Leccion 1: Spanish 1 Somos así: En sus marcas

p 17 Vocabulario

p 2 # of Spanish speaking

·  20 countries, one commonwealth.

·  Commonwealth

Puerto Rico, capital San Juan

part of US

own governor,

representative in Congreso that does not vote

do not vote for US president

do not pay US tax

came to US from Spain in 1898 in treaty to end Spanish American War

·  el páis – country

·  la capital – capital

·  3 countries have same name for capitals

Ciudad de México, México

Guatemala, Guatemala

Panamá, Panamá

·  Guinea Ecuatorial, is in África, its capital is Malabo

·  Bolivia is only land-locked country has two capitals—La Paz, Sucre

Why study Spanish?

·  State requires you take two years of same language

·  Higher paying jobs

·  What types of jobs may require Spanish

·  large Hispanic community in US

·  Famous Hispanic people

p 6 Diálogo: ¿Cómo te llamas”

Me llamo ______(person’s name in blank)

Me llamo María.

The Spanish use this for the English – What is your name?

literally it means What are you called by, what do you call yourself

llamarse – to call one self

{singular} {plural}

(1st person) me llamo nos llamamo

(2nd person) te llamas os llamáis

(3rd person) se llama se llaman

In English the 3rd person includes: he, she, it. The Spanish have a formal “you” that we do not have. It is part of the 3rd person.

¡Mucho gusto! – nice to meet you

·  Don’t pronounce the H in Héctor

p 6 First names

be familiar with the Spanish names at the bottom of the page.

·  NOTE: Jaime is a boys name, for James, not a girls name.

p 7 Los saludos – greetings

gestos – gestures – go hand and hand with speaking

makes conversation more lively

To greet each other Hispanic people may:

·  shake hands

·  quick, relaxed handshake and hug (un abrazo) and a pat on the back- men and increasingly more women

·  light kiss on cheek – women and young girls

--in some countries where men and women know each other very well

p 8 CC: El alfabeto: Be sure to copy purple box into your culture section.

Punctuación – punctuation

¡Hola! ¿Cómo?

The Spanish use an upside down exclamation point and question mark before the sentence in addition to the regular one at the end.

p 8 Diálogo ¿Cómo se escribe? = How do you spell?-- the Spanish literally say “How does one write?”

p 9 Estrategía – classroom expressions

p 10 Diálogo: ¿De dónde eres?

Soy de Bethlehem.

Ser – to be

{singular} {plural}

(1st person) soy somos

(2nd person) eres sois

(3rd person) es son

p 11 Algo más

la Argentina vs. Argentina

los Estados Unidos vs. Estados Unidos

in the past the articles were necessary, now they may be optional

·  NOTE: El Salvador and La Paz – the articles are part of the name, not optional

p 12 Números – Numbers 1-20

Write numbers in your notebook p. 12

·  NOTE: 4 numbers have “ie” in the spelling

siete – 7

diez – 10

numbers formed with 10 (16 – 19) are spelled like diez, but the “z” changes to “c”

dieciocho – the Spanish do not like “ze” or “zi”

·  NOTE: cero not zero as in English

cien 100

All other numbers are “ei”—20 veinte, 30 treinta

·  NOTE: 4 numbers have accent marks. For this lesson you only need to know

dieciséis – 16 the accent puts the stress in the correct place. You hear more emphasis on the seis not the “ci”

p 12 Cognados – cognates

words that are spelled similar, sound similar and have the same meaning

EX: mapa- map, diccionario- dictionary

there are more examples on page 12

·  cognados falsos – false cognates

EX: sin – without In Spanish pecado means sin

p 14 CC: ONCE (Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles) not 11

·  offers social services , employment to people who are physically challenged, such as the blind

·  ONCE sells lottery tickets (cupón), which can only be purchased through ONCE

it used to cost 200 pesetas for a ticket for the daily drawing

·  Spain now uses the Euro

p 15 Diálogo: ¿Cuántos años tienes?

Tengo ______(# in blank) años?

Tengo quince años.

“How old are you?” Literally—“How many years do you have?

tener – to have

tengo tenemos

tienes tenéis

tiene tienen

p 15 CC: Las despedida – goodbyes

same gestures as saying hello, p 7

Tener – to have
Singular / Plural
1st person / I / yo / Tengo / 1st person / We / Nosotros
nosotras / Tenemos
2nd person / You (informal) / Tú / Tienes / 2nd person / You (Informal) / Vosotros
vosotras / Tenéis
3rd person / He, it
She, it
You (formal) / Él
Ella
Ud. / tiene / 3rd person / They
They
You (formal) / Ellos
Ellas
Uds. / Tienen

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