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Spanish I: Numbers 100-900 by Mingxue Zheng and Lala Doumbia
Numbers 100 - 999: In these set of numbers, the hundreds and the tens place don’t need to be connected by “y.” But, you need to connect the tens and the ones place by “y”
Numerals | Spanish | Pronunication |
100 | Cien | (see-in) |
101 | Ciento | (see-in-doe) |
102 | Ciento dos | (see-in-doe) (doe-s) |
144 | Ciento caurenta y cautro | (see-in-doe) (qua-ring-da) (e) (qua-joe) |
200 | Doscientos | (doe-s-see-in-doe-s) |
202 | Doscientos dos | (doe-s-see-in-doe-s) (doe-s) |
300 | Trescientos | (tris-see-in-doe-s) |
389 | Trescientos ochenta y nueve | (tris-see-doe-s) (all-chen-da) (e) (new-wave-ve) |
400 | cuatrocientos | (qua-joe-see-in-doe-s) |
500 | Quientos | (key-in-doe-s) |
600 | Seiscientos | (sis-see-in-doe-s) |
700 | Sietecientos | (see-at-de-see-in-doe-s) |
800 | Ochocientos | (all-cho-see-in-doe-s) |
900 | Novecientos | (no-ve-see-in-doe-s) |
999 | Novecientos noventa y nueve | (no-ve-see-in-doe-s) (no-van-da) (e) (new-wave-ve) |
Trick: The single number + cientos (100, plural with a “s”) + the tens place (without “y”) + y (connect the tens and the ones place) + (single number)
EX: 685
Seiscientos ochenta y cinco
or,
EX: 105
Ciento (single, no “s”) cinco
Spanish I: Numbers 1000-9000 By Mingxue Zheng and Lala Doumbia
Numbers 1000 - a million
Numerals | Spanish | Pronunciation |
1000 | uno mil | (woo-no) (mill) |
1023 | uno mil veinte y tres | (woo-no) (mill) (van-de) (e) (tria-s) |
2000 | Dos mil | (doe-s) (mill) |
3000 | Tres mil | (tria-s) (mill) |
4000 | Cautro mil | (qua-joe) (mill) |
5000 | Cinco mil | (sane-go) (mill) |
6000 | sesis mil | (sis) (mill) |
9000 | nueve mil | (new-wave-ve) (mill) |
Trick: In numbers 1000 - 9999 |
Look at the Clock: Telling Time en Español By Mingxue Zheng and Lala Doumbia
¿Qué hara es?
pronunciation: (ke) (or-ra) (es)
Rules for timing time:
Son las vs. Es la
Only use “Es la” for only one hour because it is singular (1hr.). Instead of using uno for one hr., use una instead.
Ex: 1:16
Es la una y diez y seis
Ex: 7: 28
Es la siete y veinte ocho (You can't use Es la for this example because it is seven hours instead of one hour).
Use “Son las” for two to twelve hours (2-12 hrs.).
Ex: 7: 28
Son las siete y veinte y ocho
Ex: 2: 05
Son las dos y cinco
1.Chose Es la or Son las based on the hour
2.State the hour
3.Connect the hours and minutes with “y”
4.State the minutes
Ex: 2: 10
Son las dos y diez
Memos is use for 31-59 mins. It means subtract.
1.Chose Es la or Son las based on the hour
2.State the hour ahead
3.Connect the hours and minutes with “memos”
4.State how many minutes it would take to be in the hour you state on step two
Ex: 4: 55
Son las cinco memos cincenta y cinco
Ex: 12: 48
Es la una memos doce
The reason it is Es la instead of Son las is because the hour ahead of twelve is one. Therefore, it is singular.
Two ways to say 30mins. and 15mins.
You can say “treinte” or media (mad-de-ya), which means ½.
You can say diez y cinco or cuatro (qua-do-ro), which means ¼.
AM/PM:
AM: de la manaña (de) (la) (mi-ya-la)
PM (afternoon): de la tardes (de) (la) (started-this)
PM (night): de la noche (de) (la) (no-che)
Midnight: La medianocho (la) (mad-de-ya) (no-cho)
Spanish I: The days of Lunes through Domingo! By Mingxue zheng and Lala Doumbia
We all know the English way of saying what day is today in Pre-School. So, learning the days of the week in Spanish will make your days in foreign countries rock! It is important to learn the days of the week and as well as the dates because of the busy society we experience, we really need to get our selves organized and schedule an appointment or a interview also needs these basic concepts.
So lets get started!
To ask what day is today in Spanish.
It look like this:
¿Qué día hace hoy?
(ke) (de-yah) (ar-say) (holl)
Reply: Hoy es (the day today).
¿Qué día mañana sera? What is tomorrow's day?
