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OBJECTIVE: Learn about how syllables are formed in Spanish.
TASK: Listen to the sound files and repeat them many, many times, looking at the letters and letter combinations to LEARN THEM right off the bat !!!!
PERPLEXED?
Who wouldn't be ??? Some of the words don't even LOOK like words !!!
Lección Tres
Pronunciation is an easy task to learn in reading Spanish. Most of the words are combinations of (consonant-vowel) sounds - which sound just like they look. You just have to know how to pronounce each letter in the word.
You achieve the basic "similar" sounding letters on this page - and can go on to different sounding letters in the next lesson.
Try to get these down before you continue ...

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You're on a roll now !!!
¡HOLA!
Yeah, ... that means "Hello!" in Spanish.
Or, ... that's one way of saying it.
Notice that the word is comprised of 2 syllables: HO + LA.
Going back to what you've learned already, the "H" is silent, so HO sounds just like "O."
And the "A" just has an "L" placed in front of it, which doesn't change a thing about how the "A" is gonna be pronounced.
It's always "A."
Now go through the vowels a couple of times, then READ ON !!!

A
E
I
O
U
Click on the black button to hear about the formation of these letters.

Now in thinking about it, if you put an "L" in front of all of these, ...
you're gonna end up with:.
That's because the "L" doesn't sound any different in Spanish than it does in English.

Hmmmm, ...
I wonder what happens if you put an "M" in front of these letters ... !!!
ma
me
mi
mo
mu
 
How about if we put an "N" in front of 'em --- ???
na
ne
ni
no
nu
 
Let's try a "W" before each vowel:
wa
we
wi
wo
wu
 
I bet you don't remember what the "H" sounds like in front !!!
ha
he
hi
ho
hu
 
Here's a good one!
Let's try "Ch" in front:
cha
che
chi
cho
chu
Don't forget that "Ch" is a single letter!
If you go to look for entries of "Ch" words in the "C" section of the dictionary, it ain't gonna be there!
Back to Work !!!
Put an "F" in front of the vowels, and what do you get?
fa
fe
fi
fo
fu
 
One last one for now --- try an "S" in front of each vowel:
sa
se
si
so
su

Let's sing the alphabet song again, before we go any further.
©RCAguilar

Now it's time to get "adventuresome" and check out another page.
When you're done with it, you can always hit the "back button" up yonder somewhere, and come back to this page, ... if you want.
Yep.
Gotta take you to the Syllables Page.
You're gonna love this one !!!
Just go there, ... and learn as much as you can for the rest of your allotted time. Does "allotted" have 2 "t's?"

If that's not enough for today, you can go on to the next lesson,
Or, ... you can study THIS PAGE and really get further into the "sound" of things!
Come back tomorrow, and see what else you can learn.
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