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Numeros in enspanol
Fist knowing how to count to ten. (very basic)
Knowing how to count to and say bigger numbers.
Then counting by 5,10 etc.
Adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing in spanish
Let's say your little brother os sister is just learning how to say their numbers in spanish for the first time and, and their saying the numbers wrong. you would know how to correct them and help them succeed than fail.
Uno dos tres cuartro cinco seis siete ocho nueve diez
cinco diez quince viente vientycinco trenta trentaycinco
What Holiday is Coming Up
Knowing the months and knowing what holiday is coming up according to what month that is.
This lesson will also tie into the other lesson which is about numbers. Then you will be able to say the date and your birthday in spanish.
¿Qúe tiempo hace hoy ?
In order to ask someone how is the weather you must know
1) What the different weathers are
2) What’s the question of “What
temperature is it?”
3) How to respond to the question What
temperature is it?
The
different types of weather are….. |
|
Mucho Frío |
0 degrees |
Mucho Calor |
100 degrees |
Mucho fresco |
50 degrees |
Muy buen tiempo |
Very good temperature |
Muy mal tiempo |
Very bad temperature |
Mucho sol |
Very sunny |
Mucho viento |
Very windy |
Está lloviendo |
Its raining |
Está nevando |
Its snowing |
Está nublado |
Its cloudy |
Question
and Answer |
|
Qúe tiempo hace hoy? |
What temperature is it today |
hace |
Its…. (mucho frío, mucho calor) etc |
Now
put it all together. . . . .
Person 1: Qúe tiempo hace hoy?
Person 2: hace….. Its…. (mucho frío,
mucho calor) etc
Cuándo es tu cumpleanos?: When’s your birthday ?
When’s your birthday ?
In order to
be able to tell someone your birthday, you must be able to:
1) Know how to say the days of the month
2) Know the numbers up to 31
3) Now what’s the question of what’s
your birthday and how you answer it
The Months of the year are..... |
|
January |
enero |
February |
frebreo |
March |
marzo |
April |
abril |
May |
mayo |
June |
junio |
July |
julio |
August |
agosto |
September |
septiembre |
October |
octubre |
November |
noviembre |
December |
diciembre |
*The months
of the year in Spanish all began with lower case letters, opposite of the
months of the year in English.
The numbers in Spanish
up to 31 are…….
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 |
cutorce |
15 |
quince |
16 |
diez y
sies |
17 |
diez y
siete |
18 |
diez y
ocho |
19 |
diez y
nueve |
20 |
viente |
21 |
viente y
uno |
22 |
viente y
dos |
23 |
viente y
tres |
24 |
viente y
cuatro |
25 |
viente y
cinco |
26 |
viente y
seis |
27 |
viente y
siete |
28 |
viente y
ocho |
29 |
viente y
nueve |
30 |
trienta |
31 |
trientayuno |
Birthday . . .
What
is your birthday? |
Cuándo
es su cumpleanos? |
In Spanish you put the number before
the month.
Ex.
My birthday is on September 24. This is how it would look.
Question: Cuándo es su cumpleanos?
Answer: es el viente y cuatro de
septiembre.
¿Cómo estas?: How to greet a stranger or a friend
In order to ask someone how they’re doing you must know how to:
-Open a conversation
-How to ask formally and informally
-How to answer a question if someone asks you
-When to use each greeting at what time of the day
How to say hello:
Hola!
When asking your friend or family member how they are doing, you ask:
¿Cómo Estas?
When asking a stranger or someone with high authority how they are doing, you ask:
¿Cómo Estas Usted?
Now that YOU know how ask the questions, you must know how to answer them!
The most common answers to “¿Como Estas?” are:
Muy Bien - Doing well or good
Mas o menos- Doing okay
Muy Mal- Doing bad/horrible
After greeting someone, you must always say bid them good-bye.
How to say a simple good-bye:
Adios!
