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In spanish convertations, keep in mind how to show proper respect to others.
 Tu is used for a causal way of talking, were as usted is used in a more formal way.
Tu you would basically use when you are talking to peers, friends, or anyone the same age as you. Usted is used when you talk to someone with an important title (say, the president) an adult, or someone older than you.

Here's an example between to friends-

SPANISH
​Amy- "Hola! Como estas (tu)?
Ellen- "Hola! Moy Bien, gracias. Y tu?"
Amy- " Mas o menos, gracias."
Ellen- "Adios!"
Amy- "Adios!"

ENGLISH
Amy- " Hello! How are you doing?"
Ellen- Hello! Very good, thank you. And you?"
Amy- " Regular, thanks."
Ellen-" Good bye!"
Amy- " Goodbye!"

Now lets see an example of a more formal converstaion between a girl and her mothers friend:

SPANSIH
Girl- " Hola, Como esta ( Ud.)?"
Woman- " Hola, Muy bien, gracias. Y tü?"
Girl- "Muy bien, gracias."
Woman- " Adios!"
Girl- " Adios senorita!"


ENGLISH
Girl- " Hello, how are you miss?"
Woman- " Very good, thank you. And you?"
Girl-" Very good, thank you."
Woman- " Goodbye!"
Girl-" Goodbye Ms.!"

for more info, here are some sites you can look a: http://www.quiz-buddy.com/Spanish-info/tu_vs_usted_in_Spanish.html

http://www.spanish.bz/usted.htm

Here are the Hyperlinks to my partner Alexis Dean's blogs on The Alphabet http://scienceleadership.org/blog/Hola-Let-s_Learn_Our_El_Alfabeto, and The Spanish Days of the week http://scienceleadership.org/blog/Hola-Let-s_Learn_Our_Spanish_Days_of_the_Week

¿Cual el las fecha de hoy?

(By reading this blog, you will be able to know your months and dates. You will also be able to ask someone what is today’s date and/or respond to someone who asks you for the date.)

 

First, you would need to know the months and days 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

 

Numbers

*The instead of saying uno, say primo.

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
16. dieciséis
17. diecisiete
18. dieciocho
19. diecinueve
20. veinte
21. veintiuno
22. veintidós
23. veintitrés
24. veinticuatro
25. veinticinco
26. veintiséis
27. veintisiete
28. veintiocho
29. veintinueve
30. treinta

 

 

More information you should know. Translations of seasons, days, week, month, and year from English to Spanish.

 

día semana mes año

day week month year

verano otoño invierno primavera

summer fall winter spring

Here's a lesson from my pareja on how to say the days of the week in Spanish!

Its important to learn the weather in spanish. Here's a lesson to help:
When you want to know the temperture, you would say- " Que tiempo?"
Then, someone would reply: " Hace......" (or, it is.)
When watching the news, you also need to know if its going to be cold, warm, hot, or freezing:
"El calor" = Hot
" Frio"= Cold
"Sol"= sunny
" humedo"=humid
"lloviendo"= rainy
" Viento"=windy
" Nevando"=snow

Hope this post helped!!

The first thing you need to know when having a converstation in spanish is to know how to say " hello!" or "How are you?" This blog is here to help-

Below is a picture of two people meeting for the first time:

SPANISH

Woman- "Hola, Como te llama?"
Man- " Hola, Me nombre es Fred; y tu?"
Woman- "Me llamo Lauren; Musto gusto!"
Man- "Igualmemte."

ENGLISH

Woman- "Hello, what is your name?"
Man- "My name is Fred; and you?"
Woman- " I'm Lauren; Nice to meet you!"
Man- "Likewise."


The woman quickly stated her name

 SPANISH-
 Girl 1- " Hola, Como estas?"
Girl 2- " Hola, mas o menos, gracias. Y tú?
Girl 1- "Moy bien, gracias."
Girl1 -"¡Adios!"
Girl 2-" ¡Adios!"

ENGLISH
 Girl 1- " hello, How are you?"
Girl 2- " Hello, so-so, thank you, and you?"
Girl 1- " Very good, thank you."
Girl 2- " Goodbye."
Girl 1- " Goodbye."


Hope this blog helped!!!

To learn about greetings, telephone numbers, and weather in Español, then click on these links to see my partner Ashley's pages.
http://scienceleadership.org/users/aspells

If you are about to leave the house and you want to know what the weather is like outside then here is how to ask it in spanish. Now if someone asked you what the weather is like, here is how to answer.

What you need to know:

-The weather conditions
Hace Sol-Sunny
Hace viento-Windy
Esta lloviendo-Rain
Esta Nublado-Cloudy
Esta Nevando-Snowy

-How to ask the question

¿Que tiempo hace hoy?-What is the weather like today?

