Welcome to Day One.
You will learn
1. how to pronounce Spanish vowels
2. the Spanish Alphabet
3. about cognates
4. vocabulary related to school,the classroom, students and teachers
5. personal pronouns and how to conjugate the verb to be in Spanish.
6. adjetivos en español.
7. about cultural differences
1. Spanish Vowels - Las vocales
There are five vowels in the Spanish language:
click here to hear my pronunciation and here for more ...
2. The Spanish Alphabet - El alfabeto
Read and listen here
3. Cognates.
The word is derived from the English word recognize and is best explained by this youtube video. You also will find a list of many words that are cognates; it will prove to you that you know more Spanish than you ever imagined.
4. Vocabulary - Vocabulario
- La sala de clase:
By looking at the image above, you will learn not only vocabulary used in school, but also about gender. In Spanish all things have a gender; the article will indicative if words are masculine or feminine. The article el is masculine, the article la is feminine; both mean the in English.
- La escuela, el colegio.
la escuela = school
el colegio = high school
el profesor, el maestro = male teacher
la profesora, la maestra = female teacher
el director / la directora = principal
la secretaria, el secretario = secretary
el horario = schedule
el alumno /la alumna = student
la oficina = office
el teléfono = telephone
la computadora = computer
la puerta de entrada / de salida = entrance and exit door
el estacionamiento para carros = car parking lot
el estacionamiento para autobuses = bus parking lot
5. Personal/Subject Pronouns and Verb to be
- Singular and Plural Pronouns
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| Concentrate on the yellow columns. |
- To be = ser
Present Tense of ser = to be
Example:
- Yo soy (I am) profesora;
- Ustedes son (You all are) alumnos
6. Adjetivos en español.
7. Some cultural differences
Read this document, and pay special attention to "Eye Contact"; male students may react in an aggressive way when asked to look you into the eyes and females may prefer to look down and seem shy.
- descriptive adjectives go after the noun, not before as in English; i.e. good food = comida buena
- adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun; i.e.Mexican children = niños mexicanos
- adjectives ending in o, change to a in the feminine; adjectives ending in e stay the same.
- a useful short list: alto, bajo, guapo, delgado, gordo, débil, fuerte, grande, inteligente, joven, mayor, pobre, rico, americano, mexicano, guatemalteco, hondureño, salvadoreño, nicaragüense, panameño, colombiano, venezolano, ecuatoriano, peruano, argentino, chileno...
You should be able to look up adjectives using your dictionary or google. Only the singular masculine form will be listed, but you know now how to change it to feminine and plural.
This site contains a very long list (lista larga) of useful adjectives!
This site contains a very long list (lista larga) of useful adjectives!
7. Some cultural differences
Read this document, and pay special attention to "Eye Contact"; male students may react in an aggressive way when asked to look you into the eyes and females may prefer to look down and seem shy.
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