(ke) (de-yah) (man-ya-la) (sera)
Lunes (loon-this) Martes (Mar-this) Miércoles (me-at-go-les) Jueves (clay-ves) Viernes (ve-and-ne-mas) Sábado (sa-ba-doe) Domingo (doe-min-go) |
Okay! with the information you have now you will be go to go and move on to a new level in Spanish! Isn’t that exciting!
Spanish I: The Good Old Months and Dates By Mingxue Zheng and Lala Doumbia
Time and keeping in track of dates which is important for the human society. If you don’t know how to day the months and tell somebody what is today’s date. Boo!
January | Enero | (in-near-ro) |
Febuary | Febrero | (fa-be-lea-row) |
March | Marzo | (mar-zo) |
April | Abril | (a-breil-o) |
May | Mayo | (my-oh) |
June | Junio | (who-knee-oh) |
July | Julio | (who-knee-oh) |
Augest | Agosto | (a-goo-stole) |
September | Septiembre | (sep-den-b-le) |
October | Octubre | (all-tube-b-le) |
November | Noviembre | (no-van-in-b-le) |
December | Diciembre | (de-sea-in-b-le) |
Okay! Now you know how to say the months and had the knowledge of Spanish numbers in the previous lesson, lets learn how to put it in use!
Guess what does question mean? ¿Cuál es el fecha de hoy?
Hint: It is the most common question ask everyday and your teacher will always say that if you want to be organized you need to put the **** on the top right corner of your paper!
This is a question that ask someone what date is today.
¿Cuál es el fecha de hoy?
Pronunciation: (geow) (is) (eel) (fad-cha) (de) (holl-re)
If you want to reply to this question say:
Hoy es (number) de (month).
If you know how to say ¿Cuál es el fecha de hoy? and the months. Then, I will say you’re a genius for a beginner in these few minutes!
Spanish I: What is the Weather Today by Mingxue Zheng and Lala Doumbia
We always watch forecasts in the news or radios whether to schedule a perfect date, or a panic outside. So, it will be necessary to learn the Spanish way saying the weather and get yourself for a plan outside.
How to ask for the weather today?
(¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?) pronunciation: (ge) (demple) (a-say) (holi)
Hoy es...
Sunny
Hace Sol (a-say) (sol)
RainyEsta lloviendo (es-sta) (yo-be-knee-doe)
Windy
Hace viento (a-say) (ve-in-doe)
Snowing
Esta nevando (es-sta) (nud-ve-in-doe)
Cloudy
Hace nublado (a-say) (nud-bla-doe)
Spanish I: The Social Conversation By Mingxue Zheng and Lala Doumbia
If you are a very social, out going person in America, give yourself a smile and be proud of yourself because you were going to learn some basic conversion questions that will make you rock in Spanish. If you don’t try to imagine yourself who can’t fill out any applications and don’t bother finding any guides. So, open your eyes and fresh your brain with this lesson.
What is your name?
Ask:
Informal: ¿Cómo te llamas?
pronunciation: (comb-no) (te) (yah-mas))
or,
Formal: ¿Cómo se llama?(it is spelled as Como with an accent on the m)
pronunciation: (comb-mo) (te) (yah-ma))
Reply:
Me llamo (your name).
How old are you?
Ask:
¿Cuántos años tienes?
pronunciation: (quone-dos) (un-yos) (tea-and-ness))
Reply: Yo tengo (your age) anós.
When is your birthday?
Ask:¿ Cáundo es tu cumpleaños?
pronunciation: (qu-doe) (as) (to) (comb-beli-un- yos)
Reply: Mi cumpleaños es el (number) de (month).
Where you came from?
Ask: formal: ¿De donde es?
or,
informal: ¿De Donde eres?
pronunciation: (de) (don’t - de) (eres)
Reply: Soy de (country, city, etc.).
or,
Reply: Soy de (country, city, etc.) pero vivo en (you live in now)
Thanks.
(Gracias)
pronunciation: (grad-see-as)
Its a pleasure.
Un Placer
Pronunciation:(n) (pla-see-er)
Its nice to meet you.
Mucho Gusto
Pronunciation:(moo-cho) (good-stole)
Here is a video about a girl who can fill out a Spanish application for her high school and a an chance to go to her dream high schooL. In real life, we always filling out important applications. Some of them are college applications or for field trips. So, don't miss out any opportunities if you don't know Spanish. Learn it right now!
