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In spanish there are two ways  to ask people something. One is to say  tú= informal and one is Usted= formal. 
Tú can also translate to english as "you". You only use tú to talk to a friend, or people who are younger than you, or people who are close to you and they are about your age.
Usted (ud) means  sir/mam in english. You use Ud when you're talking to a older person, Like your teacher, your mom/dad, and their friends. If you do not know the person or you are unsure of their age, use ustead.
For example:

 

Now let try out this practice. 
 Ask each of the following people their names and how they feeling today in spanish. Remember tú v.s Usted 

When you go a class and you want to introduce yourself to a spanish teacher. Watch a video of us in class trying to introduce to a spanish teacher 

​What you need to know:

1. the Months of the year ins spanish and in English

2. how to use them


3.how to remember them


                                                    1)Enereo- Janruary

Febrereo- Febuaray

Marzo- March

Abril- April

Mayo- May

Junio- June

Julio- July

Augosto- August

Septiembre- September

Octubre- October

Noviembre- November

                                                                     Diciembre- December

2) You would normally use these months when ever someone askes you what month is it? You will also need these Months in writing the date.
Ex. Hoy es el quince de Noviembre (Today is November 15th)

3) As you can already see that most of the months of year look and sound similar to the english version of the months of the year. That one of the ways you can remember the spanish version! Since they already look familiar it will be much easier to remember. Just use index cards and practice at home to get a goo vision of how they are exactly spelled and sound like.

​What you need to know:


1. The letters of alphabet

2. The pronunciation of the letters

3.How to remember the alphabet

4. how would you use them

B: be 

C: ce

D: de 

E: e

F: efe 

G: ge (sound like h; “hey”)

H: hache (h is silent)

I: I (sounds like a long e) 

J: jota 

K: ka

L: ele 

M: eme 

N ene 

Ñ: eñe (sound lik ennyee)

O: o

P: pe 

Q: cu 

R: ere

S: ese 

T: te 

U: u

V: ve (sounds like b; “be”) 

W: doble ve 

X: equis 

Y: ye or i griega

Z: zeta

3) In order to remember the alphabet and how to pronounce them you can always sing along to the alphabet song over and over until you finally get it!

4) Learning the alphabet in spanish will also help you learn how to spell words a lot easier!
http://https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/Spanish%20abcs.mov?w=2423bb8d

If you want to know about courtesy phrases in Español, then click this link to see my partner True's page.
http://www.scienceleadership.org/blog/Courtesy_Phrases:5

The days of the week in Sapanish are never capitalized like they are in English and it always starts with Monday. Here are the days of the week in Español with their meaning and pronunceation: 

You also need to know how to tell someone what today is, or what tomorrow will be if they ask. Here is how:
 

Imagine your dad wanted to know what day today was and what tomorrow will be. You would need to know how to tell her the day of the week.

People may think that it's really difficult to learn how to ask and tell time in spanish,but in fact it's really simple.
First you need to know your numbers.

Another thing you will need to know is how to tell time.

1:00- es la una (en punto)                    7:00- son las siete (en punto)
2:00- son las dos (en punto) 8:00- son las ocho (en punto)
3:00- son las tres (en punto)                 9:00- son las nueve (en punto)
4:00- son las cuatro (en punto) 10:00- son las diez (en punto)
5:00- son las cinco (en punto) 11:00- son las once (en punto)
6:00- son las seis (en punto) 12:00- son las doce (en punto)
  
                      12:00 AM- es la medianoche (it's midnight)
                      12:00 PM- es la mediodia (it's noon)


:05- y cinco           :45- menos cuarto
:15- y cuarto          :55- menos cinco

EX: 5:05- son las cinco y cinco
      5:15- son las cinco y cuarto
      5:45- son las seis menos cuarto
                          6   minus   15
      5:55- son las seis menos cinco
                          6   minus   5
       4:10- son las cuatro y diez
        8:20- son las ocho y veinte
       10:40- son las diez y cuarenta





...de la mañana (in the morning)   ...y cuarto (quarter after)        ...en punto (on the dot)
...de la tarde (in the afternoon)     ...menos cuarto (quarter of)
...de la noche (in the evening)      ...y media (half past)

Imagine you were stuck in Mexico and you needed to catch the next train out of there. Your train leaves at 1:00, but you don't know what time it is. You would have to ask someone what the current time is..

