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Part one: Greetings and Goodbyes

created by Cameron Klales and Matthew Marshall

Knowing is important because if you meet someone new who only know Spanish this is how you greet them.

All of the following are ways to say hello:

Good evening can be used as a greeting or a good bye.

The following are ways to say how are you and ways to respond:

You use formal when talking to a person who is older than you. Informal is used talk to people younger than you.

The following are all ways to say goodbye:

Two friends are walking in the hallway and pass each other.

Friend 1: Hola senor. (hello sir)

Friend 2: Hola. ¿Que tal? (hi, how are you?)

Friend 1: Bien. ¿Y tú? (good, and you?)

Friend 2: Muy Bien gracias. Adios. (very good thanks. bye)

Friend 1: Adios. (bye)

Person 1: Muchas gracias senor.

Person 2: Por nada.

Part three: Numbers reference sheet.

Created by Cameron Klales and Matthew Marshall

For most of the following lessons, it is important that you learn/know the numbers 1-100 in Spanish, here is a brief lesson and numbers table, refer back to this as needed throughout the rest of the lesson. The numbers one through fifteen all have their own individual names; these will be the hardest to learn. They still won’t be very difficult though. And once you have them down the rest of the numbers will be a breeze to learn. 

Now that you have these down, the rest will be a snap. The numbers 16 through 29 fallow a simple pattern, the tens column number is merged with the units column number. Here is a chart

For the numbers 30-99 the pattern changes. From here you really only need to know the base numbers, so 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90. All of these numbers and their pronunciations are listed below.

So add a unit, you just put “y ______(fill in the blank)” after the tens column number so 33 is written as “treinta y tres” but remember, you pronounce all three of those words as one word.  Refer back to this tutorial as needed throughout the rest of the blog. Now that you have the numbers down you can move on to the date and time.

Part four: The date

Created be Cameron Klales and Matthew Marshall

Ok, so you’ve covered numbers, the time, now on to the date! The easiest place to start with the date is learning the months, or “mes” in spanish. You need to know these before you can answer questions about the date. Here is a table of the months and their translations

Refer back to this chart as needed throughout the tutorial.

Ok so now you can learn to ask “what is today’s date”. In spanish “what is todays date” translates to “¿Cual es la fecha de hoy?”. Like “¿A Què hora es?” this is not a direct translation. But because different languages use different grammar, it is written differently.

To answer this question, the next thing you should learn is the formant the date is written in. here in America, we write it as MM/DD but in Spanish speaking cultures, its written as DD/MM. as you might guess it is read and said in the same order. Lets say, for example that you were asked this on October the 10^th. You would say “es el diez de octubre” be sure to remember that the pattern is always es el [date] de [month]

Situation: one person asks another for todays date:

Person 1#: hola (hi)

Person 2#: hola. ¿cual es la fecha de hoy?(hi, what is todays date?)

Person 1#: Es el uno de noviembre (its the first of novembre)

Part four: Days Of The Week

created by Cameron Klales and Matthew Marshall

When you need to plan a future event with someone who only speaks Spanish you need to know the days of the week. The days of the week are:

The days in Spanish aren’t capitalized.

To ask the day of the week you say: ¿Qué día es hoy?

The answer to this question is: Hoy (Today) es (is) ______________

 To say "tomorrow" you say "mañana" so "Què dia es hoy" becomes "¿Què dia es mañana?"

Situation: two friends bump into each other in the hallway. one asks the other what day it is and what day tomorrow is:

Person 1#: Hola.

Person 2#: ¿Que dia es hoy?

Person 1#: es lunes

Person 2#: ¿que dia es mañana?

Person 1#: es martes

Part five:Time is of the essence

Created by Cameron Klales and Matthew Marshall

Ok, now that you have the numbers down, let move on to the time. Knowing the time is as essential in Spanish as it is in English. It will be fairly easy to learn since it fallows the same patterns as it does in the English language. Lets start with the basics. To ask the time in Spanish, you say “¿Què hora es?” or “¿Què hora son? Or ¿Què hora tiene? All of these translate roughly to “What time is it?”

Now, you know how to ask what time it is, but what if you need to ask when something is? To ask this, you use the same basic phrases but you ad “A” in front of them so as a complete phrase, this would be “¿A què hora es?”  While this directly translates to “ at what time is?” but literally means “what time is _______ at?” the answer to “¿Què hora es?” you simply say  “Son las ___” so eight o clock would be, “ Son las ocho” you use “Son las” for all the numbers except the number one, for which you use “Es la” so “Es la una” means its one o clock. To say what time something is at, you follow the same pattern as when your asking, you just add “A” to the front of the sentence. So “A son las ocho” means its at eight. To say it is an hour and some minutes you just add “y __” In Spanish “y” is pronounced as “eee” .  Keep this in mind when using verbal Spanish. This is the same system used so, 8:23 translates to “ocho y ventitrès”. Remember to say the time you say the hour number than the minute number so “[hour] y [minute]”

Now that you have that down, your eighty percent of the way there, all you have left to learn are a few ways to say a few specific times, these are for the half hour and the quarter hour. For the half hour you say “media” so 10:30 is “diez y media”. For the quarter hour, you say “__ y cuarto” for :15 and “__menos cuarto” for :45. Menos is Spanish for “minus” you u start saying “menos” instead of “y” at the :45.

