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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

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.

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

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.

Oh no! Your spanish speaking friend invited you to a birthday party, but you don't know which month it is in because you don't speak spanish! Not to worry my dear friend, here is a chart and video to say the months in spanish.

Here are some other Spanish ways...

When writing something in Spanish, you need to learn how to say and write the letters in Spanish. Below is a table that shows the letters in English and then the names in spahish and how to pronounce it in Spanish. 

When writing something in Spanish, you need to learn how to say and write the letters in Spanish. Below is a table that shows the letters in English and then the names in spanish and how to pronounce it in Spanish.

Learning number in Spanish is the same as in English. In English when you want to know how to say 27, you would say twenty-seven and in Spanish you say veintisiete. Also it is good to know how to ask or say someone's phone number. Below there is a list of 
how to say numbers in Spanish and how to ask for someone's phone number

What is your phone number?
¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?         Informal
¿Cual es su número de teléfono?           formal

It is ........
Es el

 I'll call you soon. / I'll call you soon
Te llamo pronto. / Te llamo luego

Click here for a lesson from my pareja on:
Greetings 

In English, Sunday comes first, but in Spanish Monday comes first. The days are not capitalize.

Here are the days of the week (and pronunciations) in Spanish:

​The screen shot above was taken from: www.jwrightsla.blogspot.com

Asking someone what the day is in Español.

Click here for my pareja Amani's lesson on:
Courtesy Phrases

School District of Philadelphia AUP

Science Leadership Academy AUP

TFI AUP

Work with your group to find the following things....

Name three major differences between the SLA AUP,  SDP AUP & the TFI AUP

What is the most unfair rule from all three AUPs

With your group come up with three changes for all three AUPs to make the policies better.

Now imagine you have children write an AUP for your home network with your group.

Upload your answers to Moodle - every student must upload their groups reactions. The assignent link is below

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You need to spell out your company's name to a local business. The trick is, the business employees only speak spanish!!!

A (ah)  B (beh)  C (seh)  D (deh)  E (eh)  F (efeh)  G (hey)  H (acheh)  I (eeeee)  J (hota)    

K (kah)  L (eleh)  M (emeh)  N (eneh)  Ñ (enyeh)  O (ooh)  P (peh)  Q (cooo)  R (ereh)  

S (eseh)  T (teh)  U (ooooo)  V (beh)  W (doble-beh)  X (equis)  Y (eegriega)  Z (seta)

OMG!!!! You're TV got reprogramed and now all of the channels are in spanish. You need to know the weather so you can go out with you're friends, but you don't understand what the weather station is saying ........

El Tiempo (the weather)

¿Qué tiempo hace?        (kay-tee-em-poe-ha-say)      What's the weather like?

Hace (mucho) frió.         (ha-say-free-yo)               It's (very) cold.

Hace (mucho) calor.       (ha-say-ka-lore)                It's (very) warm.

Hace (mucho) viento.      (ha-say-vee-en-toe)          It's (very) windy.

Hace (mucho) sol.           (ha-say-soul)                  It's (very) sunny.

Hace (mucho) fresco.       (ha-say-frez-co)               It's (very) cool. 

Está lloviendo.                 (es-ta-joe-vee-en-dough)   It's raining.

Está nevando.                  (es-ta-ne-van-dough)       It's snowing.

Está nublado.                  (es-ta-new-blah-dough)     It's cloudy.

Here's the link to my partner's lesson on months of the year .......

Here's my pareja Monesha's lessons 
Click here for Numbers in Spanish
Click here for Days of the week in Spanish
Click here for The Alphabet

here is a video of different ways to be polite in hallway etiquette
in order:
1. using perdon
2. por favor, gracias and de nada
3. Lo siento and con permiso being used
click the picture!

have you ever wondered how you would say your phone number in spanish? well today your in luck i'm going to teach you how to say your phone number in Spainsh and your also going to learn your number in Spainsh. Heres a little song from youtube to help you with the number. To also help you i designed a chart to help you.

Above is a chart to help you with the number now you will learn how to ask somebody what's there phone number in Spainsh.Below is a mini chart to help you out. Heres a good example how to ask somebody there phone number and how to respond.

​Alfredo Tang  & Miguel Woodruff

Band X
The Spanish alphabet!

The Spanish alphabet consists of 29 different letters. Here are the the pronunciation for the letters in Spanish

Alphabet English	Pronunciation	Alphabet Spanish
A	(a)	A
B	(bey)	Be
C/CH	(se)/ (chay)	Ce/che
D	(Day)	De
E	(a)	E
F	(f-ay)	Efe
G	(hey)	Ge
H	(ache)	Hache
I	(ee)	I
J	(hota)	Jota
K	(ca)	Ka
L/ Ele	(ele)/ (a-ye)	Ele/ Elle
M	(m-may)	Eme
N	(n-nay) (en-yay)	Ene/ Ene
O	(o)	O
P	(pay)	Pe
Q	(coo)	Cu
R/ RR	(ere)/ (errrre)	Ere/ Erre
S	(essay)	Ese
T	(tey)	Te
U	(o)	U
V	(vay)	Ve
W	(do-ble vay)	Doble Ve
X	a-quise)	Equis
Y	(yay)	Ye
Z	(seta)	Zeta

Knowing the Spanish alphabet is just as important as knowing the English Alphabet. It has many uses and many reasons. I am going to teach you how to be able to spell out words in both English and Spanish and so that you can easily interpret what is being said through spelling. Use the chart below to see how the Alphabet is written in Spanish. 

In the video below, we are demonstrating how when you are meeting someone who is very fluent in Spanish and you want to learn the Alphabet, you guys can study together and learn the Alphabet the right way. 

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?