More ways to bid farewell to someone are at the bottom:
¿Qué dia es hoy?: What day is it ?
In order to answer someone’s question about the date you must know
1) The days of the week
2) How to say today is….
3) How to say tomorrow is…..
The
days of the week are . . . . |
|
Sunday |
domingo |
Monday |
lunes |
Tuesday |
martes |
Wednesday |
miércoles |
Thursday |
jueves |
Friday |
viernes |
Saturday |
sábado |
*The days of the week
began in LOWER CASE letters, the opposite of the English days of the week.
Answering questions
How
to answer the question Qué dia es hoy? (what day is it?) . . |
|
Today is. . . . |
Hoy es ….. (lunes ,martes) etc. |
How to answer the question Qué dia es manana ? (what
day is it tomorrow?) |
|
Tomorrow is… |
Manana es….(lunes , martes) etc. |
Now put it
together, you can answer someone when they ask cuál es la fecha de hoy?
Muchas Gracias!: How to be polite
Manners are always important in EVERY culture. The same thing goes for the spanish-speaking culture too.
Lets start with “excuse me” first. There are about 3 ways to say excuse me in spanish but each way has a different scenario:
Con Permiso
This is used when someone is in your way and you want them to move.
Disculpe
This is used to get someone’s attention.
Perdon
Finally, this is the most common. When you bump into someone or do something you didn’t mean to do. You say Perdon.
Next, are the thank you’s. There are also 3 ways to say these but they all are used them same and each one uses a different importance.
Gracias
This is used for a simple thank you.
Muchas Gracias.
This is used to mean “Thanks a lot”.
Muy amble Gracias.
Finally, this is used to mean “Thanks a million”.
Then, please. Please in spanish is Por favor. This is used anytime you want to say please.
Finally, the “you’re welcome”s. There are also 3 ways to you’re welcome in spanish. But this time you can use these at anytime, anywhere, for any meaning.
De nada.
Por nada.
No hay de que.
Telling the Time in Epañol
-How to ask the time
-How to tell the time
uno-1 once-11 venti y uno-21 treinta y uno-31 cuarenta y uno-41
dos-2 doce-12 venti y dos-22 treinta y dos-32 cuarenta y dos-42
tres-3 trece-13 venti y tres-23 treinta y tres-33 cuarenta y tres-43
cuatro-4 catorce-14 venti y cuatro-24 treinta y cuatro-34 cuarenta y cuatro-44
cinco-5 quince-15 venti y cinco-25 treinta y cinco-35 cuarenta y cinco-45
seis-6 dieciseis-16 venti y seis-26 treinta y seis-36 cuarenta y seis- 46
siete-7 diecisiete-17 venti y siete-27 treinta y siete-37 cuarenta y siete-47
ocho-8 dieciocho-18 venti y ocho-28 treinta y ocho-38 cuarenta y ocho-48
nueve-9 diecinueve-19 venti y nueve treinta y nueve-39 cuarenta y nueve-49
diez-10 veinte-20 treinta-30 cuarenta-40 cincuenta-50 cincuenta y uno-51
cincuenta y dos-52
cincuenta y tres-53
cincuenta y cuatro-54
cincuenta y cinco-55
cincuenta y seis-56
cincuenta y siete-57
cincuenta y ocho-58
cincuenta y nueve-59
sesenta-60
Son las_________ en punto
ex.
son las dos en punto-2:00
son las cinco en punto-5:00
son las siete en punto-7:00
if its five minutes after you would say:
Son las__________ y cinco
if its fifteen minutes after you would say:
Son las___________ y cuarto
Cuarto sounds a lot like cuatro, but Cuarto me a quarter so you would be saying its a quarter after. (don't get those two mixed up)
If its fifteen minutes to the next hour you would say:
Son las___________ menos cuarto
If its five minutes to the next hour you would say:
Son las___________ menos cinco
ex.
