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Tu vs. Ud

Posted by Taylor Thomas on

When speaking with the President, you would speak in a proper voice. You wouldn't say "Hey dude! What's cracking" You would say "Hello Mr. President how are you today?" However you might say "hey! what's up?" to the President's daughter.

     In order to do this you have to know

     1. What is formal and what isn't.

     2. Who you are speaking to.

     3. When to use Tu and when to use Usted.


When asking the Presidents daughter her name you would say "Hola! Como te llamas tu?

Tu is the Informal way of saying you. Usted is the formal way of saying you.

So when asking the president his name you would say "Hola! Como se llama ud.?

The months and dates in Espaol

Posted by Viet Le on
To know the months and dates you need to know:
- The numbers



- Months
- And how to write the date
Below is a video of Two students asking one another what is today's date

How to spell your name

Posted by Taylor Thomas on

In order to spell your name you need to know...

     1. The Alphabet//El Alfabeto 

     2. Pronunciation of the Letters//Pronunciación

     3. How to spell  your name//Te Llamo.


1//2

A

AH

B

BEH

C

CEH

D

DEH

E

EH

F

EFEH

G

HEH

H

ACHAY

I

EE

J

HOTA

K

KAH

L

ELE

M

EME

N

ENE

ñ

ENYAY

O

O

P

PEH

Q

COO

R

EREH

S

ESEH

T

THE

U

OOO

V

BEH

W

DOUBLAY BEH

X

EKEES

Y

EE GRE AYGA

Z

SETA


3. example: Michael Wilson

       ~ M(emeh) I(ee) C(ceh) H(achay) A(ah) E(eh) L(ele) 

       ~ W(doublay beh) I(ee) L(ele) S(seh) O(o) N(ene)

Hows the weather?

Posted by Helen Kilmartin in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
The weather is on in spanish and you need to know what the weather is like tomorrow.


Weather      Pronunciation

Sunny         Sol
Cloudy       Nublado
Cold           Frio
Hot             Calor
Windy        Viento
Humid        Húmedo
Rainy         Lloviendo
Snowy       Nevando
Very          Bastante
Majorly     Mayormente (only for cloudy)
Partial        Partcialmente (only for cloudy)

Weather

Posted by Taylor Thomas on

In order to ask the weather in Español, you must know...

     1. The question to ask

     2. The weather terms

     3. When to say Hace or Está


What's the weather today? = ¿Qué Tiempo Hace Hoy?

HACE


ESTÁ

FREEZING

FRIO

HUMID

HUMEDO

HOT

CALOR

CLOUDY

NUBLADO

WINDY

VIENTO

RAINING

LLOVIENDO

SUNNY

SOL

SNOWING

NOVENDO

COLD

FRESCO




Basic Conversation

Posted by Brent Scott on
Below is a chart that teaches you basic Conversations starters that will come in handy.


                                                    Basic Conversation Starters
¡ Buenos Días!
Good Morning!
¡Buenas Tardes!
Good Afternoon!
¡Buenas Noches!
Good Night!



                                                                 How Are You?
¿Qué Tal?
How are you?
¿Cómo Estás  (Tú?)/¿Cómo Está? (Udsted?)
How are you? (informal)/ How are you? (formal)



Please remember that Tú is for friends, and family members while Udsted is for nurses, and doctors, and people who are older than you, or who is apart of an important business.


                                   Polite Ways To End A Basic Conversation
Gracias/Mucho Gusto
Thank you
Denada/ Por nada
Your Welcome
Igualmente
Same or Likewise
¡Chao! / Adios/ ¡Hasta Luego!
Bye


Below is a link called "Basic Conversation Videos" that will show you have to have a basic conversation with a Spanish friend.




How to greet someone.

Posted by Sara Nesbitt on
In order to greet someone correctly you need to know…
-       How to say, “hello, how are you?”
-       Respond to the questions.
-       How to say goodbye


      For example when your meeting someone for the first time you can use this table and you’ll be set! You definitely want to be respectful and know how to ask simple questions like “how are you?”  


      Here’s a video of Sara meeting and greeting Tsion. This shows how you can use this information in real life situations. 

how to say your name

Posted by Helen Kilmartin in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
Helen is walking down the hall and see's another freshman so she says hi and he also says hi, but he has never seen her before. So, Jermel asks her what her name is, she responds with saying her name and spelling it.

Letter pronunciation
A   AH
B   BEH
C   SEH
D   DAY
E   A
F    F-AY
G   HEY
H   ACHE
I     E
J      KOTA
K    KA
L     L-AY
M    M-EH
N    N-EH
ñ     N-YAY
O   O
P    PEH
Q   KOO
R    EREH
S    S-EH
T   T-EH
U   OOO
V   BEH
W   DOUBLE BEH
X    A-KEYS
Y   E-GRE-AGA
Z   SETA

How to find the weather at your next vacation spot

Posted by Gaberielle Santaniello on

How to find out the weather at your next vacation spot!

Say you want to take a vacation in Spain, how do you find out the weather?
To ask someone what the weather is you say "¿Qué tiempo hace?" and to reply you say "Hace or Está___"






  



Here'a a video example of how you would ask and tell the weather.​

Learn the Alphabet

Posted by Sara Nesbitt on

Say your meeting someone and you dont know how to spell there name, you can use the alphabet!
Now here's a video of Sara and Tsion showing how you can use the alphabet in a real life situation. 

Weather in Espanol

Posted by Viet Le on
To know how the weather you need to know :


-Hot
-Cold
-Raining
-Snowing
-Cloudy

-Windy
Here is a video of a student asking another what the weather is like outside

Hola! Greetings:

Posted by Keyaira Doughty on

In order to greet someone and have a simple conversation in Spanish you have to know:

How to say Hello in Spanish

How to Ask someone their name

How to ask someone how they are doing.


