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I had a great experience today getting out in the brisk and open air, to find voters from around the city up and about to vote. It was just amazing to see that, and knowing that next year I will be doing the exact same thing, since I will be 18 in July. I recorded my interview as an audio file.

And here is my message for Extra Credit to all of the Voters out there today!

So I went to Solis S. Cohen Elementary school to interview some people. I got one person and interviewed him, during the last minute of the interview, my computer shut off due to having a defective battery. So, i wrote a script for exactly what we said the entire interview. If you would like to contact the person I interviewed to see if I was there, you can contact him at:

5416.Phila.Dem@gmail.com
Michael Charles
Democratic Executive Committee
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Zayd: Hi, my name is Zayd Alsardary from Science Leadership Academy and I am at the polling place right now interviewing...

Michael: Michael Charles.

Zayd: How are you doing Mr. Charles?

Michael: I am doing pretty well, pretty cold haha.

Zayd: I agree. So can I interview you and ask you a few questions for a school project?

Michael: Go right ahead.

Zayd: Thank you. First Question: Do you vote in every election?

Michael: I have voted in every election ever since I was the age of 18. Havent missed a single one.

Zayd: Haha thats fantastic. Next question is kind of a knowledge question: Do you know why we vote on Tuesdays?

Michael: Actually....No! Why do we vote on Tuesdays?

Zayd: Back then we were an agrarian society. Farmers needed a day to get to the county seat, a day to vote, and a day to get back, without interfering with the three days of worship. So that left Tuesday and Wednesday, but Wednesday was market day. So in the end it became Tuesday. (I had a notecard on the side to help me out :D)

Michael: Hmm, thats interesting.

Zayd: Yup. On to the next question: Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth or are you still dileberating?

Michael: I always know who I'm voting for. If that ever happened, I would probably take some time to think about it before wasting a vote that I'm not sure of haha.

Zayd: Haha thats good. Next question: What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?

Michael: Personally, I don't believe that there will be any changes. If there are, thats great, if there aren't then I was right ahaa. But ya, I dont think there will be changes. Maybe wage...but that can be debatable.

Zayd: Ah okay. Final Question! Did you learn about voting in school? If yes, did that impact your willingness to vote today?

Michael: Well that was a pretty long time ago, as you can see the gray beard hair hahahaa. But yes back then we did learn about something called civics, which is pretty much voting and things like that. It did a little but ever since I was around the age of 16 I was always into politics and debating and such. That brought me up to be the person I am today.

Zayd: Fascinating. Well thats all my questions, Thank you SO much for allowing me to interview you. And umm I think thats....(computer turns off.:/)

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I also have a picture of me doing a chalk demonstration saying: VOTE NOW! NOVEMBER 2ND. ZAYD ALSARDARY that I did on Monday but I have it on my phone. Thanks.

Greetings: SLUDOS

 

 

 

  How are you? :  ¿Que tal? 

If you are speaking to an adult/stranger, if you want to speak to someone with respect, or speak proper you would say : ¿Como está? (Ud)  You will use Ud to speak formal.

If you are talking to a friend, or someone that you wouldn't want/have to speak with respect to you would say : ¿Como estás? (Tú) You will use Tú to speak informal.

 

Hi-Hello: Hola.

Bye-Goodbye: Adiós

 

Possible answers to that question would be -

Awful: Mal. / Terrible

Alright: Más o menos.

 

When asking a question is espanól you put a question mark in both the beginning and end of the question. The question mark in the beginning is upside down like so ¿

 

 (very) Well, thanks : (muy) Bien, gracias. Then you will have the option of adding on to your response - and you? :¿Ytú?  or ¿Y Usted? Like mentioned before, it all depends on who you are speaking to if you are to use tú or Usted.

 

This could be applied in a real life situation this could come in handy. Say if your coming to a new school and don’t know anybody, so you introduce your self to new people. Then you make new FRIENDS!

Created by Jamie Murphy & Jalisa Smith

 

Seasons!

Seasons are normal in all places. In English speaking countries and in Spanish speaking countries. There is Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.

 

 

 

el otono- Fall

el verano- Summer

la primervera- Spring

el invierno- Winter

 

 

 

In English, you can see that the image goes, fall, summer, spring, winter. To say that in Spanish you would say el otono, el verano, la primavera, y el invierno.

 

What’s the weather like?

