PRONUNCIATION OF THE VOWELS.
Note.—Spanish vowels have each one sound only, but this sound is influenced by accent or stress, the emphasised vowel being naturally longer or fuller than the same vowel when not emphasised.
a is sounded like a in far or in fat: mar, sea; sal, salt;
e like a in mate, or e in met: mesa, table; venta, sale;
i like i in marine or in pin: mina, mine; fin, end;
o like o in note or in not: cono, cone; con, with;
u like u in rule or in full: luna, moon; mundo, world.
y, as a vowel, has the same sound as i: muy, very; ley, law.