“How are you, Goodbye”

·          How To Talk To Someone You Just Met.

·          In order to talk to someone you just met you would need to know: how to say Hello, How Are You, What Is Your Name, Goodbye or Nice To Meet You.

·          Here’s a video of Lupe approaching Fabio and talking to him:

Here is all you need to know if you want to know what day of the week it is.

You would have to know:

-How to ask what day is it
¿Que dia es hoy?-What day is it today?

-Days of the week

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

If you are having a problem reading a spanish word, then you can use the alphabet to sound out the word bit by bit.

What you need to know:

-The alphabet

Spanish	English
a	A
Be alta	B
Ce	C
Che	CH
De	D
E	E
Efe	F
Ge	G
Hache	H
I	I
Jota	J
Ka	K
Ele	L
Elle	LL
Eme	M
Ene	N
Ene	N
O	O
Pe	P
Cu	Q
Ere	R
Erre	RR
Ese	S
Te	T
U	U
Ve	V
Double ve	W
Equis	X
Ye	Y
zeta	Z https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/Movie%20on%2010-28-11%20at%2012.18%20PM.mov?w=42718b4c

Below are some ways you can have a basic conversation.

Here is a situation were an American student talks to a Spanish exchange student in their native language.

 To learn the days of the week in spanish you must know:
-How they are spelled 
-What order they are in.

The way that the days of the week are spelled                                                      

lunes

Monday                Remember the days of the week are are never capital.

martes                 Also the days start on lunes (Monday) not domingo (Sunday)
Tuesday

miércoles
Wednesday

jueves
Thursday

viernes
Friday

sábado
Saturday

domingo
Sunday

Here is a situation where a student would like to know what day the quiz is on.

In order to get someone's phone number you must know:

-How to ask "What is your phone number?"

-The numbers in general.  

To ask someone for their number you cuål es tu (su if adult) numero de teléfono? "This means what is your phone number?"

The numbers are 1-9 so the person's answer will be in uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, or nueve. The numbers will never go 10 or higher.

After getting help for a homework a student ask for his friends number.

It may seem that it is a lot to remember because there is also on stuff such as how to “today is……” and the six other days of the week. Honestly, it’s not that complicated.

What day is today?: ¿Qué día es hoy? 
It's.....: Es....


Here are links below that will help you with asking the weather in spanish, tell time, and say proper greetings: 
http://www.scienceleadership.org/blog/How_is_the_weather

​It’s important to know your months and dates in Spanish. It’s not that bad, its basic stuff such as the twelve months, number of the dates, how to say, “today is…” etc. For example, you don’t know your friend’s birthday but you’re trying to memorize the dates and months in Spanish at the same time for school, or practices for whatever.

 Hoy es el # de _______(mes) : It’s the # of ______(month)

 

EXAMPLES:

 es el veintiuno de mayo

(It’s the 21^st of May)

 es el once de junio

(It’s the 11^th of June)

Video Task Introduction:

I was in mexico, and a boy name Brycen came up to me and asked what was the date of today and I responded back in Spanish to him saying the date was October 24. Here’s a video of something like this:

Here are links that will teach you how to ask about the weather, time and how to say proper greetings in spanish:

http://www.scienceleadership.org/blog/How_is_the_weather

http://www.scienceleadership.org/blog/What_time_is_it:2
http://www.scienceleadership.org/blog/How

 Have you ever wondered how you can be polite and well mannered to Spanish people around you? Being polite requires sayings like “excuse me”, “thank you”, “your welcome”, “please”, “farewell”, and many more. And here, this lesson will teach you how you can speak/pronounce and write courtesy phrases.

 Imaged if you were on the bus and you need to get off, you would politely like to say "Excuse me" in spanish to a lady who was speaking spanish on the phone earlier. Or you are in a store will a spanish spoken cashier, it'll be polite if you said "thank you" in spanish to the young man. 

The links below will show you how to ask the weather in spanish, ask about time, and how to say proper greetings:
http://www.scienceleadership.org/blog/How_is_the_weather
http://www.scienceleadership.org/blog/What_time_is_it:2
http://www.scienceleadership.org/blog/How

Here is a chart that will help you: 

If you've been saying ¿Cómo te llamas? to random men in ties, then you've been doing it wrong! The proper way is to say ¿Cómo te llama USTED? Because it shows respect,

Haji's links:

Weather

ABC

Days 

Say you meet someone of importance and need to ask their name while showing respect?

Here's a video showing the incorrect and correct terminology: 

Meeting someone for the first time:

Hello: iHola!

What's your name?: ¿Cómo te llama(s) tú/usted?

How are you?: ¿Cómo esta(s) tú/usted?

 

Nice to meet you: ¡Mucho gusto!