 

When saying the seasons en espanol, you want to be sure that you can explain what the weather is like in all seasons. You want to start by reciting the seasons. Then check out the following.

 

To ask what the weather is like en espanol you would say: Qué tiempo hace?

 

English	Espanol
Cold	Frío
Warm	Calor
Windy	Viento
Sunny	Sol
Cool	Fresco
It’s raining/ It rains	Esta lloviendo/ llueve
Its snowing/It snows	Esta nevando/ Nieva
It’s cloudy	Esta nublado
Humid	Húmedo

 

Ex. 1

Person 1: Qué tiempo hace?

Person 2: Hace sol.

 

Ex. 2

Person 1: Qué tiempo hace en el invierno?

Person 2: Hace frio en el invierno.

 

Notes:

·      To say that it is very cold put emphasis onto the weather you can say “mucho”. So for the last example I could have answered “Hace mucho frio en el invierno”.

·      When you see two l’s next to one another the pronunciation would be (aye-ye). More of a ‘y’ sound would come out. You want to be sure you are saying it correctly.

Created by Jamie Murphy & Jalisa Smith

 

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Numbers: Los Números

 

1.Uno

2.Dos

3.Tres

4.Cuatro

5.Cinco

6.Seis

7.Siete

8.Ocho

9.Nueve

10.Diez

11.Once

12.Doce

13.Trece

14.Catorce

15.Quince

*Number 11 through 15 are just like 1 through 5 except with the ce at the end.

 

16. Dieci-6 (deciseis)

17. Dieci-7

18.Dieci-8

19.Dieci-9

 

20.Veinte

 

30.Treinta

40.Cuarenta

50.Cincuenta

60.Sesenta

70.Setenta

80.Ochenta

90.Noventa

 

To ask or tell someone their/your number:

 What’s your phone number?- ¿Cuál tu número de teléfono?

It is. – Es el

 

20 has its own pattern- after you say veinte the other number fallows right after. Example: 27 would be veintesiete

 

30-90 has the patteren so, after each multiple of ten you say -  Y 1 or Y 2 or Y 3 or Y 4 and so on. So for example 35 would be treinta y cinco.

 

This could be a real life application. So if you are at a party and an attractive person asks you for your number or if you want to ask someone for their number.

Created by Jamie Murphy & Jalisa Smith

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Months-

 

January: enero

February: febrero

March: mazo

April: abril

May: mayo

June: junio

July: julio

August: agosto

September: septibre

October: octubre

November: noviembre

December: diciembre

 

Spanish months and days are never capitalized like our English months and days are!!

 

In Spanish we write our dates a little different than you would in English. Instead of writing the month then the day, the Spanish format is the day then the month.

 

To ask/answer questions about the dates:

 

            What’s today’s date? – ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy?

            It’s the number of _______(month) – Hoy es el da _______ (mes)

 

Example:  Febuary 21^st  also written as 02/21 in English. While in Spanish it would be written as 21/02.

So 21/02 = Es el veitiuno da febrero.

 

You could apply this to an everyday application when you are writing your heading on your paper in school or if someone in class asks you what today is.

Created by Jamie Murphy & Jalisa Smith

¿De Dondé eres?

 

·      ¿De Dondé eres? (th thon-day air-res): Where are you from?

 

·      Pero vivo en (Per-ro Be-bo in): I live in...

·      Soy de (Soy thay): I’m from...

 

·      Yo, también (Jo, tom-be-en): Me, too

 

 

¿Qué hora es?

 

·      ¿Qué hora es/son? (kay or-a s/son): What time is it?

 

·      Es la una (s lah oo-na): It’s one o’clock

·      Son las dos, tres, cuatro,... (son lahs): It’s two, three, four,... through twelve o’clock

 

·      Numeros: Uno (oo-no): 1, Dos (dohs): 2, Tres (trehs): 3, Cuatro (Qua-tro): 4, Cinco (sinko): 5, Sies (says): 6, Siete (see-eh-tay): 7, Ocho ( Oh-cho): 8, Nueve (nu-a-vay): 9, Diez (Dee-ez): 10, Once (Own-say): 11,  Doce (Doh-say): 12

 

·      Y cuarto (e quar-to): Quarter after

·      Y media (e may-dee-a): Half

·      Menos (Men-nohs): Minutes before

 

¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?

 

·      ¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? (kay tee-m-poe ah-say oy): What is the temperture?

