two different sounds depending on the vowel that accopanies it.

★ It sounds like " K " if it is followed by "a", "o" and  "u"

ca

co

cu

★ It sounds like " S " when it is followed by " e " or " i ".

ce

ci

" G " has 4 different ways to be used

★ It sounds like "g" when it is followed by "a", "o" and "u"

ga

go

gu

★ It sounds like  " j" when it is followed by " e " or " i".

ge

gi

★ If you need to make a stronger sound like "g" when using  "e"  or  "i",  you need to have        " silent u"  in between. 

gue

gui

★ Since "u" is silent when using it followed by "e" or "i" ,  you need to add diéressis (two little dots on top of it) " ü " to make it sound if need it.

güe

güi

★  H is silent except when it is accompined by C, in that case the letter is "ch" 

h (silent)