Mi hermana es antipática. (My sister is mean).

No eres muy inteligente. (You are not very clever).

Esta casa es colorida. (This house is colourful).

Los libros de fantasía son interesantes. (Fantasy books are interesting).

Su madre es inglesa. (Their mother is English).

Lleva una camisa azul. (They wear a blue shirt).

Mi profesora de inglés es severa. (My English teacher is strict).

Es un hotel pequeño. (It is a small hotel).

Hay una pista de hielo nueva. (There is a new skating rink).

¿Tienes una mascota? (Do you have a pet?).

Hay unas vacas en el campo. (There are some cows in the field).

Los libros están sobre la mesa. (The books are on the table).

Me encantan las películas de acción. (I love action movies).

Mi hermano está en la cocina. (My brother is in the kitchen).

El hombre se llama Gerard. (The man is called Gerard).

No me gustan las zanahorias. (I don't like carrots).

Quiero un kilo de manzanas. (I want one kilogram of apples).

Me duele la mano. ( My hand hurts).

Rather being a separate letter in the Spanish alphabet, ll is what’s known as a digraph.

Put simply, this means it’s a combination of two letters representing a single sound.

We also have digraphs in English such as sh, th, and ck.

But, when you’re learning to speak and understand Spanish, you probably care more about how to pronounce this sound than what it’s called!

So let’s get to that…
ll most often sounds like the English letter ‘y’ as in the words “yellow” and “yes”.

This is the way ll is pronounced in Spain, parts of Mexico, and most of Central and South America.
Here are some common ll words and their pronunciations:

This is the most common pronunciation worldwide and it’s also the way most Spanish teachers will teach new Spanish speakers to pronounce ll.
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