How to Pronounce Spanish Letters - Learn the Spanish Alphabet and You Can Read Almost Any Spanish
If you know how to pronounce Spanish letters then you are that much closer to becoming a fluent Spanish reader. I lived in Mexico City for two straight years and learned the language during that time. It was rather difficult to learn the language; however, it was well worth it in the end. Did you know that if you speak Spanish you will most likely earn an additional $5,000/year? That in itself should be enough motivation for anyone. I would like to talk a little bit about a technique that really helped me to learn the language.
One of the first things I learned was the alphabet because I read of its importance when trying to read in Spanish. I would get myself up every morning and read for at least 1 hour (out loud) in Spanish. I wouldn't focus on speed, rather, I would focus on pronouncing each letter of each word. Unlike in English, it becomes very easy to read any word in Spanish if you know the pronunciation of each individual letter. With that being said, let's take a close look at the Spanish alphabet:
A: ah
B: bay
C: say
CH: chay
D: day
E: ay
F: ay-fay
G: hey
H: ah-chay
I: ee
J: hoh-tah
K: kah
L: ay-lay
LL: a-yay
M: ay-may
N: ay-nay
Ñ: ayn-yay
O: oh
P: pay
Q: koo
R: air-ay
RR: airr-ay (roll tongue)
S: ay-say
T: tay
U: oo
V: bay
W: doh-blay-oo
X: ah-kees
Y: ee-gree-ay-gah
Z: say-tah
If you know the alphabet like the back of your hand, reading in Spanish will become very easy to you. I highly recommend that you try to read every morning and night in Spanish so that you can become more familiar with how to pronounce Spanish letters. This will drastically help you learn the language as it will help you to learn the pronunciation of basic words and verbs as well.