Preliminary Lesson 3 - The Spanish Accent

publication date: Jul 27, 2011
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The Spanish Accent

    We still have several letters that we need to explain: The letter y (or i griega) has two different sounds. Sometimes it is a consonant. When it is a vowel, it sounds exactly like the Spanish vowel "i latina" or "i" in English, and when it is a consonant, it is like the English "y" in the word "you". Y or Y griega is a vowel when it appears alone: y. In that case it is a word which means "and". Y is also a vowel when it comes at the end of a word, after a vowel.

     



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