Same to you: Igualmente.

Goodbyes:

Bye: ¡Adios!

See you later: ¡Hasta luego!

See you tomorrow: iHasta mañana!

 Haji's links:

Weather

ABC

Days

Say you’re walking down the street and you see a fine girl, but she’s Puerto Rican! What do you say? Here’s a video of this example: 

Day's of the week in Spanish
 lunes- Monday
martes- Tuesday
miércoles -Wednesday
jueves-Thursday
viernes- Friday
sábado- Saturday
domingo- Sunday

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/Days%20of%20week.mov?w=51107396

Alphabet 
A-a
B-ba
C-ca
CH-che
D-de
E-e
F-efe
G-ga
H-hache
I-i
J-jota
K-ca
L-ele
LL-elle
M-eme
N-ene
Ñ-eñe
O-o
P-pe
Q-cu
R-ere
RR-erre
S-ese
T-te
U-u
V-ve
W-doble ve
X-equis
Y-i griega
Z-zeta

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/Alphabet.mov?w=005d0b01


Feelings
Happy- Feliz
Sad/Mad- Mal
So-So- Mas o menos
Great- Excelente
Okay- Bien
¿Cómo está?- How are you

Months 

enero-January

febrero-February

marzo-March

abril-April

mayo-May

junio-June

julio-July

agosto-August

septiembre-September

octubre-October

noviembre-November

diciembre-December

What is your name

¿Como se llama?- What si your name
Me llamo (your name)-My name is (your name)
Mi nombre es (your name


 

​
SPANISH
•Lo que son las cuatro estaciones del ano?

ENGLISH

(LESSON)

INTRODUCTION FOR VIDEO

Here’s a video of Timothy teaching the class the 4 seasons and what they stand for.

​SPANISH

ENGLISH

LESSON

Learn how to say hello, good bye, whats you name, where are you from, and how are you

- Chart
- Video
- puzzle





here is a link to the puzzle

Real life situation: Your meeting a person for the first time and your asking them questions in Spanish.

English	Spanish
¡Hola!	Hello!
¿Qué tal?	How are you?
(Muy) Bien, gracias.	(Very) Well, thanks.
Más o menos.	Alright.
¿Y tú?	¿And you?
¿Cómo te llamas (tú)?	What's your name?
Me llamo	My name is
¿De dónde eres (tú)?	Where are you from?
Soy de	I'm from
Yo también.	Me, too.
¡Adiós!	Bye!

 

            In this topic, you will learn how to tell the weather in Spanish. If your going to Mexico, and you need to know what to wear, then you would have to know your weather in Spanish. For example, if today in Mexico was very cold and it was snowing, your would say “Hace mucho frío y está nevando.”

This topic will teach about how to tell time, and how to ask the time in Spanish. Why do you need to learn this? Because, lets say for example, that you are heading home to your family, but the time for your flight is in Spanish. So, you would need to how to tell time in Spanish if you are going to catch your plane in time. From 2:00 to 12:00, you would say “Son Las….” Then the time. For 1:00, you say “Es la una”.

​Lesson
 
Knowing how to say what time it is.
Knowing quarter after, quarter of, on the dot, :05, :15.
Knowing how to answer people when they ask you what time it is.

- flashcards 
- video
- worksheet

Here is a link to the flashcards 

Real life situation: You need to know what time it is but the person your speaking to only speaks spanish. You need to remember how to ask what time it is and what they are saying!

Hydraulic frac­tur­ing or “frack­ing” (will explain everything about fracking under the EPA)  is a tech­nol­ogy used to extract nat­ural gas that lies within a shale rock for­ma­tion thou­sands of feet beneath the earth’s surface.

minding companies are really pushing fracking really hard because it put up more pay for them and also jobs. they are now trying to buy off homes. so for example they will pay a person who has land on a minding and they will pay them money so that they can drill on their land. Landowners in shale gas drilling areas have reported foul smells in tap water, and toxic chemicals, such as benzene, have been detected in water from wells near drilling sites. In some cases, tap water can even be set aflame because it is contaminated with volatile chemicals because of shale gas drilling. the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 exempted hydraulic fracturing from regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act, shale gas drillers don’t have to disclose what chemicals they use. 65 chemicals that are probable components of the fracking fluids used by shale gas drillers. These chemicals included benzene, glycol-ethers, toluene, 2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethanol, and nonylphenols. All of these chemicals have been linked to health disorders when human exposure is too high.

Water contamination from shale gas drilling could be threatening the health of thousands of people. so they way com pines feel about it all is if you feel as though your water or your air is being polluted then you should call who ever is in charge. this way it can be taken care of as soon as possible. the state feel as though its very important that it gets taken care of asap.