Situation: one friend asks another what time is math class.

Person 1#: Hola(hi)

Person 2#: Hola(hi)

Person 1#: ¿A que hora es la classe de mathematicas?(at what time is math class?)

Person 2#: A son las ocho y media( its at eight  thirty

Person 1#: gracias

Part six: the weather

Created by Cameron Klales and Matthew Marshall

Knowing how to ask and explain about the weather is a valuable skill; it (if nothing else) will allow you to make small talk among friends and family.

To ask the what the weather is like you say “ ¿Qúe teimpo hace?”.  Remember, teimpo mean weather, not temperature. To ask temperature, you say “ ¿Qùe es la temparatura?”

To reply to ¿Qúe teimpo hace? You can say any of the following, depending on the weather.

All of these are applicable to a conversation about the weather.

Hace and Està  both mean “it is” or  “it’s” It is also good to know seasons, so that you can articulate yearly weather.

Now you can say what is weather is like in a given season. So describing your local weather is made easier. For example, to say “In Philadelphia, it is cold in the winter” you say :” En Filadelfia, el inveirno es moy frìo.

A real life conversation about the weather:

Person 1#: ¡Hola! ¿Que teimpo hace hoy? Translation: Hi, whats the weather like today?

Person 2#:Hace frìo Translation: it’s cold

Person 1#:  Ay Translation: oh

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In the process of this project, i had a lot of help from the people. When i went to my neighborhood poling place the people were happy that i was doing a project like that. They cooperated with me when i was doing the questions and the i was happy with the outcome.

1.)  

Do you vote every election? I don’t. This year was the first year I came out to vote. My mother never did it because it was against her religion and so I never got accustomed to doing so.

2.)  Do you know why we vote on Tuesday? I don’t.

3.)  What motivated you to come out and vote? My daughter motivated me to come out and vote. She just turned 18 last week so she was super excited to get out here and so I decided to come with her.

4.)  Where have you encountered the highest amount of campaign advertisement?  Definitely the radio. When I’m in the car that’s all I hear. I don’t watch much tv.

5.)  What was the most memorable campaign you encountered? The most memorable one would have had to be when Obama was elected into office. I don’t consume my time with city council as much. I hardly ever know whats going on. 

1.   What motivated you to come out and vote?

She found her parent’s voter registration card and it made her realize that not everyone was born with the right to vote and she wanted to take advantage of it.

3. Do you vote in every election? (How regularly do you vote?)

All the major elections.

4. Do you know why we vote on Tuesday?

No

5. Where have you encountered the highest amount of ad campaigning? Radio, TV, print, internet, other.

TV

6. What was the most memorable campaign ad that you have encountered?

“I am not a witch”  -Christine Odonnell.

7. Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth or are you still deliberating?

She just votes democrat.

8. What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?  

More Jobs

 
9. What impact do you feel that your vote will have on the election?

She feels like the voter turnout for today was particularly low in this district, so hopefully her vote will make an impact.

10. Did you learn about voting in school?  If yes, did that impact your willingness to vote today?  

Yes and yes

1.What motivated you to come out and vote?

"[I] Didn’t want things to bogged up by the republicans."

2. Do you vote in every election? (How regularly do you vote?)

"Yes."

3. What would you like to see changed in our political system?

"Republicans come up with a platform that works for everybody."

4. Do you know why we vote on Tuesday?

"Not really. "

5. Where have you encountered the highest amount of ad campaigning?

"Television."

6. What was the most memorable campaign ad that you have encountered?

"The one that says that 'Tooney gets jobs for china.'"

7. Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth or are you still deliberating? 

"I'm sure. "

8. What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election? 

"More jobs."

9. What impact do you feel that your vote will have on the election?

"Less republicans in office. "

10. Did you learn about voting in school? If yes, did that impact your willingness to vote?

"Yes, and yes. "

1. What motivated you to vote today?
2. How regularly do you vote?
3. What was the most memorable political advertisement?
4. How did the negative campaign advertisements affect your vote?
5. What would you like to see change after this election?
6. Do you know why we vote on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November?

