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The Spanish Alphabet

Posted by Isabella Blackwell in Spanish 1 - Manuel on

To know how to say the alphabet, you must know how to spell, and pronounce the letters. 

    a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, ñ, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z

The Spanish alphabet has 27 letters and has ñ added to it. 

These are the letters pronunciation along with name of each letter:

    A: a 
    B: be 
    C: ce 
    D: de 
    E: e
    F: efe 
    G: ge 
    H: hache 
    I: i 
    J: jota 
    K: ka
    L: ele 
    M: eme 
    N ene 
    Ñ: eñe 
    O: o
    P: pe 
    Q: cu 
    R: ere (or erre)
    S: ese 
    T: te 
    U: u
    V: uve 
    W: uve doble 
    X: equis 
    Y: ye   
Z: zeta

Heres a video of me saying the alphabet:


I hope you enjoyed and learned!

Como Se dice el numeros (How to say the numbers in spanish)

Posted by Kevin Horton in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
Saying the numbers in spanish is is easy. To Start off, we will look at a list of numbers 1-10 in spanish.

1-Uno
2-dos
3-Tres
4-Curarto
5-Cinco
6-Seis
7-Siete
8-Ocho
9-Nueve
10-Diez

Then It gets a bid wild. Once you learn 1-10, 11-100 is going to be a little crazy. But dont worry. Here You can see the numbers 1-100 in study-like flashcards. Here you can learn how to say and spell them. Here is a video that is put into a real live situation. I hope this brief blog post helps you say the numbers in spanish!

¡Hola! How to have a basic conversation in Español

Posted by Miles Cruice-Barnett in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
By Miles

Español

English

¡Hola!

Hello!

¡Buenos días!

Good morning!

¡Buenas tardes!

Good afternoon!

¡Buenas noches!

Good night!

¿Còmo te llamás? (Informal)


What is your name? (Informal)

¿Còmo se llamá? 

(Formal)

Mi nombre es...



My name is...

Me llamo...

Soy...

¿Còmo estás? (Informal)



How are you?

¿Còmo está? (Formal)

¿Qué tal?

Bien, gracias.

Good, thanks.

Más o menos.

O.K.

Mal.

Bad

¡Adiós!

Goodbye!

¡Hasta luego!

See you later!

¡Hasta pronto!

See you soon!

¡Hasta mañana!

See you tomorrow!

¡Qué le vaya bien!

Have a good one!


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Here is Allison being a waitress and having a conversation with Ziheng and Miles
To watch the video click here

Como llamas?

Posted by Saul Salas in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
We are teaching you on how to spell the alphabet in spanish and also correct pronunciaion in spanish (the letters you will need to know). In spanish the only letter that is different is ñ.

Here is a web site to teach you how to pronounce it.

Here click this ---> Link
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¡Uno, Dos, Tres!

Posted by Marcus Cruz in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
In order to ask for someones phone number you need to know:


-How to ask "What is your number?": Which in Spanish is 

¿Cual es tú numero?

- Numbers in Spanish


English Spanish
one uno
two dos
three tres
four cuatro
five cinco
six seis
seven siete
eight ocho
nine nueve
ten diez

Here's a video of president Obama giving his phone number and telling you how to ask, what is you phone number?
GoAnimate.com: %C2%A1Uno%2C+Dos%2C+tres%21 by unomuchoexito


Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
Here is a video of a creepy man asking for a pretty girl's number.
https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/file/d/0Bzb33Dwbm4ZbYzVBanlhSHJBbHM/edit

¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? Dates and Months

Posted by Miles Cruice-Barnett in Spanish 1 - Manuel on

Spanish benchmark- dates & months lesson
by: allisonkelly1


Asking about the day and the date

¿Cuándo es tu/su cumpleanos?

When is your birthday?

¿Cuál es la fetcha de hoy?

What’s today’s date?

¿Qué día es hoy?

What day is today?

¿Qué día es mañana?

What day is tomorrow?

Hoy es (lunes, martes, miércoles..)

Today is (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday..)

Mañana es (lunes, martes, miércoles..)

Tomorrow is (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday..)

Es el # de (enero, febrero, marzo..)

It’s the # of (month)
 


Days of the week

lunes

Monday

martes

Tuesday

miércoles

Wednesday

jueves

Thursday

viernes

Friday

sábado

Saturday

domingo

Sunday
 


Months of the year

enero

January

febrero

February

marzo

March

abril

April

mayo

May

junio

June

julio

July

agosto

August

septiembre

September

octubre

October

noviembre

November

deciembre

December
 

This is a video of Allison asking Miles and Ziheng when their birthdays are and they respond with the days and months.
To watch the video click here

The Calendar's Days Are Numbered!