·      Hace frio / calor / viento / sol (ah-say free-oh / cah-lor / ben-toe / soul): It’s freezing / hot / windy / sunny

 

 

·      Bastanté (Ba-ston-tay): very

 

·      Está nublado / lloviendo / nevando (new-blah-doh / jo-be-end-do / ne-van-do): It’s cloudy / rainy / snowy

 

·      Llueve (lu-ay-vay): Very rainy

 

·      Nieva (nee-a-va): Very snowy

 

·      Humedad (oo-meh-dad): Humid

 

·      Grados (grah-dohs): Degrees

Courtesy Phrases (thanks, excuse me, please)

 

When learning Spanish it is a necessity to know some courtesy phrases, as does every language include. Some of these are thank you, your welcome, excuse me, please, etc. Here is where you can find the help you need.

 

How do you be polite and say excuse me?

 

English	Espanol
Excuse me.	Perdon(Bumping into someone). Disculpe.(When getting another’s attention) Con permiso.(When someone is in your way of something or some place)

 

- Please note that there are multiple ways to say excuse me in Espanol.

 

 

 

 

 

How would you thank someone in espanol?

 

English	Espanol
Thank You Thanks a lot. Thanks a million	Gracias. Muchas  gracias. Mil gracias.

- There is a simple conversion between all of the statements we use and say in English to the ones we can easily say in Espanol.

 

Created by Jamie Murphy & Jalisa Smith

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To ask the time:

 

What time is it? - Qúe hora es?

 

To tell the time:

 

Son las- (whatever time it is only if its NOT one) Son Las= plural

Es la- (whatever time it ONLY one) Ea la= single

 

Example: 9:10 = Son las nueve y diez. Ten minutes past nine.

 

:15= cuarto

:30= media

:45= menos cuarto

:55= menos cinco

 

Use ‘Y” for mintues past the hour.

Use “Menos” for minutes of the hour.

 

Say is its 2:15 in the evening. So you would say dos y cuarto.

 

 

Using the time could apply in a real life situation. Such as, when you waiting for the bus and you need to know how much longer it will take for your bus to arrive.

Created by Jamie Murphy & Jalisa Smith

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Samuel Kabangai
History

Location:

5700 Willows Ave

Philadelphia, PA 19143

(215) 727-2158

Link to video:- file:///Users/sammuelkabangai/Desktop/sam%20k-%20voting%20166.AVI

Knowing the days of the week is an essential part of espanol. One thing to know about the days of the week is that when they are written out you do not start in capitals.

 

Monday	lunes
Tuesday	martes
Wednesday	miercoles
Thursday	jeuves
Friday	viernes
Saturday	sabado
Sunday	domingo

 

To ask someone what day of the week it is you would say: Que dia es hoy?

 

Ex.

Person 1: Que dia es hoy?

Person 2: Hoy es domingo.

Person 1: Gracias.

Person 2: De nada. 

 

created by Jamie Murphy & Jalisa Smith

AJ Carter
11-2-10
History

1. What motivated you to com out an vote?
Answer: She came out to vote because she wants her "voice" to be heard and make a difference.

2. Do you know why we vote on Tuesday?
Answer: She guessed it was because the US senate are very busy so this day would be easiest.

3.Are you always sure of who you are voting for?
Answer: Yes.

4. What would you like to see changed in our political system?
Answer: More cooperation in between them and more help for the middle class.

5.Did you learn about voting in school?
Answer: Yes because I am not from the US so i had to learn before i came.

In this video Michael is about to leave and he ask his mother the temperature.

In this video Michael ask his little sister to pick between A or B.

In this video Robert says the days for more explanation. 

This is a video of Michael asking  Robert his birthday.

You are on a vacation in Argentina enjoying the animals at the Santo Domingo national zoo. Then all of a sudden, you realize that you are supposed to be meeting your family at the entrance so you are in a rush to get back. Then, you accidently bumps into someone and makes them drop all of their papers you have no idea on how to say sorry to the person in Spanish. Well maybe it was a AWESOME idea to visit this blog today so in case something like that happens you will be prepared.

Check out this GREAT example of showing common courtesy!!!!!!

This could be used to ask someone for time. It could also use to respond to people when you are asked for time. Time is important, therefore, it is always a plus for you to know how to keep track of it. 

Please click link below for a full description table of numeros en Español:

​You can use numbers to do basic math problem:
You can also use numeros for any purpose that is involved with numbers such as say time, temperature, date...