¿Qué hora es?

In spanish, one of the most basic, but important, things is knowing how to ask and tell the time. Below is a diagram of how to do so...
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As for telling time, it is very simple...
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La Fecha (The date)

You need to ask your uncle's (fluent spanish speaking) fiancee what the date of the wedding is because for some reason invites can not be flown out of Puerto Rico. Here is a lesson that can teach you to ask and tell dates and times in spanish.
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Use previous lessons to help you with this one :) 

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

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                        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

Imagine your father is a diplomat stationed in Spain and you will attend public school there. You will need to learn some basic conversation phrases to socialize with your classmates. Here are some basic phrases to get you started.
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

So you're in a mexican boarding school and you're running late to class but your classmates only speak spainish! Don't worry, use this information to learn how to ask for and give the 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.

Real life situation : someone walks up to you and asks, "What time is it?" and depanding on the time your aswer will change

Greetings

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

Hello
-"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



How old are you? Isabella & Zoraya

¿Cuántos años tienes?


How to ask someone how old they are!




                      
                    
  Step 1: ¿Cuántos anos tienes?
          - Translates to: “How old are you?”
          - Can be used with anyone

Step 2: Yo tengo _____ anos.
          -Translates to “I am ____ years old.”

Happy Birthday! Isabella & Zoraya

¡feliz cumpleaños!:

Happy Birthday!


*How to ask ‘When is your birthday?’

Step 1: ¿ Cuando tu Cumpleanos?
          - Translates to: “When is your birthday?”
          - Can be used with anyone

Step 2: Mi cumpleanos es el ____ de _____.
          -Translates to “My birthday is the ____ of_____.”


Such as:
Isabella: ¿ Cuando tu Cumpleanos?
Zoraya: Mi cumpleanos es el cinco de octubre.

Translated:
Isabella: When is your birthday?
Zoraya: My birthday is October 5th.

Where do you live? Isabella & Zoraya

¿De Donde Eres?:

Where do you live?



     *How to ask where somebody lives

Step 1: ¿De donde eres?
            - Translates into : “Where do you live?”
            - Neither formal nor informal (Can be used with anyone)


Step 2: Soy de _______ pero vivo en ________.
         - Translates into “ I am from _______, but I live in _______.”
         - If you did not move or change locations, you would just say :
            “ Soy de_____”

Example: Amy’s new boss doesn’t know anything about her, and would like to get to know her before giving her the big job.




***Tip ! Some cities, countries, and places have different Spanish spellings and      pronunciations than the normal English ones, so be sure to look up the correct way to use it before you speak ! ***

Greetings - Isabella & Zoraya

¿Hola, Como estas?: Learn how to greet someone

( The right way)

          

*Greetings : Hello, how are you? ( Formal & Informal)*


Informal


Step 1. ¡ Hola!
        - The classic way to greet someone, the Spanish version of the English word “hello”

Step 2. ¿Como estas? OR ¿ Que tal?
        -The informal ways of saying “How are you doing”
        - Use with people you are on a first name basis with ( Friends, people your age)

Such as:
Zoraya would say it to Isabella because she uses here first name when talking to her.

Example:  ¡Hola!  ¿Como estas?
   
English Translation : Hello ! How are you?

**In this video, Isabella and Zoraya see each other in school for the first time in what seems like forever.
Some additional dialogue used was:
-“Mucho gusto” - Nice to meet you (In this video, we used it because we have not see each other in a while)
-“Adios” - Goodbye
-“Chao” - Informal goodbye

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Formal & Plural


Step 1: ¿ Como esta usted?
      -  The formal way of saying “ How are you doing”
      -   Used with people you are on a last name basis with ( Adults, Employers, meeting      someone new)

Step 2:  ¿ Como estan ustedes?
      - The formal, plural way of saying “ How are you doing”
      - Used with large audiences, and last name basis

Such as:
When talking to your teacher, you should use formal language.
When speaking to a large crowd, you would use plural AND formal.

Example: ¡Hola! ¿ Como esta usted?   OR   ¡Hola! ¿ Como estan ustedes?


How to answer !



Some basic responses:

Feliz - Happy
Mas o menos - So so
Bien - Good
Mal - Bad
Excelente - Great

Step 1: Answer question ( Any form of ¿Como estas?) with a response below

Step 2: ¿Y tu?    
       - The informal way of saying “ and you”
       - Same rules apply for any informal speaking
       - Use after response to any informal “how are you” question

Step 3: ¿ Y usted?
       - The formal way of saying “ and you”
       - Same rules apply for any formal speaking
       - Use after response to any formal “ how are you” question

Weather

Hola! In this last lesson we are going to teach you how to say the weather in spanish. This is a very difficult  one but with practice, you're sure to get it.

