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Y t and Y Ud both mean and you

Posted by Shanayia Roland on
​Y tü and Y Ud both mean and you

Y tu is used when you’re talking to a colleague or friend.
Y ud is used when your talking to someone you respect.

Times when you would use Y tu or Y ud.

·      If your talking to your mother you should say Y Ud?

·      If you were talking to someone younger then you, you would say Y tu?

                                                       Y tu  & Y ud




In this video we are showing how you would talk to the president. When your talking the president you would use Ud because you are showing him that you respect him. Also in this video we are showing how the president would respond to a teenager. The president would use Y tu because when he is talking to a teenager because the teenager is not someone he looks up to.

Having a basic conversation!

Posted by Shanayia Roland on
In order to have a basic conversation you need to know:
·      How to ask someone there name and tell them yours.
·      How to ask someone there age and tell them yours.
·      How to ask someone where there from and tell them where your from

                      Basic conversation questions and answers!


In this video a student asks her teacher some survey questions. The student says hello to her teacher and asks him how is he doing. The teacher says very good and you. The student say good thank you and then she asks the teacher where is he from. The teacher tells her he is from Puerto Rico but he lives in Philadelphia. Then the students say thank you and they both say goodbye.

the days of the week

Posted by Shanayia Roland on
When you do days of the week you need to know how to say days of the week.  In order know how to say the days of the week you need to know the difference in between the capitals and lower case letters and also accents. Accents are the words with little lines on top of the letter and they are pronounces as shown in the graph below. Accents in the word may get you in trouble by saying it wrong and the teacher or Spanish person by them misinterpreting it. Also it may mean something else in Spanish. There will be a video that explains Dime asking shay that walks up what day is the test and dime gets scared because that day is the test so he starts scrambleing. You also need to know how to ask which is....¿que dia de la semana es el? Which means what day of the week is it? 

Telling time in Espanol (spanish)

Posted by Shanayia Roland on

In order to tell time you definitaly need to know numbers from 1-60 in spanish. Telling time is not hard but you also need to know how to speak Spanish. By that I mean you need to know how to say half and quarter to and say how much to. For example….





Once you have mastered the numbers you are not yet done. Next you need to know that the –y- next to  cincuenta y, or veint y etc. is pronounced like sin-quent-eye-or BENT-EYE also you need to know the pronunciation. Also like “es las tres" which means it is three o'clock. Or es las uno or es las ......etc                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Greetings

Posted by Jamie Murphy on

Greetings: SLUDOS

 

 

 

  How are you? :  ¿Que tal? 

If you are speaking to an adult/stranger, if you want to speak to someone with respect, or speak proper you would say : ¿Como está? (Ud)  You will use Ud to speak formal.

If you are talking to a friend, or someone that you wouldn't want/have to speak with respect to you would say : ¿Como estás? (Tú) You will use Tú to speak informal.

 

Hi-Hello: Hola.

Bye-Goodbye: Adiós

 

Possible answers to that question would be -

Awful: Mal. / Terrible

Alright: Más o menos.

 

When asking a question is espanól you put a question mark in both the beginning and end of the question. The question mark in the beginning is upside down like so ¿

 

 (very) Well, thanks : (muy) Bien, gracias. Then you will have the option of adding on to your response - and you? :¿Ytú?  or ¿Y Usted? Like mentioned before, it all depends on who you are speaking to if you are to use tú or Usted.

 

This could be applied in a real life situation this could come in handy. Say if your coming to a new school and don’t know anybody, so you introduce your self to new people. Then you make new FRIENDS!


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Seasons

Posted by Jamie Murphy on

Seasons!

Seasons are normal in all places. In English speaking countries and in Spanish speaking countries. There is Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.

 

 

 

el otono-

Fall

el verano- Summer

la primervera- Spring

el invierno-

Winter

 

 

 

In English, you can see that the image goes, fall, summer, spring, winter. To say that in Spanish you would say el otono, el verano, la primavera, y el invierno.

 

What’s the weather like?

 

When saying the seasons en espanol, you want to be sure that you can explain what the weather is like in all seasons. You want to start by reciting the seasons. Then check out the following.

 

To ask what the weather is like en espanol you would say: Qué tiempo hace?

 

English

Espanol

Cold

Frío

Warm

Calor

Windy

Viento

Sunny

Sol

Cool

Fresco

It’s raining/ It rains

Esta lloviendo/ llueve

Its snowing/It snows

Esta nevando/ Nieva

It’s cloudy

Esta nublado

Humid

Húmedo

 

Ex. 1

Person 1: Qué tiempo hace?

Person 2: Hace sol.

 

Ex. 2

Person 1: Qué tiempo hace en el invierno?

Person 2: Hace frio en el invierno.

