Welcome to Lesson 5.
Read about these lessons at Learn to read Spanish with Fishscale Girl.
Some letters sound almost the same in Spanish and English. In this lesson, we read words with:
p, t, v, and c (as in cent)
and the vowel: e
Look at each picture. Say what is in the picture in Spanish and then read the words.
pe•lo•ta
pelota
la pelota
ver•de
verde
el color verde
Every letter in a Spanish word is pronounced. The e at the end of a word is not silent, as you can hear in verde and the following words.
on•ce
once
el número once
Did you notice that the c in once (11) sounds like an s?
do•ce
doce
el número doce
In Spanish, the letter e always has the sound you hear in these words.
This is the last lesson in Part one. You now can read many, many words in Spanish. Look for picture books at your public library or school library and practice what you have learned! Check back for part two.
Nice lesson! :*)
I didn’t see it mentioned in the lesson, but just a reminder that the ‘e’ in Spanish is pronounced like the long ‘a’ in the English word face or date…
Kindest Regards,
OM girl