         You can say hello to someone by saying one of the following greetings according to the time of day:

¡Hola! = Hello (Anytime)

¡Buenos dias!= Good Morning

¡Buenas Tardes!= Good Afternoon

¡Buenas noches!= Goodnight


When asking someone their name in Espanol you say ¿Como Te llama?

There are two ways to ask someone their name. When speaking to an adult to say ¿Come se llama?

When speaking to an peer you say ¿Como te llama?

If someone was to ask you ¿Como te llama?, meaning "What's your name", you would say in respone

"Me llama es ___(your name)"

Finally if someone ask you your name and you want to know what's theirs in return you say (if adult) ¿Como se llama (Usted)? or just ¿Y Usted?. When asking a peer what's their name in response you say ¿Como te llamo (tu)?, or just ¿Y tu?.


¿Y? Makes the E sound


When asking someone how they are doing you say:

 ¿Como estas?(peer)

  ¿Como esta?(adult)

        ¿Que tal?


Ways to tell someone how you are doing:

(Muy) Bein, gracias = (Very) Good thankyou

Mas o menos. = Regular/fine/okay/average

 (Muy) Mal = (Very) Terrible


Just like the names, if someone ask you how you're doing and you want to know how they're doing in return you say:

¿Como estas(tu)? or just ¿Y tu? (peer).

When asking an adult you say ¿Como esta (usted)? or just ¿Y Usted?


Now here's a video of two people meeting for the first time greeting each other in Espanol



hola! come estas?: how to greet someone in spanish

Posted by Brandon Mangum on
First lesson: Say you meet a pretty girl  in mexico and all she speak is Spanish. You want to say hello, and have a conversion with her then ask her for her number but you don’t know how. With the lesson you will be able to.


First thing: how to say hello. This is very easy. If you want to say hi all you have to say is ¡Hola!. For example you can say ¡hola! Brenda and that means hello brenda.


Next, how to greet someone by saying good morning, good afternoon, and good evening in Spanish. This one is a little bite harder but is still easy. If you want to say good morning you say ¡buenos días!, if you want to say good afternoon you can say ¡buenas tardes!, and if you want to say good evening you would say ¡buenas noches!. For example u would say ¡Hola! ¡Buenos días! Branda.


Now if you don’t know someones name to ask them you would say ¿cómo te llamas or ¿cómo se llama. ¿cómo te llamas is informal and ¿cómo se llama is formal. If you want to ask a girl for her name you would say ¿cómo te llamas. But if you want to ask the president for his name you would say ¿cómo te llama. Or you can start the conversation by saying your name first. You can say me llamo ( your name) y tu? ¿y tu? Means and you. The you can say mucho gusto which means nice to meet you.

Greetings

Greetings

¡Hola!

Hello!

¡Buenos días!

Good morning

¡buenas tardes!

Good afternoon

¡buenas noches!

Good evening!


Meeting someone

Meeting someone

¿cómo te llamas?           informal

What’s your name?

¿cómo se llama?             formal

What is your name?

Me llamo _______________

My name is _____________.

¿Y tú?                                 informal

And you?

¿ Y ud?                                 formal

And you?

Mucho gusto

Nice to meet you.



The Days Of The Week In Espaol

Posted by Briana Hicks on
Say if you did not hear the loud speaker announcement that said what day there would be no school, and everyone already left the classroom except for an Español student. You would need to know how to ask "what day is no school?" Below is how you would say the days of the week and how to ask what day it is.


lunes- Monday
martes- Tuesday
miércoles- Wednesday
jueves- Thursday
viernes- Friday
sábodo- Saturday
domingo- Sunday



                                                            Asking About The Day
¿Qué día es hoy?/ Qué día es hoy no la escuela?
What’s the day?/ What day is there no school?
Hoy es  (lunes, martes, miércoles…)
Today is ________________________
Mañana es  (lunes, martes, miércoles…)_



In the Link below, it will teach you how to how to ask, "What's the day?" in Español.





How to spell your name

Posted by Ethan Reese on
The things you will need to know to spell your name

1.The letters:A B C D E F G H I J K L M N n` O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
2.How to pronounce the letters: A=Ah B=Beh C=Seh D=Deh E=E F=Effeh G=Hey H=Acheh I=E J=Jota K=Kah L=Eleh M=Emeh N=Eneh N~=Enyeh O= Oh P=Peh Q=Que R=Ereh S=Eseh T=Teh U=Oooh V=Beh W=Doble-Beh X=Equis Y=Igreiga Z=Seta

Gracias, con perdn, Por favor (Thanks, excuse me, please)

Posted by Jamekea Lee on
Okay have you ever bump into somebody walking to the hallway? and you accidentally knocked there books out their hand?

Imagine you doing that to somebody who only speaks spanish. You want to say excuse me but they had no clue about what your saying.

Here are some ways to say Thank you, excuse me and please.


Thank You's

Gracias

Thanks

Muchas gracias

Thanks a lot

Mil gracias

Thank a million



Your welcome

De nada

You’re welcome

Por nada

You’re welcome

No hay de qué

You’re welcome


When you want to say please. You simply just say Por favor . How easy is that?


Excuse Me

Con permiso. (Someone’s in your way)

Excuse me

Disculpe. (Get attention)

Excuse me

Perdón. (When you bump into somebody accidentally)

Excuse me


All of these are good ways to some thing if you want to reply nicely to someone who speaks spanish.


You're walking down the hallway and someone knocks your book out of your hand. You ask someone else to pick it up and then you thank them.