The Esperanto alphabet

Sounds like: a in father

amiko — friend

Sounds like: b in book

bela — beautiful

Sounds like: ts in cats

celo — goal

Sounds like: ch in church

ĉambro — room

Sounds like: d in dog

domo — house

Sounds like: e in they (short)

bela — beautiful

Sounds like: f in fun

facila — easy

Sounds like: g in go (always hard)

granda — big

Sounds like: j in jam

ĝojo — joy

Sounds like: h in hat

havi — to have

Sounds like: ch in loch (rare)

eĥo — echo

Sounds like: ee in see

infano — child

Sounds like: y in yes

jes — yes

Sounds like: s in vision

ĵurnalo — newspaper

Sounds like: k in kite

kato — cat

Sounds like: l in love

libro — book

Sounds like: m in man

mondo — world

Sounds like: n in no

nomo — name

Sounds like: o in more (pure)

oro — gold

Sounds like: p in pen

pano — bread

Sounds like: trilled r (or a clear r)

rapida — fast

Sounds like: s in sun (always unvoiced)

suno — sun

Sounds like: sh in ship

ŝipo — ship

Sounds like: t in top

tago — day

Sounds like: oo in food

uno — one (prefix form)

Sounds like: w in now (aŭ, eŭ)

aŭto — car

Sounds like: v in very

vivo — life

Sounds like: z in zoo

zono — zone / belt