Posted by Anna Sugrue in Spanish 1 - Manuel on

In order to understand the calendar, you need to know... 

  • How to ask the date
  • How to state the date
  • The months
  • The numbers

If you want to ask for someones birthday, you need to know...

  • How to ask for someones birthday
  • How to tell someone your own birthday
Here is a set of quizlet cards to help you learn how to number the calendars days.
When writing the date with numbers, in spanish you flip-flop the the month and the date, so if it was Es el la primero de abril, then you would write 1/4/2012 instead of 4/1/2012 like in English. 
Here is the list of the numbers. When saying the date, just use the number - "es el dos de..." - unless it is the first of the month, in which case you say "es el primero de..."

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From google images. Remember that the letter v is pronounced like the letter b "beh". For example, nueve is pronounced noo-EY-bey.

En Español, they sing the song ¡Feliz Compleaños! - Happy Birthday! - to the same tune we sing it. Here is a singing taco wishing you a feliz compleaños.
http://www.americangreetings.com/ecards/happy-birthday/yakety-yakstm-taco-full-screen-surprise-ecard/pn/3281420

​Here's a video of a surprise birthday gone wrong.

Mucho Gusto!

Posted by Kevin Courtney in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
We are going to learn how to greet someone in español. How to say "how are you?" in español. Also how to say goodbye in español. What you need to know is....

- How to say hello (¡Hola!)
- How to say your name (Mi nombre es...,Me llamo...,Soy....)
- Nice to meet you (¡Mucho Gusto!)
- How to say goodbye (¡Adios!)

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Ordering Food in A Respectful Manner

Posted by Sergei Mass in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
​Ordering Food in A Respectful Manner

Lesson: On Quizlet, there are a few resource's that helped me. Click Me    OR  Click Me This video was made on Go Animate. It shows a young man ordering food that is having a bad day, but is still being respectful. Link To Video



Intro: This video is of a boy ordering food while he is in a bad mood. He still stayed respectful during it. He kept his respect.


Video Click Here
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Learning the Weather in Espanol

Posted by Mitchell Berven-Stotz in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
If you want to know the weather in Spanish, you must learn these simple facts.

-The types of weather
-The Prefixes used in the weather
-How to describe the weather

Types of Weather:

Bright = Sol
Hot = Calor
Cold = Frio
Windy = Viento
Cloudy = Nublado
Humid = Hùmedo
Rainy = Lloviendo
Snowy = Nevando

Prefixes: 

The types of weather use two different prefixes: Hace and Està.

Hace: Està:
-Sol -Nublado
-Calor -Hùmedo
-Frio -Lloviendo
-Viento -Nevando


Describing the Weather:

Temperature = Temperatura
Maximum = Màxima
Minimum = Mìnima
Degrees = grados
Mostly = Mayormente
Partly = Parcìalmente
Sunny = Soleado
Clear = Despejado
It's nice (bad) out = Hace buen (mal) tiempo.
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Qu tiempo hace? What is the weather like?

Posted by Maggie Clampet-Lundquist in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
Lesson plan:
Weather:
Hace frío:its cold
Hace sol: solar
Hace viento:its windy
Hace calor:its hot
Está nublado: its cloudy
Está húmedo: its humid
Está lloviendo:its raining
Está nevando: its snowing 
Seasons: 

La Primavera=Spring
marzo
abril
mayo

El varno
junio
julio
agosto

El otoño
septiembre
octubre
noviembre

El invierno
diciembre
enero
 febrero
To study for the weather you can:
  • go on quizlet
  • create flashcard
  • or review the worksheets from class

Introduction to video:
In this video you will learn that its important to say the weather correctly and know the correct weather outside!  
 Video Click Here

Los Meses y Las Fechas: The Months and the Dates

Posted by Tobi Hahn in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
​Los Meses y Las Fechas
The Months and the Dates

To know the months and the dates in Spanish and how to ask what the date is, there are a few things you need to know. The first is the names of the months in Spanish. You'll also need to know the numbers 1-31. Both are in the Quizlet set below.
​ To say today is a certain date, you can say "Hoy es" and then the date. Dates are said in the following format: *day* de *month*. For example: "Hoy es el diez de septiembre." You can ask what date today is by saying "Que dia es hoy?" 
Now you know the dates and months in Spanish. Here's a video of how it is used in action.