Spanish I: The Goodbyes and Hellos (1) By Mingxue Zheng and Lala Doumbia
¡Hola! The Way to Introduce Yourself
You definitely, definitely need to know this lesson in order to go through the whole social process because you will get very awkward if you represent the empire of America and lost your politeness in a conversation just because you don’t learn it in high school. So, stop being depressed and put your learning gears on! There is a second lesson that will enhance your skills in introducing yourself
The ways of saying Hi!:
Time frame | Meaning: | Spanish | Pronunication |
All the time | Hi! or Hello! | ¡Hola! | (all-la) |
In the Morning | Good Morning! | ¡Buenos Días! | (windows) (de-as) |
In the afternoon | Good Afternoon! | ¡Buenas Tardes! | (windows) (started -this) |
In the night | Good Night! | ¡Buenas Noches! | (windows) (nar-ches) |
The two ways to say how are you informally - these are the ways of saying hello to someone your age, a close friend, or a person with a first encounter. Basically, these are the way to say hi casually.
English | Spanish | Pronunication |
How are you? | ¿Cómo estas? | (comb-mo) (es-stas) |
How are you? | ¿Qué tál? | (ke) (tile) |
How to say How are you formally or in a pural state: to say How are you formally means that the person you are talking to can be an elder, a boss, or someone you respect.
Situation: | English | Spanish | Pronunciation |
Formal | How are you? | ¿Cómo esta ud.? | (comb-mo) (es-ta) (wo-stead) |
Pural | How are you? | ¿Cómo estan uds. | (comb-mo) (es-ta) (wo-stand-this |
Spanish I: Goodbyes and Hellos (2) by Mingxue Zheng and Lala Doumbia
Here are some basic conversations:
Play #1
Sally:¡Hola!
Sally:¿Qué tál?
Mike: ¡Buen! (means: fine)
Pronunciation: (be-in)
Play #2
Jordon: ¡Hola!
Jordon: ¿Como estas?
Sherry: Mas o memos. (means: so-so)
Pronunciation: (mas-so-men-nos)
And some other replies:
English meaning: | Spanish | Pronunication |
happy | feliz | (philies) |
sad | mal | (ma-ir) |
excellent | excelente | (excellen-de) |
horrible | horrible | (holy-lee-bree) |
marvellous | estupendo/a (ends with”o” means masculine, ends with “a” means feminine) | (es-do-beyon-do) or (es-do-benyon-da) |
See you later
Hasta luego (a-sta) (lue-wav-go)
See you tomorrow
Hasta mañana (a-sta) (man-ya-la)
Goodbyes: informal
Bye: Chao
(chao)
Goodbye: Adios
(ah-de-yos)
Remember! When you use informal terms, always use it when you were talking to a person your age, first encounter, a a close friend.
Goodbyes: Formal
Its a pleasure.
Un Placer
(n) (pla-see-er)
Its nice to meet you.
Mucho Gusto
(mo-sho) (good-stole)
Remember! When using formal terms, always use it during formal situations or talking to someone who are respected, an elder, or someone older than you.
Congratulation on learning how to say hellos and goodbyes, Last but not last give yourself a tap on the back!
Spanish I: ¿Qué te gusta? What do you like? By Mingxue Zheng and Lala Doumbia
What is your favorite sport? | ¿Qué deporte te gusta? | pronunciation: (ge) (de-port-de) (te) (goo-sta) |
What is your favorite music? | ¿Qué música te gusta? | Pronunciation: (ge) (moo-see-ca) (te) (goo-sta) |
What is your favorite food? | ¿Qué comida te gusta? | pronunciation: (ge) (comb-me-da) (te) (goo-sta) |
Oh my! How am I going to reply to these questions?
Me gusta la deporte (sport).
Sport | Spanish | Pronunciation |
Basketball | El baloncesto | (el) (buy-no-sis-doe) |
Swimming | La natación | (la) (not-ta-see-own) |
Volleyball | Voleibol | (vol-lay-boli) |
American football | El fútbol Americano | (el) (foot-boil) (ameri-ka-no) |
Tennis | El tenis | (el) (thin-knees) |
Soccer | El fútbol | (el) (foot-boli) |
¿Qué música te gusta?
Me gusta la musica (music).
Music | Spanish | Pronunciation |
jazz | La jazz | (la) (jazz) |
rock music | La música rock | (la) (moo-see-ka) (rock) |
La música pop | pop music | (la) (moo-see-ka) (bop) |
La música clásica | classic music | (la) (moo-see-ka) (class-sat-ka) |
¿Qué comida la gusta?
