1. Alphabet

Spanish alphabet is composed by 27 letters, 5 of them are vowels (vocales) and 22 consonants (consonantes).

The table below shows all the letters, I could explain one by one how to pronounce them but I think the best and the easiest way is to listen and practice. Most of these sounds are very easy to pronounce, just try!.

Note: The letters and sounds that are a little bit more complex will be explained in the next pronunciation lessons.

Read, listen and practice...

Letter		Sound		Ejemplo	Example
a	a	/a/		la casa, la comida	the house, the food
b	be	/b/		la botella, el balón	the bottle, the ball
c	ce	/k/,/θ/,/s/		* Lesson 2 *
d	de	/d/		el día, el deporte	the day, the sport
e	e	/e/		el edificio, la escalera	the building, the stairs
f	efe	/f/		el fuego, la fruta	the fire, the fruit
g	ge	/ɡ/,/x/,/h/		* Lesson 3 *
h	hache	mute		hola, el hospital	hello, the hospital
i	i	/i/		la iglesia, el idioma	the church, the language
j	jota	/x/,/h/		el jardín, el juego	the garden, the game
k	ka	/k/		el kanguro, el ketchup	the kangaroo, the ketchup
l	ele	/l/		el limón, el lapicero	the lemon, the pencil
m	eme	/m/		la madre, el mes	the mother, the month
n	ene	/n/		el número, la naranja	the number, the orange
ñ	eñe	/ɲ/		España, el pañal	Spain, the dipper
o	o	/o/		el ojo, el oído	the eye, the ear
p	pe	/p/		el país, el pez	the country, the fish
q	cu	/k/		* Lesson 4 *
r	erre	/r/,/ɾ/		* Lesson 5 *
s	ese	/s/		el sábado, la sopa	the saturday, the soup
t	te	/t/		la tetera, la tarta	the teapot, the pie
u	u	/u/		uno, la universidad	one, the university
v	uve	/b/		la vaca, el vino	the cow, the wine
w	uve doble	/ɡw/		la web, el water polo	the web, the water polo
x	equis	/ks/		el xilófono, el taxi	the xylophone, the taxi
y	i griega	/ʝ/,/i/		el yogur, la playa	the yogurt, the beach
z	zeta	/θ//s/		los zapatos, la plaza	the shoes, the square

Note: A lot of people has problems to pronounce "z", if you want an explanation go to the next lesson. The way to pronounce "z" is the same than "c" when it's followed by "e" or "i".