El tiempo: the weather

Posted by Tobi Hahn in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
El Tiempo: The Weather
How to ask what the weather is in Spanish

To ask what the weather is in Spanish, you'll first need to know the types of weather. To help you learn, I've prepared the following Quizlet set.
If a phrase starts in hace, you can add "very" by inserting "bastante" after hace. For instance, "Hace bastante frio" means "It's very cold." When using it on fresco, it may be better to use "frio" instead.
You can also say "it rains a lot" by adding "mucho" after lloviendo. This also works for nevando, but you will have to change it to "nieva."
You can say it's partly or mostly cloudy by adding "mayormente" or "parcialmente" after está and before nublado.
Another thing you will need to learn is temperature. To learn how to say the temperature in Spanish, use the Quizlet set below.

After saying "La temperatura máxima es..." or "La temperatura mínima es..." add a number and then "grados." For "Ahorita estamos a #​ grados," substitute a number for #. Celsius is standard for temperature in Spanish. 
Now that you know the types of weather and temperature, you can learn to ask what the weather is. To ask what the weather is, say "¿Qué tiempo hace?" One possible way you could answer is "Hace mayormente nublado." You could then continue "La temperatura es ochenta y nueve grados."
You also need to know the numbers. They are in the Quizlet set below.
​Now you know how to ask the weather in Spanish. Here's a video of how it can be used in real life.

Qué tiempo hace?

Posted by Tamira Bell in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
When you go outside you have to wear the appropriate attire, so to do so you need to know the weather. Here is how you say can the different weather patterns in Spanish:


¿Qué tiempo hace?-What is the weather like?

It’s (very) cold = Hace bastante frio.

It’s (very) hot = Hace bastante calor.

It’s (very) sunny = Hace bastante sol.

It’s (very) windy = Hace bastante viento.



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It’s (mostly/partly) cloudy= Está (mayormente/parcialmente) nublado.

It’s humid = Está húmedo.

It’s raining = Está lloviendo.

It’s cold = Está nevando.


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You also need to know the seasons to be able to tell the weather.


Las Estaciones = The Seasons

Winter- El invierno

Summer- El verano

Fall- El onoño

Spring- La primavera

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How to Use Your Manners in Spanish.

Posted by Tamira Bell in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
​ When you want to talk to an adult or a respected individual, you always want to use your manners. You have to know:-The basic courtesy phrases

-The difference between (Ud.) and (tú)





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When you ask your amigos or friends something, you end the question with (tú). When you ask an adult, you end the question with (Ud.).


E.g. Amigo: ¿Cómo estás (tú)?

        Adult: ¿Cómo estás (Ud.)?


Here’s how a conversation would go if you were to use your manners in Spanish:


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Here’s a video of a lady, with her husband, meeting her mother in-law for the first time at the airport:

Días de la semana - Days of The Week

Posted by Brittany Cooper in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
Explanation: In order to know the days of the weeks, you need to know the basics.

En espaňol the days of the week are not capitalized.
En espaňol the week starts with Monday and ends with Sunday.

Below is a chart on how to say the days of the week in spanish.


Spanish -( Qué día es hoy? )English -( What day is today? )
Es ...It’s ...
lunesMonday
martesTuesday
miércolesWednesday
juevesThursday
viernesFriday
sábadoSaturday
domingo Sunday

Here are three ways to the date :


SpanishEnglish
Lo que hoy es ...What is today … ?
Hoy es ...Today is ...
Mañana es...Tomorrow is ...

A Spanish student at your school needs to know the day of the week the project is due.


How to pronounce the alphabet in Spanish!

Posted by Christian Moore in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
Here is the Spanish alphabet and how to pronounce it.


1.a : ah   2.b : beh   3.c : seh   4.d : deh   5.e : eh   6.f : efeh   7.g : hey   8.h : acheh


9.i : e   10.j : hota   11.k : kah   12.l : eleh   13.m : emeh   14.n : eneh   15.ñ : enyeh
  

16.o : o   17.p : peh   18.q : coooo 19.r : ereh   20.s : eseh   21.t : teh   22.u : ooooo  


 23.v : beh   24.w : double beh   25.x : equis   26.y : egriega   27.z : seta


Here's a video demonstrating the alphabet in Spanish.