Me gusta la comida (food)
Food | Spanish | Pronunciation |
Pizza | La comida pizza | (la) (call-me-da) (pizza) |
Chinese food | La comida China | (la) (call-me-da) (che-la) |
Italian food | La comida Italiana | (la) (call-me-da) (in-tell-knee-a-la) |
Mexican food | La comida Mexicana | (la) (call-me-da) (max-in-ka-la) |
Salad | La ensalada | (la) (in-sir-la-da) |
Fruit | La fruta | (la) (fruit-da) |
chocolate | El chocolate | (el) (chal-co-lot-de) |
Stephen & Kenyatta's Dates and Months
1. You have to know which month it is at that time
2. You also have to know how to say all the different months
3. You also have to know the different numbers up to 31
4. Lastly you have to know the rules of how to say the different dates
Important Dates& Holidays
1.enero-uno de enero
2. febrero- catorce de febrero
3. marzo- diez y siete de marzo
4. abril- uno de abril
5. mayo- cinco de mayo
6. junio- veinte y uno de junio
7. julio- cuatro de julio
8. augusto- nothing
9. septiembre- siete de septiembre
10. octubre- treinta y uno
11. noviembre- veinte y cuatro
12.diciembre- veinte y cinco
Las Messes (Month)
enero
febrero
marzo
abril
mayo
junio
julio
agosto
septiembre
octobre
noviembre
diciembre
Gaming and Growth
Joe Parisi-Main Editor, Jobe Naff- Defacto Director, Briana Stroman- Lead Interviewer, Fangda Luo- Sound Editor, and Joshua Martin-Corrales- Co-Writer, were the centerpiece of a panel discussion at SEI's annual board meeting at UPENN on Thursday, Oct 27th. Everyone stuck around for some really interesting group discussions on the vitality of gaming elements and thematics and how they can inspire exponential growth in the Board's respective business projects. Simply put, they killed it!!!
When you see this crew congratulate them for an amazing job. Many other students collaborated on this and deserve high praise, namely- Matthew Scuderi (narration), Robert Broadwater (interviewing and editing), Nathan Kamal (Original Musical Score "The Sounds of Our Generation") Amaris Romero (audio mixing) and special guest interviewees- Kabbour Rizq, Rashaun Williams and Henry Yam. This project was a truly amazing team effort and I am so very proud of their collective efforts. Once again, our students have proven to the outside public that teenagers can in fact be professional if given the opportunity.
Check out our Rough Cut Production VIMEO PAGE for a higher quality version of this project. Enjoy- Mr. H
Who Am I? Revision
“Why
do I have to do this?” It was all I could think about while I continued my 7th
grade project. It touched on all the things that I had always tried to avoid. I
had to describe myself. When asked to describe myself as a simple beginning of
the year question I have always kept my answers short, simple, uncreative and
each time the answer was generally identical. It was the thing I hated most in
the world. Why? Maybe I didn’t understand myself. But to be given a whole
project on that subject alone, it felt like my stomach had just done a
somersault. So I just sat there, thinking, who am I?
So
many years have past but this lingering question has still followed me. Even
after finishing the project I was still uncertain of whom I was, and made it a
basic project. My life has always been filled with so much uncertainness. As a
result I have always been indecisive in all my decisions, even the simplest
decisions. Who do I want be? What
will I become? I wonder why it was so hard for me. Was I afraid?
Was
I fearful? The more I thought about it, the more it kind of made sense. When
spending time with a group of my friends I am usually loud and extroverted.
Playing video games on our laptops like Call of Duty 4, Spore and mine craft.
We are hyper, running around messing with each other and joking around.
Sometimes sit around talking and chill, awaiting the next class. In class it is
always a different story. It is like a switch was flipped on me. Shy, hesitant;
peers would hardly know I was there. I was always terrified to share my
thoughts, so I nearly always kept my hands down. And when I actually did put my
hand up every once in a blue moon, there was a huge round of applause from
everyone in the class like it was the most amazing thing they have seen.
Embarrassment was definitely a factor.
So was it my lack of detail in explaining myself.
Like when I did the descriptive writing essay. As I
was staring at that 6x4 photo in my brightly lit, slightly messy room, trying
to figure it out, it seemed impossible. First of all, I have never been good at
descriptive writing for the last 15 years of my life. For my assignment I
was told to write a thorough description of a piece of art important to you, so
I chose a photo that I treasured. Even though I treasured it, I realized that I
never really looked at it, I didn’t even remember the reason I treasured it. I
looked at it sideways, backwards and even measured it, but still, nothing. So I
finally looked at, looking for anything and everything. As I stared at the
photo intensely, like it was the most interesting thing in the world, all I
could see were the obvious points. In the photo were both my grand mother and
my little brother Nathaniel when he was around 4 or 5 years old. So I looked at
closer, staring at my brother’s old braided hair,
looking at the old him, it was like staring into the past. He was older now,
with shaved hair; I had forgotten what he used to look like. So I continued to
stare at it, remembering lost memories, trying to recall anything and
everything.
But
no matter how many questions these answered my main one was yet to be answered,
who am I? So I just sat there and thought. I thought about everything that had
happened to me up to now. I tried and tried and tried. I wanted to remember
something to answer my question.
