Thursday, November 17, 2011
- er Verbs
Hello,
Today in class we began learning about the -er verbs. The -er verbs says what person is doing what. If you are talking about yourself you must always use yo. Know lets use the example of the word comer.
So you want to say that you are eating, you would say yo como, we drop the er ending and add the new ending that in this case it is the letter o.
Know lets say that you are talking to your best friend, when you are talking to someone very close, for both situations you would use the informal way of the subject pronoun tú. So you are talking to your friend and you want to say that you are eating you would say, tú comes. Here we see that we drop the er ending and add the es ending.
Ok, you are talking to your friend about someone else, if that person is a boy you will use él and if you are talking about a girl, you use the subject pronoun ella. Know you are going to say that he/ she is eating you would say Él/ ella come pizza.
You would also use come when you use the formal you which is usted. Usted come pizza. Like the other verbs, you drop the er and add the e
The next subject pronoun that we are going to learn is nosotros. You use nosotros when you include your self in the conversation. Nosotros comemos todos los días ensalada. You also must drop the er and add emos.
When we are talking about more then 1 person we use the plural form ellos ( male), ellas (female) and the formal you usted. For all three you just drop the -er and since you are talkng about eating you would say. Ellos, ellas comen en la ciudad. Know the form you: Ustede comen mucho pan.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Cuba 15 Book Report
NEWSLETTER BOOK REPORT FOR CUBA 15
-Brief biography of the author.
-Summary
-Brief article about the main character.
-Advice column to help one character solve a major problem in the story.
-A book review
-A Comic strip about the plot.
-Advertisements, crossword puzzles, ect.. that relate to the plot.
The due date will be: Wednesday December 14, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Homework for Monday
Hello,
In class we are learning about different types of transportation. Students have homework that is due Monday, they must find the following;
-3 pictures of places you visit
-3 pictures of places you would like to visit
-6 pictures of means of transportation
This is due Monday November 7, 2011
Students must bring these pictures on Monday so they can participate in the class activity. They can draw the pictures.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Test on Friday November 4, 2011
Test on Friday!
Study the following vocabulary words!
-Medico
-Oficina
-Dentista
-Cine
-Biblioteca
-Escuela
-Restaurtante
-Banco
-Hotel
-Parque
Making introductions: te, le, les
Follow these guidelines when you wish to introduce people:
te (to one person, informal) Laura, te presento a Gabriel.
le (to one person, formal) Sra. Durán, le presento a María.
les (to two or more people, Luis y José, les presento a Margarita y a Pablo.
informal and formal)
Note: When the defi nite article el (the) follows a or de, the two words combine to
form al or del.
Tomás y Pilar, les presento al señor Rojas.
Te presento al amigo del estudiante nuevo.
You have several responses
to choose from when meeting
someone, among them: Mucho
gusto, Tanto gusto or El gusto es
mío. In addition, males can say
Encantado, while females may
wish to say Encantada.
Question-asking words
You are already familiar with several words used for asking information questions:
¿Cómo estás? How are you?
¿Cuál es tu cuaderno? Which (one) is your notebook?
¿Cuáles son? Which (ones) are they?
¿Cuándo es la clase de español? When is the Spanish class?
¿Cuánto es? How much is it?
¿Cuántos hay? How many are there?
¿Dónde están ellos? Where are they?
¿Por qué está ella allí? Why is she there?
¿Qué es? What is it?
¿Quién es de Cancún? Who is from Cancún?
¿Quiénes son ellos? Who are they?
Note: Unlike qué, cuál (or cuáles) may never be followed by a noun: ¿Qué autobús
tomas? (What bus are you taking?); ¿Cuál de los autobuses tomas? (Which of
the buses are you taking?).
Vocabulary
-a pie
-en tren
-en moto
-en bicicleta
-en autobus
-en avion
-en barco
-en metro
- a caballo
-en taxi
-en camion
-en carro
Saying where someone is going: ir
• The verb ir (to go) is irregular in the present tense.
ir
yo voy
nosotros
nosotras vamos
tú vas
vosotros
vosotrasvais
Ud.
él
ella va
Uds.
ellos
ellas van
• The verb ir is usually followed by the preposition a (or the contraction al) and
a destination.
¿Por qué no vamos a la biblioteca? Why don’t we go to the library?
Voy al cine. I am going to the movies.
Note: When you want to suggest going somewhere or doing something (“Let’s go
somewhere/do something!”), use Vamos a (+ a place or an infi nitive).
¡Vamos a la ciudad hoy! Let’s go into town today!
¡Vamos a tomar el autobús! Let’s take the bus!
La ciudad
el banco
la biblioteca
el cine
el dentista, la dentista
la escuela
el hotel
el médico, la médica
la ofi cina
el parque
el restaurante
Palabras interrogativas
¿adónde?
¿cuándo?
¿por qué?
¿quiénes?
Transporte
a caballo
a pie
el autobús
el avión
el barco
la bicicleta
el caballo
el camión
el carro
en carro
en (means of
transportation)
el metro
la moto(cicleta)
el taxi
el transporte
el tren
Verbos
caminar
ir
presento
quiero
sabes
tomar
¡vamos!
Otras expresiones
al
cerca (de)
¡claro!
del
El gusto es mío.
encantado,-a
fantástico,-a
la fi esta
lejos (de)
le/les/te presento a
porque
el problema
simpático,-a
también
Tanto gusto.
¿verdad?
Autoevaluación
1 In Spanish, identify fi ve places in a city.
2 There is going to be a party in a nearby restaurant. Ask what time the
party is.
3 A new girl who speaks Spanish has moved into your neighborhood.
Tell her if the following places are near or far and what means of
transportation you use to go to each place: la escuela, el parque, el cine.
4 What would you say in Spanish when introducing these people to your
teacher: a friend named Diana? don Diego? two friends?
5 Give an example of a courteous response in Spanish when you
are introduced.
6 How would you confi rm that your friends are going to the movie theater
near the library?
7 You are about to travel to Mexico. What would you like to see and do?
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