K is for Koala

Good picture John!  The letter "K," unlike most other letters in the Spanish alphabet is followed by the letter "a" instead of "e."  It is called "Ka."  "Ka" is for "el koala." This animal is usually spelled exactly the same way in Spanish and in English; however, you may sometimes see it spelled as coala in Spanish because the letter "K" is so rare in Spanish, some people never use it at all.  Another strange thing about this word is that it is a masculine animal name even though it ends in "a."  Words that end in "a" are usually feminine.  That might be because the Koala is sometimes called the koala bear and the word bear in Spanish ends in "o," the sign for masculine words.