Los sonidos de las vocales en español - Vowel sounds in Spanish for complete beginners

Hola a todos,

Once you learn the sounds of the letters in Spanish it can be a lot easier to pronounce new words.

Today we are going to check the sounds of the vowels in Spanish and compare them to similar sounds in English words.

• A in Spanish is like the a sound in CAT
• E is ike the initial e sound in ELEPHANT
• I is like the ee sound in the word KEEP
• O is like the short o sound in the word POT
• U is like the double oo sound in MOO (like the sound cows make)

Now read the following words outloud to practice your sounds in Spanish:

• CASA
• ELEFANTE
• ISLA
• OSO
• UVAS

Saludos,
Fernanda