1. Q. What would you like to see changed in our political system?
   
   A. I would like for there to be more equality for everyone.
   
   
2. Q.Do you vote in every election? (How regularly do you vote?)
   
   A. I vote in every election for the most part.
   
   
3. Q. Do you know why we vote on Tuesday?
   
   A. Years ago, Tuesday was the least busy day for farmers to leave their farms so it was easier to come out and vote.
   
   
4. Q.Where have you encountered the highest amount of ad campaigning?
   
   A. The Television.
   
   
5. Q. What was the most memorable campaign ad that you have encountered?
   
   A. It was a rap done my Mayoral candidate Chaka Fattah.
   
   
6. Q. Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth or are you still deliberating? 
   
   A. I usually know who I'm voting for, but there are times when I need to think about it a little bit longer.
   
   
7. Q.What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?
   
   A. I would like to see more money go to education and for there to be more city programs for the youth.
   
   
8. Q. What impact do you feel your vote will have on the election?
   
   A. I feel like I had a part in who will win. If my candidate wins I'll be able to say "I helped do that"
   
   
9. Q. Did you learn about voting in school? If yes, did that impact your willingness to vote today?
   
   A. I learned about voting from a few places, School, media and my mother and they all had an impact on my willingness to vote today.
   
   My Extra-Credit Reflection: On November 2, 2010. I stood on the corner of my street and passed out informational cards about the rights of voting. Although not an abnormal abundance of people come through my neighborhood enough come through to get the word out about voting. As I stood on the corner passing out flyers I noticed the expressions of peoples faces as they read the information showed me that they didn't know all of the information on the card. A few people that took cards told me that they had already voted earlier that morning and that I should vote as soon as I get the opportunity. People were shocked to find out I was 16 and I was spending my time off of school to get out the word on voting. I feel like by me handing out information on voting I helped spread the word to a larger community.. There wasn't one person that turned me away. After today I feel like when people are more informed they definitely care more. I liked this extra credit assignment I really feel like I helped make a potential difference. 
   
   
   

The motivation was seeing the things that go on in the world and the want of making things change for the better.

2. What would you like to see changed in our political system?

Work more in teams because republicans are acting like democrats and people need to join forces to make the current issues better.

3. Do you vote in every election? (How regularly do you vote?)

Yes

4. Do you know why we vote on Tuesday?

No

5. Where have you encountered the highest amount of ad campaigning?

Radio, TV, print, internet, other.

More ads have been viewed by the form of radio commercials than any other.

6. What was the most memorable campaign ad that you have

encountered?

On the radio they played a jingle in every commercial break.

7. Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk

into the booth or are you still deliberating?

The candidate that the person voted for was chosen at the last minute.

8. What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this

election?

More job opportunities and more funds for education.

9. What impact do you feel that your vote will have on the election?

one more vote is one more step for change

10. Did you learn about voting in school? If yes, did that impact your

willingness to vote today?

No, but over the years the generation and the people around me increased my willingness to vote

Reflection on extra credit:

I was walking around in my neighborhood giving out the fliers but had to stop and explain/translate because most people around my neighborhood is spanish native speaking people. I gave out the materials and went to the polling place around two o'clock. Most people understood their rights but those that did not gained some information with the flyer. The chalk on the sidewalk was fun to make and got out the message because people that where walking by noticed what I was doing. I ran out of space but the neighbors got in the spirit because they allowed me to keep drawing on their sidewalk.

4. Do you know why we vote on Tuesday? 

6. What was the most memorable campaign ad that you have encountered? 

8. What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election?  

9. What impact do you feel that your vote will have on the election?

10. Did you learn about voting in school? No. If yes, did that impact your willingness to vote today?

1. What motivated you to come out and vote? 

The fact that every vote counts, the fact that people in the past have died fighting for the opportunity to vote, I think its extremely imperitive for us to go out and vote, and finally I wouldn’t have the right to complain about the turnout or the politician’s descisions since I didn’t go out and vote for who id prefer.

2. What would you like to see changed in our political system? 

3. Do you vote in every election? (How regularly do you vote?) 

4. Do you know why we vote on Tuesday?

 5. Where have you encountered the highest amount of ad campaigning? 

6. What was the most memorable campaign ad that you have encountered? 

7. Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth or are you still deliberating? 

8. What changes do you hope to see in Philadelphia as a result of this election? 

9. What impact do you feel that your vote will have on the election? 

10. Did you learn about voting in school?If yes, did that impact your willingness to vote today?

No I didn't.

 (voting overcomes todays evil)

(its your right)

 (Go Vote)

• Other extra credit
  
  I also chose to handout short fliers to voters outside of the school that detailed 
  
  their voting rights. I first approached this man who was standing outside doing 
  
  something similar to what I planned to do, and introduced myself telling him 
  
  what school I was from and what I was here to do. He was friendly and had no 
  
  problem letting me pass out cards. I felt awkward and a bit shy standing outside 
  
  of the school with fliers in my hand, but standing next to the guy helped 
  
  because I wasn't alone. A lot of people came into the school which surprised me 
  
  because I never knew that the people in my neighborhood were into voting. I 
  
  guess I 've always had low and bad expectations for my neighborhood because 
  
  it isn't that great. However, the voters that came out seemed nice, they all spoke 
  
  and took the fliers willingly and some of them even smiled. I met a lot of 
  
  different people from my community that I would have never met if I didn't have 
  
  to do this project. It was a good experience.
  
  (Lady with the flier)