Module 1 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A1, first half), lesson 13 of 30: Eleven colors, and their respellings are a Unit 1 test: j in rojo and naranja (breathy h). On this page: 11 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
| Spanish | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| rojo | red | RROH-hoh |
| azul | blue | ah-SOOL |
| verde | green | BEHR-deh |
| amarillo | yellow | ah-mah-REE-yoh |
| negro | black | NEH-groh |
| blanco | white | BLAHN-koh |
| rosa | pink | RROH-sah |
| naranja | orange (the color) | nah-RAHN-hah |
| morado | purple | moh-RAH-doh |
| gris | gray | grees |
| marrón | brown | mah-RROHN |
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
Eleven colors, and their respellings are a Unit 1 test: j in rojo and naranja (breathy h), ll in amarillo (y), the rolled r opening rojo and rosa.
Colors are describing words. Next lesson they take their Spanish position — after the noun — and most of them flip their -o to -a for a feminine noun.
rojo starts with the ROLLED r: RROH-hoh. And the j inside it is a breathy h, never the English j.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
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