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Learn Spanish Online
Before you start to learn Spanish online, you should understand that you need
to Learn the Spanish sounds Pronunciation
- Learn Spanish Sounds Online
Also see our Basic Spanish Words
| English |
Spanish |
Pronunciation |
| Yes |
Si |
SEE |
| No |
No |
NOH |
| Please |
Por favor |
Pore fah-VORE |
| Thank you |
Gracias |
GRAH-see-ahs |
| You’re Welcome |
De nada |
De-NAW-da |
| No, thank you |
No, gracias |
No GRAH-see-ahs |
| Sorry |
Lo siento |
Loh see-EHN-toh |
| Good morning |
Buenos dias |
BWEHnos DHEE ahs |
| Good afternoon |
Buenas tardes |
BWEHnahs TAHRdh ehs |
| Good evening |
Buenas noches |
BWEHnahs NO chehs |
| Good bye |
Adios |
Ah dhee OHS |
| Hello/Hi |
Hola |
OH lah |
| See you later |
Hasta luego |
AH-stah LWEH-go |
| What is your name? |
Como se llama? |
KOH-moh say YAHmah |
| My name is… |
Mi nombre es |
Mee NOMBreh ehs |
| How are you? |
Como esta usted |
KOH-mo ehs-TAH OOS-THE-dh |
| Fine, thank you. |
Muy bien, gracias |
MOOay bee en GRAH see ahs |
| Do you speak English? |
Habla ingles? |
AH-bla een-GLASE |
| I’m Canadian. |
Soy Canadiense. |
Soy kah nah dheeEHN sehs |
| I’m American. |
Soy norteamericano |
Soy nohr the ah meh ree KAH noh |
| I don’t understand. |
No comprendo. |
Noh kohm-PREHN-dho |
| Please speak slowly. |
Hable despacio por favor. |
HAHbleh dhehs-PAH-see-oh, pohr fahBOHR |
Sounds of Spanish
Spanish pronunciation obeys clear phonetic rules, although
people do speak with accents, depending on their region and background.
Vowels
Each of the five vowels has its own sound:
a as in hat
e as in pet
i as in feet
o as in clock
u as in drew
c's and z's
The Castilian lisp, that sounds like the English 'th' in thick, is
applied to ce, ci and z. Latin American and southern Spanish speakers, though,
pronounce these sounds as an 's'.
When c is followed by the other vowels it's always a hard 'k' sound.
j's and g's
J is a harder, stronger version of the English 'h'.
G, when followed by e and i, sounds exactly the same as j. Otherwise,
it is pronounced as the English 'g' in go.
ll's
The double ll - in most parts of Spain it's like the 'lli' in the batallion.
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