 

Notes:

·      To say that it is very cold put emphasis onto the weather you can say “mucho”. So for the last example I could have answered “Hace mucho frio en el invierno”.

·      When you see two l’s next to one another the pronunciation would be (aye-ye). More of a ‘y’ sound would come out. You want to be sure you are saying it correctly.


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Numbers - Los numeros

Posted by Jamie Murphy on

Numbers: Los Números

 

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

*Number 11 through 15 are just like 1 through 5 except with the ce at the end.

 

16. Dieci-6 (deciseis)

17. Dieci-7

18.Dieci-8

19.Dieci-9

 

20.Veinte

 

30.Treinta

40.Cuarenta

50.Cincuenta

60.Sesenta

70.Setenta

80.Ochenta

90.Noventa

 

To ask or tell someone their/your number:

 What’s your phone number?- ¿Cuál tu número de teléfono?

It is. – Es el

 

20 has its own pattern- after you say veinte the other number fallows right after. Example: 27 would be veintesiete

 

30-90 has the patteren so, after each multiple of ten you say -  Y 1 or Y 2 or Y 3 or Y 4 and so on. So for example 35 would be treinta y cinco.

 

This could be a real life application. So if you are at a party and an attractive person asks you for your number or if you want to ask someone for their number.



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Months

Posted by Jamie Murphy on

Months-

 

January: enero

February: febrero

March: mazo

April: abril

May: mayo

June: junio

July: julio

August: agosto

September: septibre

October: octubre

November: noviembre

December: diciembre

 

Spanish months and days are never capitalized like our English months and days are!!

 

In Spanish we write our dates a little different than you would in English. Instead of writing the month then the day, the Spanish format is the day then the month.

 

To ask/answer questions about the dates:

 

            What’s today’s date? – ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy?

            It’s the number of _______(month) – Hoy es el da _______ (mes)

 

Example:  Febuary 21st  also written as 02/21 in English. While in Spanish it would be written as 21/02.

So 21/02 = Es el veitiuno da febrero.

 

You could apply this to an everyday application when you are writing your heading on your paper in school or if someone in class asks you what today is.


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How to say Where are you from, What time it ts, and Weather in Spanish

Posted by Antonio Reveron in Spanish 1 - Manuel on

¿De Dondé eres?

 

·      ¿De Dondé eres? (th thon-day air-res): Where are you from?

 

·      Pero vivo en (Per-ro Be-bo in): I live in...

·      Soy de (Soy thay): I’m from...

 

·      Yo, también (Jo, tom-be-en): Me, too

 

 

¿Qué hora es?

 

·      ¿Qué hora es/son? (kay or-a s/son): What time is it?

 

·      Es la una (s lah oo-na): It’s one o’clock

·      Son las dos, tres, cuatro,... (son lahs): It’s two, three, four,... through twelve o’clock

 

·      Numeros: Uno (oo-no): 1, Dos (dohs): 2, Tres (trehs): 3, Cuatro (Qua-tro): 4, Cinco (sinko): 5, Sies (says): 6, Siete (see-eh-tay): 7, Ocho ( Oh-cho): 8, Nueve (nu-a-vay): 9, Diez (Dee-ez): 10, Once (Own-say): 11,  Doce (Doh-say): 12

 

·      Y cuarto (e quar-to): Quarter after

·      Y media (e may-dee-a): Half

·      Menos (Men-nohs): Minutes before

 

¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?

 

·      ¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? (kay tee-m-poe ah-say oy): What is the temperture?

·      Hace frio / calor / viento / sol (ah-say free-oh / cah-lor / ben-toe / soul): It’s freezing / hot / windy / sunny

 

 

·      Bastanté (Ba-ston-tay): very

 

·      Está nublado / lloviendo / nevando (new-blah-doh / jo-be-end-do / ne-van-do): It’s cloudy / rainy / snowy

 

·      Llueve (lu-ay-vay): Very rainy

 

·      Nieva (nee-a-va): Very snowy

 

·      Humedad (oo-meh-dad): Humid

 

·      Grados (grah-dohs): Degrees

Courtesy Phrases

Posted by Jamie Murphy on

Courtesy Phrases (thanks, excuse me, please)

 

When learning Spanish it is a necessity to know some courtesy phrases, as does every language include. Some of these are thank you, your welcome, excuse me, please, etc. Here is where you can find the help you need.

 

How do you be polite and say excuse me?

 

English

Espanol

 

Excuse me.

Perdon(Bumping into someone).

Disculpe.(When getting another’s attention)

Con permiso.(When someone is in your way of something or some place)

 

 

- Please note that there are multiple ways to say excuse me in Espanol.

 

 

 

 

 

How would you thank someone in espanol?

 

English

Espanol

Thank You

Thanks a lot.

Thanks a million

Gracias.

Muchas  gracias.

Mil gracias.