Do you want to know your ABC's in Español?
"A B C, it's easy as one two three!"
Here is the Alphabet and how to prnounce the letters:

There are some other things you need to know.
For Example:

v and b make the same sound: beh.
v= beh corta (small)
b= beh larga (big)

h is silent
hola (hello)= oh la

ll- two l's= j

ay= eye

i= eeee

j=h

n does not equal ñ
ñ= ny

ge= he

Imagine that your talking to a spanish speaking friend and they want to know how to spell a word in spanish. You would need to spel it out for them.

If you want to learn more about the days of the week in Español, then click this link to see my partner Melanie's page.
http://www.scienceleadership.org/blog/Days_of_the_Week:7

If you want to know more about how to say the time in Español, then click this link to see my partner Melanie's page.
http://www.scienceleadership.org/blog/What_Time_Is_It

Isn’t it an awkward moment when someone tries to be polite and greet him or herself but you can’t understand what they’re saying because they’re speaking Spanish? Well, now you won’t have that problem because I’m teaching you what they’re saying.

Some basic greetings are hola, buenos días, buenas tardes, buenas nóche, cómo te llamas, qué tal, and adios.

 

Hola in English is hello

 

Buenos días in English good morning

 

Buenas tardes in English is good afternoon

 

Buenas nóche in English is good night

 

Cómo te llmas in English is what’s your name

 

Qué tal in engles is how are you

 

Adios in engles is goodbye

Imagine there is a new kid in your school who manly speaks Spanish. To be polite you might want to greet yourself in Spanish.

When someone does you a favor, you would want to thank them for it right. Or if you’re trying to get someone’s attention or they do something to you you’d want to respond to them correct. Well here are some courtesy phrases to eliminate those problems.

When you want to thank someone.

Gracias= thanks

Muchas gracias=thanks a lot

Mil  gracias= thanks a million

 

When you want to say you’re welcome.

 

De nada= you’re welcome

Por nada= you’re very welcome

No hay de qué= you’re super welcome

 

When you want to say please.

Por favor= please

 

Imagine you are walking down the hallway and you see someone drop their books. You bend down to hand it to them. What will they say in return? Lets find out.

In order to know how to spell or write in spanish, you need to know your alphabet! The chart below will teach you everything you need to know!

here is also a song to it to help you out 

REAL LIFE SITUATION

You are having a spanish test on spelling and you don't want to fail that test. Well, you have to know the spanish alphabet in order to pass the test.

Here is Kenayah's blog post for basic conversation 
Here is Kenayah's blog post for weather 

How to greet someone?

In order to greet someone, you need to know basic greetings, like goodbye, hello, good morning, etc... The chart below teaches you everything you need to know about greeting someone.

Here is a fill in the blank example that you can use for practice!!

¡Buenos días! ¿Como está?
________,gracias. ¿Y tú?
muy bien,______
____________
Igualmente 
!Adiós! 


TIME TO GET REAL!!!
Real Life situation  
You are walking to your class and and you see a girl sitting down. You want to greet her but she only speaks spanish. Here is how: 

How to tell time and ask someone what time it is?

Before you learn how to tell what time it is, you have to know numbers 1-12. You also would need to know when to use the words es la and son las. Last but not least, you need to know the meaning of menos and y media and when to use it. The chart below it will show you all these things.

Here are examples you can practice on:
 ¿Que´ hora es?

Son las tres y ________

Es la una y ____

Son las ___ y media 
 
Son las ____ menos cuatro 






Real Life Situation 

Your at class and  you want to know when do class end, but the person next to you only speak spanish therefore you have to talk to him in spanish asking him what time it is.

Welcome to the lesson of the hundreds. You had probably noticed that every set of numbers had their own patterns, and so as the hundreds. 

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