Lesson 1.1.1 · El Alfabeto
🔤 The Alphabet
The Spanish alphabet has 27 letters — same 26 as English plus ñ. Knowing the names matters when spelling your name, dictating an email, or reading a license plate.
Sub-lessons
Break this lesson into focused chunks. Each sub-lesson has its own Memory Lab — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaved review, and shadowing — scoped to just those words.
A – N
First half. The 'h' is always silent; 'j' sounds like English 'h'.
ah
be (be larga)
ce
de
e
efe
ge
hache (silent letter)
i
jota
ka
ele
eme
ene
Example sentences
Hoy estoy A.
Today I feel ah.
Mi amigo es muy B.
My friend is very be (be larga).
La comida está C.
The food is ce.
Mini-diálogo
Mi amigo es muy A.
My friend is very ah.
La comida está B.
The food is be (be larga).
Ñ – Z
Second half. The ñ is its own letter, not an N with a hat.
eñe
o
pe
cu
erre
ese
te
u
uve (be corta)
doble u
equis
ye / i griega
zeta
Example sentences
Hoy estoy Ñ.
Today I feel eñe.
Mi amigo es muy O.
My friend is very o.
La comida está P.
The food is pe.
Mini-diálogo
Mi amigo es muy Ñ.
My friend is very eñe.
La comida está O.
The food is o.
Memory lab
Five research-backed techniques — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaving, and production — applied to this lesson's vocabulary. Your progress trains a spaced-repetition schedule under the hood.
Force the answer from memory before peeking. The struggle is the workout — that's the testing effect.
Recall from English
ese
Practice exercises
Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.
pe
ce
eme
zeta
u
ge
Fill the blank
Hoy estoy _____.
Today I feel ah.
Fill the blank
La comida está _____.
The food is pe.
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