- There is a simple conversion between all of the statements we use and say in English to the ones we can easily say in Espanol.

 

Created by Jamie Murphy & Jalisa Smith

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Time - Hora

Posted by Jamie Murphy in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on


 

To ask the time:

 

What time is it? - Qúe hora es?

 

To tell the time:

 

Son las- (whatever time it is only if its NOT one) Son Las= plural

Es la- (whatever time it ONLY one) Ea la= single

 

Example: 9:10 = Son las nueve y diez. Ten minutes past nine.

 

:15= cuarto

:30= media

:45= menos cuarto

:55= menos cinco

 

Use ‘Y” for mintues past the hour.

Use “Menos” for minutes of the hour.

 

Say is its 2:15 in the evening. So you would say dos y cuarto.

 

 

Using the time could apply in a real life situation. Such as, when you waiting for the bus and you need to know how much longer it will take for your bus to arrive.


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Days of the week.

Posted by Jamie Murphy in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on

Knowing the days of the week is an essential part of espanol. One thing to know about the days of the week is that when they are written out you do not start in capitals.

 

Monday

lunes

Tuesday

martes

Wednesday

miercoles

Thursday

jeuves

Friday

viernes

Saturday

sabado

Sunday

domingo

 

To ask someone what day of the week it is you would say: Que dia es hoy?

 

Ex.

Person 1: Que dia es hoy?

Person 2: Hoy es domingo.

Person 1: Gracias.

Person 2: De nada. 

 

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Voter interview

Posted by Anthony Carter in American Government - Laufenberg on
AJ Carter
11-2-10
History

1. What motivated you to com out an vote?
Answer: She came out to vote because she wants her "voice" to be heard and make a difference.

2. Do you know why we vote on Tuesday?
Answer: She guessed it was because the US senate are very busy so this day would be easiest.

3.Are you always sure of who you are voting for?
Answer: Yes.

4. What would you like to see changed in our political system?
Answer: More cooperation in between them and more help for the middle class.

5.Did you learn about voting in school?
Answer: Yes because I am not from the US so i had to learn before i came.

The Weather in Spanish

Posted by Michael Hall on
 Weather & Seasons
The weather and seasons are very important to learn in any language. You have to make sure of proper spelling and puctioation when writing the seasons. Here are the four seasons. Here are the

 El Tiempo
The next thing I went to teach you is how to ask what the weather is like in Spanish.
English) What’s the weather like?
Spanish)  ¿Qué tiempo hace?
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In this video Michael is about to leave and he ask his mother the temperature.

The Alphabet in Spanish

Posted by Michael Hall on
This is the Spanish alaphbet. This shows how to properly prononce the letters.
If someone asked me to spell my name (Robbie) it would be ereh  o beh beh eeeeee eh.

 In his video we show how to use the spanish alphabet.

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In this video Michael ask his little sister to pick between A or B.

Days of The Week In Spanish

Posted by Michael Hall on
To say what is today you say ¿Que dia es hoy?

To answer this question you say ES (DAY)
Ex: ES martes
Remember the days of the week in Spanish are not capitalized and also the Spanish week stats on Monday.

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In this video Robert says the days for more explanation. 

Learning the Calendar in Spanish

Posted by Michael Hall on
To ask what the date is in Spanish you say ¿Cual es la fecha de hoy? Which means what is today’s date.

To anserw the question you say “Hoy es el (numberos) de (month) Ex: Hoy es el ocho de mayo, which means may 8th .

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This is a video of Michael asking  Robert his birthday.

De nada, Por don, Por favor: Using Common Courtesy.

Posted by Tyanna Pleasant on
You are on a vacation in Argentina enjoying the animals at the Santo Domingo national zoo. Then all of a sudden, you realize that you are supposed to be meeting your family at the entrance so you are in a rush to get back. Then, you accidently bumps into someone and makes them drop all of their papers you have no idea on how to say sorry to the person in Spanish. Well maybe it was a AWESOME idea to visit this blog today so in case something like that happens you will be prepared.

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Check out this GREAT example of showing common courtesy!!!!!!

How to ask someone for time? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on
​To ask someone “What time is it?”, you say:

“¿Qué hora es?”

        or “¿Qué hora son?”

        or “¿Qué hora tiene?”

Responds could be:

               “ Es la una”= Its one o’clock

            or “Son las dos,tres,cuatro......”=Its two,three,cuatro

             or”......^.......y cuarto”=:15

                 “......^.......y meda”=:30

                 “......^.......menos cuarto”=:45

                 “.......^.......menos (the number of minutes before the hour)

This could be used to ask someone for time. It could also use to respond to people when you are asked for time. Time is important, therefore, it is always a plus for you to know how to keep track of it. 