Son las cinco menos cuarto- its fifteen minutes to five
Son las siete menos cinco- its five minutes to seven
Son las dos y cinco- its five after two
Son las cuatro y cuarto- its fifteen minutes past four
Es la medianoche- its midnight
To say its 12pm you would say:
Es el mediodia- its noon
Now that you know the numbers, here is a real life situation of someone asking the time in Spanish class.
Basic Conversation Questions
-How to introduce yourself
-How to ask for their name
-Ask where they're from
-Ask how they're doing
Cómo estás?-How are you? Coḿo te llamas?-Whats your name? When they ask for your name back you would reply: Me llamo___________-My name is____________ Or Soy____________-I'm_________
De donde eres tu?(informal) Where are you from?
De donde es usted(formal) Where are you from?
Soy de____________ -I'm from
Soy de____________pero vivo en______________-I'm from______________but I live in________________.
Or
Que tal?
You could also answer this question with:
asi-asi - so-so
Muy bien- Very good
Bien- Good
Mal- Bad
Muy mal- Very bad
Now that you know how to have a basic conversation, here is a real life situation of someone having a basic conversation with a foreign exchange student.
¿Cuando es Navidad?
You need to know how to ask when something is, and you need to know how to say Christmas in Español. Also some basic spanish such as hello, good bye, thank you, and your welcome.
When Is? - ¿Cuando es...?"
Christmas - Navidad
Hello - ¡Hola!
Good Bye - ¡Adios!
Thank You - Gracias
Your Welcome - De nada
Here is a video of Allen and Daniel putting the lesson to use.
Giving A Birthday Present
You need to know how to greet someone, tell them happy birthday, then how to welcome them back after they thank you for what you have done. To perform this task, you need to begin by greeting them. You can say, "Hola *INSERT NAME*!" which is you saying hello to that specific person. From that point, you can wish them a happy birthday. To say that, happy "feliz" and birthday "cumpleaños" must be put together to say happy birthday "feliz cumpleaños" After that to be polite you say thank you which is "gracias!" Then again to be polite you say, "your welcome" which is "de nada."
Here is a link to a website with some general phrases in Spanish!
Video Dialogue:
*Both walk into the scene*
Allen - "¡Hola Daniel!
Daniel - "¡Hola Allen, feliz cumpleaños!"
*Daniel hands present to Allen*
Allen - "Gracias Daniel!"
Daniel - "De nada!"
*Both walk out of the scene*
Video:
Traveling To A Different Time Zone
When traveling to a different time zone, there are many different things that are needed to be known. First, you need to know how to say 1-60 in Spanish, which are in a picture below. You need to know 1-60 because those are the highest numbers when counting time in Minutes, hours, and seconds.
A passenger is on a plane on his way to Milan, Paris from Puerto Rico. He needs to ask the flight attendant what the time is at Milan.
*Passenger is sitting in chair and flight attendant begins to walk past...*
Passenger - "Disculpe!"
Attendant - "¡Hola!"
Passenger - "Tengo una pregunta."
Attendant - "Si?"
Passenger - "A qué hora es en Milan?"
*Attendant looks at his watch and it says 6:45PM*
Attendant - "La tiempo en Milan es seis hora menos USA. La tiempo es la una y menos cuarto en Milan!"
Passenger - "Gracias!"
*Attendant walks out of scene*
¿Cuando es su fiesta de cumpleaños?
-You need to know the days of the week.
Monday is lunes
Tuesday is martes
Wednesday is miercoles
Thursday is jueves
Friday is viernes
Saturday is sábado
Sunday is domingo
P.S. - In the Spanish calendar, the week begins on Monday, unlike in the traditional English calendar that starts on Sunday.
*Both walk into scene*
Anna - "¡Hola Daniel!
Daniel - "Hola Allen, cuando es su fiesta de cumpleaños?”
Anna - "Mi fiesta de cumpleaños es el sábado"
Daniel - "Gracias!"
Anna - "De nada!"
