In 1994 a vote by …
In 1994 a vote by the Association of Spanish Language Academies ruled the adoption of the standard Latin alphabet collation rules and the digraphs “ch” and “ll” were seen as independent letters in Spanish. Digraphs are a pair of characters used to write one phoneme (distinct sound) or a sequence of phonemes that does not correspond to the normal values of the two characters combined. So the decision was made to remove them from the alphabet. But the sounds generated by them remain.

The “ch” in “che” …
The “ch” in “che” is like “chay” -yes this is correct I should point out that it is a very short sound, not chaaay but chay or che. Laura

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Muchas Gracias! I am so glad that my video has been useful and I really hope that you continue to enjoy your Spanish studies. I will continue my video course from beginners level right through to advanced level Spanish, so there is a lot of hard work ahead! Don’t forget to take a look at the free lesson notes and activities that go with each video on my blog. Enjoy!!

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The “CH” was …
Hola!
The “CH” was removed from the Spanish alphabet some years ago. Now when you spell words in Spanish you say the “C” and the “H” separately, although people will still understand you if you say “CH”.
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The letter C has …
The letter C has two pronunciations depending on the vowel that follows it. When it is followed by A, O or U you pronounce it as a K. When it is followed by E or I you pronounce it as TH, however in some places such as South America and the South of Spain people pronounce this as an S. I hope this helps!!

Muchas Gracias! I …
Muchas Gracias! I hope that my videos continue to help you with your Spanish. Don’t forget to take a look at the free lesson notes and activities that go with each video on my blog.