Sunny - Hace Sol
Rainy - Está lloviendo
Snowing - Está Nevando
Cloudy - Está Nublado
Windy - Hace Viento

Tiempo (Time)

Hola, amigas and amigos! 
Today you will be learning how to tell and ask for the time in spanish. You will be learning the differences between time in english and time in spanish. It may be hard at first but once you get it it'll be a piece of cake. Here are some steps to make it easier

Step 1: Before you write the time you must either write "Es la" or "Son las". 
Es la is only used when it's 1:00. Son las is used for 2-12:00.
Step 2: Put the hour.
Ex. Son las dos = 2:00 or Es la una = 1:00
Step 3: Write either "y" or "menos"
Y: use this if the minutes are from 1-29
Menos: use this if the minutes are from 30-59 
(State the hour ahead, write menos, and state how many minutes it would take to be the given hour in the hour ahead)
Step 4: Write the minutes.
Ex. Son las dos y cinco or Son las tres menos diez

Here is a few examples:



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Dias de la Semana (Days of the Week)

Hola! Would you like to learn about the days of the weeks in spanish? Well, today's your chance to learn. Here's a song to help you learn the days of the week:
lunes (clap 2x)
martes (clap 2x)
mirecoles (clap 2x)
jueves (clap 2x)
viernes (clap 2x)
sabado (clap 2x)
domingo (clap 2x)

Hint: The days of the wek always starts with Monday (lunes)

Numeros (Numbers)

Hola estudiantes, 
Here is what you need to know to learn how to count for 1-20. We will sing a song to make the process of learning numeros easier. 

Follow along as you here each number:

One - Uno                Eleven - Once
Two - Dos                Twelve - Doce
Three - Tres              Thirteen - Trece
Four - Cuatro            Fourteen - Catorce
Five - Cinco              Fifteen - Quince
Six - Seis                 Sixteen - Diez y seis
Seven - Siete            Seventeen - Diez y siete
Eight - Ocho            Eighteen - Diez y ocho       
Nine - Nueve            Nineteen - Diez y nueve
Ten - Diez                Twenty - Veinte 



















Spanish- How to say birthday

​Birthday-

 

What is your birthday- ¿ Cuando es tu cumpleanos?

 

You would reply- Mi cupleanos es el ______ de ______

                                  My birthday is         day/#       month

 

Ex- Mi cupleano es el veinte de mayo

                        

Spanish Where are you from

Where are you from? -

 

To ask someone where they are from you….

 

To ask someone- ¿ De donde eres? - Where are you from?

 

Then the person would answer Soy de ________ - I’m from

 

 

                        

Stephen and Kenyatta's Alphabet

What you need to know:
1. How many letters are in the spanish alphabet
2. How to pronounce each letter
3. Each letter of the alphabet

1. Alphabet and pronunciations; 
A- a
B- be
C- ce
CH- che
D- de
E-e
F- efe
G- ge
H- hache
I- i
J- jota
K- Ka
L-ele
LL- elle
M- eme
N- ene
O- o
P- pe
Q- cu
R- ere
RR- erre
S- ese
T- te
U- u
V- ve chica
W- doble ve
X- equis
Y- ye
Z- zeta

Spanish benchmark introducing yourself

Introducing yourself-

 

When introducing yourself to someone you…

 

First you say Hola`

Then you say Me llamo _______- which means my name is

After that you would say ¿Y t’u? which means and you, which is asking their name and they would reply with their name.

Stephen and Kenyatta Greetings

Greetings and Salutations !!!

What you need to learn:
1.  how to ask how someone is
2. how to say good morning, goodbye, good afternoon, good night, hello, see you soon , see you later, see you to tomorrow.

Words in Spanish:

1. good morning- buenos dias
2.goodbye- adios(chao)
3.good afternoon- buena tardes
4.good night- buenas noches
5.hello- hola
6.see you soon- hasta pronto
7.see you later- hasta luego
8.see you tommorrow- hasta manana

When you use these words:
1. you use the word good morning in the morning before 11 a.m.
2. you use the word good afternoon from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
3. you use the word good night from 8 p.m. to midnight
4. you use the word the hello when you first see someone
5. you use the word goodbye when you're leaving someone
6. you use the words see you soon when you think you'll see someone in a short amount of time
7. you use the words see you later if you're going see someone later in that day
8. you use the words see you tomorrow when you're going to see the person the next day



http://media2.teachertube.com/flvideo42/247436.flv

Stephen and Kenyattas' tú vs.Ud

What you need to learn:
1. the difference between formal and informal language

1. formal and informal language:
tú- informal
usted- formal

1. When to use tú and when to us usted;
 -When talking to a friend or another person you are the same age as or younger then- you use tú 
-When talking to a superior or teacher or elder- use usted.

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