Numbers in Español
-The Numbers
-How to break up phone #'s in spanish
Cual es tu numero de telefono?-Whats your phone number
-This is informal way to ask for some one for their phone number. You might ask your friend for their phone # this way
Cual es su numero de telefono- Whats your phone number
-This is the formal way to ask someone for their phone number if their an adult or someone of importance, you would ask for their phone number this way to show respect.
Now here is a real-life situation of someone asking someone else for their number in a party.
Alphebeto
¿Qué hora es?
La Fecha (The date)
How to tell the date in spanish
The chart below will help you learn what the months and numbers are
One side English
One side Spanish
The key to saying the date in Spanish is to know the numbers 1-31 and the months in Spanish.
Here are charts below to help you to know the numbers and months in Spanish.
English Spanish
January |
enero |
February |
febrero |
March |
marzo |
April |
abril |
May |
mayo |
June |
junio |
July |
julio |
August |
agosto |
September |
septiembre |
October |
octubre |
November |
noviembre |
December |
diciembre |
|
|
1 |
uno |
11 |
once |
21 |
veintiuno |
2 |
dos |
12 |
dose |
22 |
veintidos |
3 |
tres |
13 |
trece |
23 |
veintitres |
4 |
cuatro |
14 |
catorce |
24 |
veinticuatro |
5 |
cinco |
15 |
quince |
25 |
veinticinco |
6 |
seis |
16 |
dieciseis |
26 |
veintiseis |
7 |
siete |
17 |
diecisiete |
27 |
veintisiete |
8 |
ocho |
18 |
dieciocho |
28 |
veintiocho |
9 |
nueve |
19 |
diecinueve |
29 |
veintinueve |
10 |
diez |
20 |
veinte |
30 |
treina |
|
|
|
|
31 |
treina y uno |
English Spanish
English Spanish
In order to express the date in Spanish you you flip the date and month in English and put it like this D=Day M=Month Y=Year
9/10/11
D M Y
Basic Conversations
hola is a common way to greet someone hola means hello or hi
buenos is only used with días so it would be buenos dias and this means good morning.
the other two (good evening and good night)
both start with buenas, so its buenAs not buenOs
good evening is buenas tardes
good night is buenas noches
here is a site to provide you with more info on greetings:
http://http://www.lingolex.com/swom/wom-greetings.htm
Telling Time
es la is only used on una and nothing else.
The rest begins with son las EX. son las dos, son las tres... (with es la) es la una (its 1 o clock) (with son las) son las dos or son las tres. This website has a lot of info on how to tell time in spanish clock here. But to understand the spanish time you must understand how to say the numbers 1-60. The flash cards about the numbers is made by someone else it was not made by me i choose this because its simple and compact.
Greetings
Hola- Hello
Buenos Dias- Good morning
Buenas tardes- Good afternoon
Ways
to ask “How are you?”
“Que Tal”
“Como va?”
“Como estas?”
“Como esta usted”
Ways to say hello.
Goodbyes
“Hasta lvego!”- See you later
“Hasta prento”- See you soon
“Hasta manana”- See you tomorrow
“Adios”- Bye
“Chao” (Informal)- Bye
“Mucho Gusto”- Nice to meet you
“Unplacer”- It’s a pleasure,
you would say that with nice to meet you
How to make Basic Conversation
-"Hola"
Asking someone how are they?
-Como estas(Informal)
Answers that you respond with
-Happy/ Feliz
-Ok/Bien
-Great/Excelentia
-So So/ Mas o Menos
- Terrible/Mal
Asking where they are from
-"De donde eres"- Where are you from?
You would answer with:
"Soy De"- I am from ____ Then you would say where you are from
Asking someone for their age
-"Cuantoes anoes tienes"- How old are you?
You would answer with:
-"Yo tengo _____ anos"- I am ___ years old
Asking for someones name:
-"Como te llamas?"- What is your name (Informal)
- Como se llama?" - What's your name (Formal)
You would say someone informal to somebody like your friend, Or just someone your own age