the abc in english has the same 26 letters than the alphabet of the Portuguese language. However, the letters are pronounced quite differently.
Knowing the pronunciation of the English alphabet is very useful when you need to write something down. spelled information or from spelling some data, for example, in a communication with a native speaker of the language.
Check out the sound of the alphabet below:
| Letter | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| THE | Hey |
| B | bi |
| Ç | ci |
| D | give |
| AND | í |
| F | eph |
| G | DJ |
| H | eitch |
| I | there |
| J | djei |
| K | kei |
| L | hel |
| M | in |
| N | eh |
| O | or |
| P | pi |
| Q | kiu |
| R | air |
| s | that's it |
| T | you |
| U | Iul |
| V | saw |
| W | dabliu |
| X | ecs |
| Y | Wow |
| Z | zi |
OBS.: the letter Z is pronounced zi in the United States and zed in the United Kingdom.
English alphabet with word examples
Below are a series of sample words for each letter of the alphabet.
- THE: advanced; anatomy; anchovy; angus; answer; arrange.
- B: beard; book; boy; bread; breakfast; brother.
- Ç: chaos; class; coffee; color, computer; country.
- D: day; decides; index; division; dinner; dog.
- AND: edition; environment, evening; example; expensive; experience.
- F: fact; father; film; floor; friend; furniture.
- G: goal; goat; gold; government, good; grammar.
- H: hair; hand; hospital; hour; Casa, Lar; how.
- I: information; intermediate; invitation; island;
- J: jacket; jam; jealous; job; joy; juice.
- K: keen; keep; kind; know; knot; knowledge.
- L: large; last; lemon; light; look; luggage.
- M: man; meet; mind; minute; money; mother.
- N: name; need; news; we are; noun; number.
- O: offer; old; orange; order; organic; out.
- P: paper; party; play; phone; practice; press.
- Q: query; question; quiet; quit; even; quote.
- R: rain; reason; reference; restaurant; roof; room.
- s: second; sick; sit; situation; street; student.
- T: terrible; team; think; tomorrow; train; travel.
- U: under; unit; university; use; until; upset.
- V: value; verb; very; victim; view; voucher.
- W: watch; weather; who; window; with; work.
- X: xenophobia; Xerox; xiphoid; x-ray; xylography; xylophone.
- Y: yes; yesterday; yet; yolk; young; yummy.
- Z: zero; zipper; zodiac; zoo; zoom; zucchini.
Interested in learning more about the English language? Be sure to read the contents below:
- Definite and indefinite articles in English
- Verb to be
- This, that, these and those
