Picture in your mind a monkey who utters the "ooh ooh ooh!" sound. That is roughly the way that the Spanish "u" always sounds like. Or imagine the English word "boom" or "groom" or "moon", all these "oo"'s are pretty close to the Spanish vowel "u".

	Description (pirate):
	Description (landlubber):
	u (letter "u")
	universo (universe)
	usar (to use)
	uva (grape)
	último (last)
	grumete (cabin boy)
	Europa (Europe)