Tuesday, October 7, 2014

This week the students are learning how to describe someone in Spanish, conjugate the verb ser (to be) and identifying articles (definite and indefinite) in a sentence.


Sunday, October 5, 2014

Hola!  Welcome to Spanish class.

The first couple weeks, students learned greetings and farewells. 
Greetings and Goodbyes Vocabulary
Hola
hello
Buenos días
Good morning
Buenas tardes
Good afternoon
Buenas noches
Good evening, night
¿ qué tal?
How's it going?
bien
fine
muy bien
very well
gracias
thanks
señor
Mr, sir
señora
Mrs. , ma'am
señorita
Miss, ma'am
¿ y tú?
and you
Adiós
good-bye
Chao
bye
Hasta luego
See you later
Hasta pronto
See you soon
Hasta mañana
See you tomorrow
How are you? (formal)
¿Cómo está Ud?
How are you (familiar)
¿Cómo estás?
And you? (formal)
¿Y Ud?
What's your name? (formal)
¿Cómo se llama Ud? (formal)
His name is...
Se llama....
Her name is...
Se llama...
My name is...
Me llamo...
Until soon!
¡Hasta pronto!
Until tomorrow!
Hasta mañana
Until later!
¡Hasta luego!
What's your name? (informal)
¿Cómo te llamas? (informal)








Students then discovered how to say the days of the week, months of the year and the seasons. 
Days of the Week
In Spanish-speaking countries, the week begins on Monday.
lunes........................ Monday
martes ..................... Tuesday
miércoles ................. Wednesday
jueves ...................... Thursday 
viernes ..................... Friday 
sábado..................... Saturday
domingo .................. Sunday

Notice that the days of the week are not capitalized.


Months, Seasons, and Dates 
Here are the months in Spanish. Note that, like the days of the week, they are not capitalized.
enero .......................January
febrero ..................... February
marzo ...................... March
abril .........................April
mayo ....................... May
junio ........................June
julio .........................July
agosto .....................August
septiembre ............... September
octubre .................... October
noviembre ................November
diciembre .................December 


Here are the four seasons. Las estaciones del año
la primavera .............spring
el verano ..................summer
el otoño ................... autumn
el invierno ................ winter