Finished the last 12 today. Quite easy. Almost like English.
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‘p’ ( peh ) – similar to the English one, but a little softer.
p para papa ( potato )
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‘q’ ( Coo ) – is used only before ‘u’. Pronunciation is same as English ‘k’ with out the puff of air.
q para que ( that )
‘r’ ( ereh ) — The Spanish “r” has two separate sounds, depending on whether or not it is the first letter of a word. Neither one of these sounds even remotely resembles the English “r” sound. When the “r” is the first letter of the word, it is trilled like the “rr”, which comes next. Otherwise, the “r” sounds much like the “dd” of the word “ladder.” (It’s not exactly the same, but it’s much closer to this “dd” sound than to the English “r” sound.)
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‘r’ para reina ( queen )
‘r’ – barco ( do you remember the English translation ? It’s in here )
[ here it is pronounced as a strong r or ‘rr’ ]
‘rr’ ( Doble ereh ) – the Spanish ‘rr’ is more vibrating or thrilling.
‘rr’ – Perro ( dog )
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‘s’ ( ehsesh ) – similar to English ‘s’
‘s’ para sandía ( watermelon )
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‘t’ ( the ) – When making the “t” sound in English, the tongue touches the gum ridge behind the upper front teeth. The Spanish “t” is produced quite differently, with the tongue actually touching the back of the front teeth, and without the puff of air that characterizes the English “t”. Telugu and Hindi have this sound.
‘t’ para total ( total )
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‘u’ ( oo ) – similar to ‘oo’ in the English ‘food’.
‘u’ para usa ( use )
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‘v’ ( oobeh ) – similar to the Spanish ‘b’. All the rules apply.
‘v’ para vector ( vector )
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‘w’ ( doble beh ) – In Spanish, the letters “k” and “w” are found only in foreign words. The “k” is pronounced like an English “k” without the puff of air. The “w” is pronounced like the “b/v” when it occurs between vowels.
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‘x’ ( Eh-kiss ) – The Spanish “x” has three separate sounds. The first is like the “ks” in the word “talks” (examen). The second is pronounced like the English letter “h” and is reserved for certain proper nouns and words that are derived from them (México, mexicano). The third is pronounced like the English “ch” and it, too is reserved for certain proper nouns (Xitle, Xela).
‘x’ – examen ( examination ). The sound is ‘ks’. The rest are usually names.
‘x’ – México. The sound is like an English ‘h’ as in ‘house’
‘x’ – Xabi. A proper noun. The sound is like a ‘ch’ as in Spanish ‘Chico’ meaning _______ [ Do you remember ? ]
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‘y’ ( eegreeehga ) – has two different sounds. When it occurs alone it is pronounced as ‘ee’ in ‘eel’. Otherwise it sounds just like the English ‘y’.
‘y’ para y ( and ). Pronounced as ‘ee’.
‘y’ para Yo ( I ).
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‘z’ ( sehtah ) – The Spanish “z” is pronounced differently in Spain than in Latin America. In Spain, it is pronounced like the “th” in the English word “think.” In Latin America, it is pronounced like the letter “s”.
‘z’ para ‘zapato’ ( Shoe )
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What next ??. May be numbers or build up some vocabulary. ( couldn’t decide upon which one )
Uno,Dos,Tres … 