I
found it, the answer. It was in
piece of me writing that I had forgotten. Something I shared out despite the
fear and embarrassment.
They say I’m not
American
I say
I am Jamerican
They say that I’m no
good
I say
I know how to rise above
stereotypes and be good
So
Don’t judge me by the
fact I came from the hood
They say my people are
all a shame
I say
I am not the same
They say I’m not
anything I’m hopeless
I say
Stop the dumbness
Instead
I’m gonna stay out the
darkness
To rise to greatness
This
poem reminds me of who I am, I am different, think different, and do things
different. It might take me a while to completely understand myself, but that
is ok. As I head out on my own path, I know it’ll all be fine. I am undefined
and I am fine with that. I doubt anyone else understands himself or herself
either, so why should I sweat it. Things would be boring if I knew everything
about myself, life would be boring, and without the challenges I have, like
being shy, I would have no motivation to improve upon myself. I’ll keep up
becoming better, and then I’ll meet my goal of knowing who I am. I can’t wait
till I get to meet myself. The same goes for all of you. Your true may not be
as far as you think.
Morgan Taylor and Ayoola Hooks-Gibbs Monologues and Videos
Intro Paragraph: My goals in writing these monologues. Is to show how many views there are. Whether you are for or against the pipeline. I wanted to show all the different emotions of this situation, sadness, anxiety, rage, regret, confidence and many more. I want to show the government how much they are hurting their citizens.
Monologue #1: Are You Serious
Setting: outside of her house, showing the factories. In her hand is a newspaper.
I’ll tell you how hard it’s been to live here. My community has had illnesses like throat cancer, if they build the pipelines, what’s going to happen? When did they start building factories? They’ve been making different factories across the street from my house ever since I was in kindergarten. This isn’t worth losing more people. I would come home and smell this horrible smell that was deadly. Money is going to be wasted. They need to make wiser choices. We have all these different factories that’s causing odors. I think about the pipeline situation from time to time and people will have jobs if we have pipelines. But while the pipelines are being made it’s damaging, and causing problems.
What’s your final answer about this situation, should this happen or not? Do you see this newspaper in my hand? Almost every time I read the news it doesn’t say specifically if Obama is going to let this happen, and once he makes up his mind. Once 6 months pass, with change or no change, then I’ll make up my mind, but for right now I’m not too sure. This situation is bittersweet, it’s going to help people out financially because people will be provided jobs but then again they’re going to be wasting billions of dollars.
Monologue #2: Will This Be The Right Choice?
Setting: At school taking a test.
Here I am twirling my lucky pencil in my hand, and holding a test in front of my face not rushing to do my test to be the first person to be finished but I’m…wondering… Re-playing the whole phone call I had with my dad yesterday
He said though I’m an a little young to really rap my head around the situation
He has to decide weather he should deny the permit for the oil Pipelines or not.
Pipelines – Transports goods through a pipe.
He also told me that people would be given jobs, if the pipeline happens.
Will my dad make the right choice?
I know I’m only ten years old, and have no say in weather we should resume with pipelines or not… But I think that my father should pass it. People will be provided jobs, right? That would be great, because people have been getting laid for the past 3 years.
I did some research after talking to my dad…and it said that a pipeline is a network that delivers the nations crude oil such as gasoline, jet fuel and home heating oil, is that good or bad?
Will that be hurting the environment or improving the environment.
Will he make the right choice?
Monologue #3: It’s all about the workers and to heck with the Environment, I need a job!
Setting: At the site of one of the pipelines. Getting interviewed
Honestly I think that they need to pass this, I need a job, this will be providing for hundreds of unemployed people at the moment. Even If it’s going to be polluting the earth. Right about now we need, no I NEED a job. For the past years thousands of people have been unemployed – I’ve been unemployed. And right here these pipelines are jobs that will be able to give to the thousands of people who are unemployed. Are you trying say that the only thing that you care about right now is yourself? No, not exactly, I’m just saying that we’ve started with the pipeline and the construction and all of a sudden we had to stop, no money is flowing through! Obama wants a solution for these unemployed citizens and its right in front of our faces! So close that I can - we can all taste it. We will be one step closer to have a better economy, not environmentally. I’m all for the environment, but I’m ready to sacrifice this environment so I can have a job.
If you already had a job, and was asked about the Pipeline situation, what would you say?
To be honest I would be on the side to try to save the environment, because
if this happens, its hurting Mother Nature. These Pipelines aren’t healthy for this environment. But I need to provide for family-my children…
Monologue #4: You're So Greedy
*The goddess of the earth says this with a lot of passion and a little bit of rage.
