Part II. The journal system

Lesson 13. Spanish

Everything so far applies. These are the remaining Spanish details.

x

Write x by sound [course rule]:

• /ks/ is كس: examen · أَاكْسَمَانْ, taxi · تَكْسِ.
• México and Texas have the j sound: México · مَاخِكُ.
• Before a consonant at the start of a word, many people say /s/: xilófono · سِلُفُنُ. Write what you say.

ü

The u in güe, güi is a glide, like the u in bueno: pingüino · بِّنْغُوِنُ, vergüenza · بَارْغُوَانْثَ.

Seseo

If you say /s/ for c and z, write س: cerveza · سَارْبَاسَ, corazón · كُرَسُنْ. [course rule]

Function words

The short words you'll write most:

Note y: as a word it's the vowel i, so it sits on a seat.

Names and foreign words

Write them by sound. Latin letters inside an Arabic line break the line direction and give the secret away.

Exercises 13

1. jardín
2. corazón
3. corazón with seseo
4. examen
5. hielo
6. trabaja
7. yo
8. que