Basic knowledge and usage of Numeros en Espaol. Bach Tong and Shannon Powersn

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on
En español, Numeros have rules pretty much like en Inglés. You only have memorize 1 - 15 (uno - quince), and the tens numbers (diez, viente, trienta, cuarenta, cincuenta, sesenta, setenta, ochenta, noventa). For numbers after 15, you only need to say the tens numbers plus the 1-9 number.
Example: 16: dieciseise
    28: vientiocho
    45: Cuarentaycinco.

Mathematical terms: + Más            - menos x por /dividido por = son

Please click link below for a full description table of numeros en Español:
​You can use numbers to do basic math problem:
1) 1 + 9 = 10 (uno más nueve son diez)
2) 78 - 16  = 62 (setentayocho menos dieciseis son sesentaydos)
3) 81/27 = 3  (ochentayuno dividido por vientisiete son tres)
4) 24 x 3 = 72 (vientitres por tres son setentaydos)

You can also use numeros for any purpose that is involved with numbers such as say time, temperature, date...

Ask someone for weather information. Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on
​To ask some one “What’s the weather like?”, you ask: “¿Qué tiempo hace?
Respond can be:
a) Hace (mucho) frió:   it’s  (very)  cold
        calor: it’s           hot
   viento:         it’s               windy
   sol: it’s               sunny
   fresco:      it’s               cool
b) Está lloviendo / llueve: it’s raining / it rains
c) Está nevando / Neiva: it’s snowing / it snows
d) Está nublado / neblina: it’s cloudy   /  foggy

*Note: When describing the weather, we use “Hace” for adjective (frió, calor, viento, sol, fresco...). “Está” is used for verb (llueve, lloviendo, neiva, nevando, nublado,...).

To ask someone "What is the temperature in Philadelphia?", you ask: "¿Qué es la temperatura en Filadefia?"

To respond, you could say: "La Temperatura en Filadelfia es (number) grados." You can refer to the Numeros topic for more information about numbers and how to say it. 
These phrases above could be used to ask someone for weather condition. Also, it could use to respond to someone when being asked about weather. It helps enrich the conversation and make it more intersting.

How to be polite in every day conversation? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on
​En español, it is important to use the right courtesy phrases to show good manners. Here are a few courtesy phrases to use in every day conversation:

a) Gracias: Thank you

b) Muchas gracias: thanks a lot.
c) Mil gracias: Thanks a million.
d) De nada = Por nada = No hay de qué = you’re welcome.
e) ¿Cómo? = What was it? (when you didn’t catch what someone just said)
f) Por favor: Please
g) Con pemiso: excuse me (applied to ask someone out of your way politely)
   Disculpe: excuse me (applied to get attention from someone)
   Perdón: excuse me (applied if you accidentally bumped into someone)
h) Está bien: It’s ok.
​This could be use along with your responding to someone to make your respond become more polite and courteous. These phrase could be used as similar as how you use courtesy phrase en Inglés.
Example: A: Disculpe. ¿Cómo te llamas Ud?
   B: Me llamo....... ¿Cómo esta Tú?
   A:  Muy bien, gracias. ¿Y Ud.?

   B:  Bien, gracias.

How to differentiate questions/answer to different people en Espaol? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on
​En Español, there are two separate way of asking/responding to people, accordingly to their ages. To ask/respond to someone who is younger than you, the informal way should be used: Tú. To ask/respond to someone who is older than you, the formal way should be used: Ud.
Example: ¿Cómo te llama (Tú) ?: What’s your name? informal
       ¿Cómo te llamas (Ud)?: What’s your name? formal
                ¿Cómo esta (Tú)? : How are you? informal 
  ¿Cómo estas (Ud.)?: How are you? formal
This could be used to ask/respond to people in real life politely correspondingly to their age. It also shows respect and how educated you are to adults. This rule does not necessarily applied to every questions, but to most of it.

How to introduce yourself to someone en Espaol? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on
​Explanation 1:
There are a few ways to say “hi” to someone en español:
a) ¡Hola! : Hi (both formal and informal)
b) ¡Buenos Días!: Good morning
c) ¡Buenas Tardes!: Good afternoon
d) ¡Buenas  Noches!: Good evening.
e) ¿Cómo esta(s)? (Usted): How are you? informal (formal)
Respond: (Muy) Bien, gracias: (Very) Well, thanks.
    Mas o menos: alright
f) ¿Cómo te llama (Tú) ?: What’s your name? informal
   ¿Cómo te llamas (Ud)?: What’s your name? formal

Respond: Me llamo_______

   Yo soy________ (my name is_____)

   Mi nombres es_____
g)  Mucho gusto: nice to meet you
Respond: Igualmente: likewise
You can use this list of phrases/questions to introduce yourself to someone, and/or respond back to their greetings. You can also mix these phrases with one another as you do en Inglés. This is very helpful both to greet your friends, teachers or to meet someone you don’t know.