I give and give and give! All I get in return is this crappy piece of nothingness. (these 2 sentences are said with a bunch of rage) Yes, I am a goddess but there is only so much that I can do. In the beginning it was ok. People respected my earth because they really acknowledged that it was all they had to survive.(Happiness/calm in these 2) All of a sudden my guests got extremely greedy and started destroying my work. Cutting down my beautiful forests, polluting my oceans, taking more than what is needed and killing my master pieces of animals.(anger and rage) I did a pretty good job making this little sphere of joy, but maybe I didn’t do such a good job of protecting it. That is going to change soon.
Then the government thinks there all tall and mighty and decides to ruin the last of my work with a pipeline that goes from Canada to Texas. In this pipeline there will be nasty black, gooey and just unclean oil. It is all about the money to you people. What are you going to do if you have nothing else left? Oh, that’s right you are going to die. The “Bad Guys” say “It will be good for the economy and we will be able to live better lives.” DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING! I made this earth to the best of my ability and you the greedy ones are destroying it.
Now you’re scared because I am finally taking a stand and getting angry. All of these natural disasters, all of the people dying are your doing. I am just showing you what you have been doing this entire time. I have tried to be understanding and loving, but there only so much that I can take. I demand respect! My earth needs to be respected!
Not only have you betrayed me by making this decision, you have betrayed all of the earth. For billions of years the Earth that has hosted you on this planet. You do have a chance to make it better. The first step is to not make this pipeline that will destroy what you have left of your world. I now leave it in your hands to make this huge decision. Hope you make the right one.
Monologue # 5
*A man in a jail sell regrets
his decision for standing up for what is right. He is anxious and debating
weather or not he made the right choice protesting.
Why
did this happen to me? Why did I make such a bad decision. I have 2 kids and a
wife at home I need to take care of. Right now they think i am on a business
trip in Los Angeles. What is my wife going to say when she find out where I
actually am. I am the man of the house I need to bring home the bacon for my
family. I want to say I was being selfish but I am really just trying to
protect my home. I grew up in South Dakota 2blocks from where they are going to
rip up the earth and place that monstrous pipeline. All of my childhood
memories will be destroyed. Where will my parents go? They are to old to handle
this type of change.
This jail cell is so cold and damp. I am going to ruin my good work clothes. I didn’t know I was going to be arrested. I just wanted to do the right thing and defend our mother earth. Bad decisions, after bad decisions. Money in my family is really tight because of the economy. Now my family has to pay bail for me to get out. I don’t even want to tell them, I am scared that they will not trust me any more. I wasn’t thinking straight, I didn’t think about the consequences of protesting. Will i loose my job? How will this affect my reputation? I really hope that I am setting a good example for my kids. I don’t want them to end up like this. In a 6 by 6, cold, dirty and damp space regretting a decision that was made.
When I think about it i think I am being selfish, but also standing up in what I believe in and protecting my family. When my grand kids are born I want them to have a world to live in that isn’t a piece of crap. My generation and generations before have ruined our future generations home. I feel bad that they have to clean up our mess. Maybe I did do the right thing and my family will understand that I was fighting for them.
Pipeline Monologue By Franklin Mancebo & Abou Hinson
Anthony morning
my name is anthony morning
i have lived on this plantation for about three generations
for political reasons i can not show my face
therefore i am darken by the camera
this plantain has seen me and my whole family grow
now recently i was informed to move away from plantains in NORTH Dakota
because of the pipeline coming from the north
it would affect or family greatly and we do not appreciate it
now i told my daughter Ashely stares at moon
because she saw me trying to figure out a cuter for my family
and she says hey every things donna be ok so i tell my wife whats going on
she cries and says way are we going to do
so i ask you what are we join to do
are e going to let this happen and do nothing
or stand up for our rites as people of north dakota
i ask you would you want your kids to go threw this
( look away)
Pablo hernandez (interview)
I don't think that this is fair either to me and also the community
I don't know what's going on north dakota do we the community not have a say in what goes on in our homes and lives.this pipeline threatens the safety of our kids and that is not ok with me.my kids all all i have i have no wife mom or dad i no that i am an immigrant but i am also a citizen of this country. i didn't go threw all this debate all all the noise the construction would motive me to not let me let this happen. I don't want my kids to go through all this.how would you fell if you would have to go 20 to 30 mins more to you schedule
I do not like this one bit!
Not at all!
interview
Pablo hernandez
I don't think that this is fair either to me and also the community
I don't know what's going on north dakota do we the community not have a say in what goes on in our homes and lives.this pipeline threatens the safety of our kids and that is not ok with me.my kids all all i have i have no wife mom or dad i no that i am an immigrant but i am also a citizen of this country. i didn't go threw all this debate all all the noise the construction would motive me to not let me let this happen. I don't want my kids to go through all this
Abou Hinson
Dear Mr. President
My name is Carlita Rodriguez. I am a latino-American in Austin, Texas. There hasn’t been much work available, let alone for a latina in a border state. The Keystone Tar Sands would provide much needed work and a healthy income for my four year old daughter and I. It would also significantly improve the economy for other Americans. If the Tar Sands were built it would also help others like myself find work. The only problem is I have to think about my daughter’s future.