Cuando Es Tu Cumpleaos?: Learn Your Months and Dates In Spanish!

Posted by Anonymous in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
​Many of us have sung that catchy tune ¡Feliz Cumpleaños! (Happy Birthday!) at one point or another, but how many of us actually know how to ask a teacher, friend, or family member their birthday in spanish? With this lesson, you can learn how!

First, let's talk about los meses, or the months. In Spanish speaking countries, many of the months sound the same as they do in english, actually. A major difference is that, when writing the months out, they are not capitalized as they are in english.

Let’s go over a few Spanish pronunciation rules:
- v’s sound like b’s
- e’s sound like a’s
- a’s sound like “ah”
- j’s soundlike h’s
       - i’s sound like e’s
       - d’s sound like “th”
See the quizlet flashcards below to practice these letter pronunciations!

Now, let's go through the months and their pronunciations:
Note: Whenever there’s an ‘r’ in any of the months (in spanish, only), slightly roll it. Not a whole lot, but just a little- a little latino pizazz. Check the youtube video at the end of the lesson if you can’t roll your r’s.
- The syllables that are in all caps are the ones that have emphasis on them, notice that!

  1. enero = January - pronounced: en-EH-roh
  2. febrero = February - pronounced: feb-REH-oh
  3. marzo = March - pronounced: MART-soh
  4. abril = April - pronounced: ah-BRILL
  5. mayo = May - pronounced: MY-oh (not like the stuff you might put on a sandwich! MY not MAY)
  6. junio = June - pronounced: WHO-nee-oh
  7. julio = July - pronounced: WHO-lee-oh
  8. agosto = August - pronounced: ah-GHOST-oh (¡Cuidado! Careful! Don’t say ah-gust-oh, say ah-ghost-oh)
  9. septiembre = September - pronounced: sept-tee-EM-bray
  10. octubre = October - pronounced: ock-TOO-bray
  11. noviembre = November - pronounced: no-bee-EM-bray
  12. diciembre = December - pronounced: dee-cee-EM-bray

DRILL YOURSELF! Cover the English translation with your hand and practice the spanish one. Say what month it is in english and check to see if you got it. Do it until you can get all 12 twice.


Next, let’s go through the numbers. For the purpose of this lesson, I’ll only go through days 1-31 and how to say them in spanish.

  1. primero (pree-MEH-roh)
  2. segundo (seh-GOON-tho)
  3. tercero (tear-SARE-oh)
  4. cuatro (KWAH-troh)
  5. cinco (SEEN-koh)
  6. seis (sehs)
  7. siete (see-EH-teh)
  8. ocho (OH-cho)
  9. nueve (nu-EH-beh)
  10. diez (THEE-ess)
  11. once (OHN-ceh)
  12. doce (THO-ceh)
  13. trece (TREH-ceh)
  14. catorce (kah-TOR-ceh)
  15. quince (KEEN-ceh)
  16. dieciseis (thee-ess-ee-SEHS)
  17. diecisiete (thee-ess-ee-see-EH-teh)
  18. dieciocho (thee-ess-ee-OH-cho)
  19. diecinueve (thee-ess-ee-nu-EH-beh)
  20. veinte (BAIN-teh)
  21. veintiuno (BAIN-tee-u-noh)

Hey! Did you notice how in 21, there are essentially two numbers there? You can see both veinte and uno, right? Well, the spanish word for ‘and’ is simply ‘y’. To make things simpler, the good ol language makers decided to put all three words together, turning the ‘y’ into an ‘i’ for convenience. Think of it this way: veinte+y+uno= veintiuno. Apply this to numbers 21-29. What would 22 be? How about 24? 27?

    30. treinta (TRAIN-tah)
    31. treintaiuno (TRAIN-tay-u-noh)


Alrighty! Now, you’ve got the months and the days. You’re ready right??
Wrong. You need the basic question! How do we actually say “When is your birthday?”

Simple! You know that ¡Feliz Cumpleaños! means “Happy Birthday”, right?
Cumpleaños = birthday. Check.
When = Cuando. Check.
Is = Es. Check.
Tu = You/Your. Check

Let’s put it together: Cuando (when) es (is) tu (your) cumpleaños (birthday)
¿Cuando es tu cumpleaños?

Now, you know how to ask your friends their birthday in Spanish!
But, how do you answer this question when asked?

Also very simple!
You know your months, you know your days. The Spanish word for ‘of’ is ‘de’- add the three together!
seis de noviembre.

You’re all set!