The pipeline would emit pollution just like any other pipeline. Since the Tar Sands are a pipeline that means that they will leak. If it were to be built, the pipeline would run over a fresh water source, now rare in America. Some believe that it would be “Game over” for the environment. Its not so much a concern for me, but for my daughter. I know that I might not live to see the negative results of this project, but I couldn’t rest knowing that I was a part of my child’s environmentally instability.
Honestly I really need the work, but the price I’d have to pay would be too much. I vote no for the Tar sands project. The environment is to much of a price to pay for a little more energy.
Sincerely, Carlita Rodriguez
Monulogue
(Martin Luther King type of Voice) Hello my beautiful Native People. Lately I have been
hearing people talk about stopping the Keystone pipeline project, but I do not
see anyone taking any action. I Nadie (Na-D) Mahal (Ma-Hall) have a vision.
That one-day these business men and our Government would stop looking at our
land as profit but rather embrace it and love it just as much as we do. Then
our native people would join hands with the Americans and be one big happy
family, as we love our mother nature. This project reminded me of what back in
the day. (switch to more anger tone) When
The Europeans came too take over our land and claim it as theirs. They bought
their disease, pushed us out the way as if that wasn’t our home, and now in
this present day they want to destroy our land. Now I’m mad. (Have A Serious Tone) In my hand I hold an article on the
Keystone XL pipeline project. The pipeline would be transporting pollution
from the tar sands of Canada to the United States by carrying 800,000 barrels
per day of thick, corrosive, toxic, oil for refining in Texas and the Gulf
States. What these money hungry people fail to realize is that if it is
approved we will have to then pollute our fresh water. We need to put a stop to this. I
understand that there are jobs for thousands of people to have in regards to
this project but what about our earth. We should be protecting it not selling
its nature for less expensive energy. We need to rise and fight, if that mean
protesting in front of the white house 24/7 that is what we will do. I don’t
care if I have to go to prison for this protest, I will do what ever it take to
stop this project. So president Obama understand that you have lives in your
hand. We will do what ever it takes to stop the Keystone pipeline project. My
native people we are the children that will help protect our mother nature.
+Setting clear
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Blue Print/reserve
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confident.
So Imani Rothwell what do you think of the rejections towards the keystone project?
I think that anyone who have rejection to this project do not understand the business aspect of it. This project will create over 100,000 jobs. That’s more availability our country have seen in a while since the recent recession we have had. Which too many people still feel like a recession? I also think people who reject is a hypocrite. They say the want cheaper oil and when we try to supply it all of a sudden we become the devil. That to me makes me real skeptical since my main aspect is to provide to the common wealth of what they want.
Can you tell us any pros and cons to this major project?
The pro is money. This can provide money and lead our country to receive wealth like never before. The Middle East will be mostly effect by the wealth since that is where the pipeline will be running. The con is that the environment will be effected. Too me that sucks because I was hoping we can try to do this where it will not effect the environment as much, but hey money is money you can’t deny that.
Any final opinions?
Yes. To those who are watching the talk today understand I am a businesswoman. As a businesswomen money is my focus so I have to make so rash decisions that may cause harm. I just wanted to let you know to do more research and understand that when Obama approves it will not be so bad. The environment will learn to adapt to the changes just as we will learn to adapt to the many job opportunity and money that will be received.
La Hora: The Time
Treinta + y + cinco = treinta y cinco
Now, here is a chart with the numbers on it:
Source: http://www.donquijote.org/spanishlanguage/numbers/numbers1.asp
First, if the time is exactly on the hour, you can say “Son las _____.” In the blank goes the number of the hour. The only exception to the rule is when it is one o’clock. When it is that time, instead of the prefix being “son las”, it is “es la”.
The next thing that you need to know is specifics that you can say if it is a certain time. These are some specifics that you will need to know:
1. On the hour, like I said earlier, you simply say “Son las ____” If you want to get fancy, you can tag an “es punto” on at the end, which basically translates to “on the dot”. For example, “It is 9:00” would be “Son las nueve (en punto)”
2. Before half-past, you can simply say the hour and then the number of minutes. For example, “It is 4:19” would be “Son las cuatro y nueve.”
3. At quarter after, like I said earlier, you say “y cuarto” (CUIDADO [Be careful]: It is very easy to mix up cuaTRO (four) and cuaRTO (:15)) For example, if I want to say “It is 8:15,” then I would say “Son las ocho y cuarto.”
4. At half past, like I said earlier, you say “y media.” For example, if I wanted to say “It is 11:30,” I would say “Son las once y media.”
5. After half past is where it gets tricky. You can either stick with the original way with the hour and then “y” and then the number of minutes, but you could also do it another way. The most important word to know in this method is “menos” which means “minus”. If I wanted to say “It is 3:47”, I would say “Son las cuatro menos trece.” Do you see what I did? This literally translates to “It is four minus thirteen.” To show both methods of saying it, I will now give an example. To say “It is 6:50”, you could either say 1) “Son las seis y cincuenta.” 2) “Son las siete menos diez.”
6. At quarter of, like I said earlier, you can say two things. The most common one is to say “menos cuarto”. Again, “menos” means minus and “cuarto” means quarter past. Therefore, that would be __:45. The other way to say quarter of is simply saying the hour and then “cuarenta y cinco”, which is 45. For example, if I wanted to say 7:45, I could either say 1) “Son las ocho menos cuarto.” 2) Son las siete y cuarenta y cinco.” The most common way, however, is the first one.
In this video, Emmanuel is doing his homework at home, and his mom (Leah) tells him to go to bed (“Voy a dormir”) and he asks what time it is, and she tells him that it’s midnight. He then goes to bed.
What is the Weather like Today?
Here is my lesson on the weather and seasons in Español. It shows the weather and seasons in spanish
El Tiempo (The Weather) |
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¿Que tiempo hace? |
What’s the Weather like? |
Hace . . . |
It’s . . . |
frio |
Cold |
calor |
Warm |
viento |
Windy |
sol |
Sunny |
fresco |
Cool |
Esta lloviendo |
It’s raning |
Esta nevando |
It’s snowing |
Esta nublado |
It’s cloudy |
Las Estaciones (The Seasons) |
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El invierno diciembre, enero, febrero |
Winter December, January, February |
La primavera marzo,abril,mayo |
Spring March, April, May |
El verono junio, julio, agosto |
Summer June, July, August |
El otono septiembre, octubre, noviembre |
Fall September, October, November |
This video is about a spanish game show and the contestants have to guess what the weather
Study
here.
Months and Dates (Los Meses del Año/ La Fecha)
***THINGS TO REMEMBER
-The months and dates are never to be capitalized and it must have the correct punctuation or it may have another meaning.
Ex.Cómo= how, but without the accent como= I eat
-To say what month it's you must say" Hoy es el # de (mes). Mes means month and this means it's the # of the month ______.
-To ask what's today's date you must say ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy? This means what's today's date.
What Day is it?
Los Dias de la Semana (Days of the Week) |
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En Espanol Que dia
es hoy? |
En ingles What day is
today? |
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Es . . . 1. lunes
(lu–nes) 2. martes (mart–es) 3. miércoles (me-air-co-les) 4. jueves (hu-we-ves) 5. viernes (ve-air-nes) 6. sábado
(sa-ba-do) 7.
domingo (do-min-go) !Cuidado¡: Days en
Español are not capitalizd. |
It’s . . . 1.
Monday 2. Tuesday 3. Wednesday 4. Thursday 5. Friday 6. Saturday 7. Sunday |
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This link will help you remember the days of the week.[SS1]
http://quizlet.com/7414993/days-of-the-week-in-spanish-flash-cards/
In this video, a girl makes a boy guess what day it is. [SS1]
Alphabet! Learning the alphabet.
In this lesson I will share a video and also a song to teach you it faster and more fun.
You will need to learn
-The alphabet
-Pronunciation
¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?... What's your number!
In this little lesson you will learn a few things such as
-How to ask "Whats your number?"
- You will learn the numbers in spanish.
When you want to ask someone their phone number you would say ;
¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? or "su"
To say your number start off by saying Es el.....
Here are some Flashcards and also an audio on the pronunciations
A fun way to test your self.
After you play the game watch the video clip about a girl who is at school but she is new and is from Puerto Rico and this boy wants her number because he thinks she is really cute. But the girl doesn't really understand that much English.
By Kaboni Bailey.
Walking Into Class Greeting Señor Allen
To perform such a task as greeting a teacher, you need to know very few things.
First - You want to know how to say Hello to someone which is ¡Hola!
Second - You need to know how to ask someone how they are which is ¿Como estas? But if your talking to someone older such as an adult, you would say ¿Como esta Usted?.
Third - When someone says to you, "E tu" thats him/her asking you back how you are. From there you can something like Muy bien meaning very good etc.
Fourth - Lastly you thank them by saying, "Gracias." From there they would say "De nada" meaning your welcome.