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Present Tense Regular -ER Verbs

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 16:12:00 -0600

Present Tense Regular -ER Verbs

Hola. En está lección vamos a hablar de los verbos regulares en el presente que terminan en -ER.
In this video lesson, we are going to talk about regular verbs that end in -ER in the present tense.
Do you remember what you learned about verbs that ended in -AR?
We talked about the verb 'hablar' (to speak, to talk) and changed it or conjugated it.
Yo hablo nosotros/nosotras hablamos
tú hablas vosotros/vosotras habláis
él habla ellos hablan
ella habla ellas hablan
usted habla ustedes hablan
Notice the endings for – AR verbs:
-o -amos
-as -áis
-a -an
There is another type of regular verbs, those that end in -ER
Remember that they are called regular verbs because the changes happen with the endings. For regular verbs, you simply need to remove the infinitive ending to find the stem, and then you can the add tense’s endings. For example:
Infinitive stem + -ar endings(-o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an)
hablar ------------> habl-
Some – ER verbs include:
comer (to eat)
beber (to drink)
leer (to read)
deber (+inf) (should, must, ought to [do something])
creer (en) (to think, to believe [in])
aprender ( to learn)
Let's change or conjugate an -ER verb:
comer (to eat)
yo como (I eat) nosotros/nosotras comemos (we eat)
tú comes (you eat) vosotros/vosotras coméis (you eat)
él come (he eats) ellos comen (they eat)
ella come (she eats) ellas comen (they eat)
usted come (you [formal] eat) ustedes comen (you all eat)
Did you notice the endings?
Comer---------> com- + -o, -es, -e, -emos, -éis, -en
Let's try some sentences:
Mi gata come mucho pescado. (My cat eats a lot of fish.)
Mi sobrino no come muchas verduras. (My nephew does not eat many vegetables.)
Ellos comen mucha pasta. (They eat a lot of pasta.)
Let' try another verb!
Leer (to read)
yo leo nosotros/nosotras leemos
tú lees vosotros/vosotras leéis
él lee ellos leen
ella lee ellas leen
usted lee ustedes leen

Los niños no leen mucho. (Children do not read a lot.)
Nosotros leemos el periódico. (We read the newspaper.)
Vosotros leéis las revistas de moda. (You all read the fashion magazines.)
Let's see if you understand by translating and conjugating the -ER verbs:
(I read lots of books)
(She does not eat hamburger.)
(Pepe does not eat vegetables.)
(I do not eat liver.)
(She likes to learn Spanish.)
(Children should eat vegetables.)
(I think that languages are important.)
(Do you drink 8 glasses of water a day?)
(You should do your homework.)

Learn Spanish- Nouns, Definite Articles and Classroom Vocabulary

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 16:34:00 -0600

Learn Spanish- Nouns, Definite Articles and Classroom Vocabulary

This lesson might sound like a grammar class, but it is good to learn some vocabulary and some grammar terminology. Do you remember in pasts videos when I talked about sustantivos?
Sustantivo (noun) is a word that is the name of a peerson, animal, idea, place, or thing.
In Spanish, we can tell what a noun is based on if it has an article in front of it.
Article is a word that comes before a noun and signals it as a noun. In English, we use: the a, an
In this video, we are going to cover: the (definite article)
This means that we are talking about a specific noun. So, if I ask for a book. It is not any book, but a specific book.
In Spanish, we say:
el, la, los, las What? Four ways?!!
These articles help us find out if a noun is masculine, feminine or how many there are.
Let's say in English, student. In Spanish is estudiante. So, how do you know if it a female or a male student? Well, you have the article el estudiante (male); la estudiante (female).
Ex: el niño, la niña and in the plural los niños and las niñas
English used to have genders. Starting in the tenth century until the end of the thirteen century started to disappear from the English language.
So, let's start with some classroom vocabulary to get the hang og it.
El libro (book)
el bolígrafo (pen)
el pupitre (student desk)
el reloj (watch)
el armario (closet, armoire)
el diccionario (dictionary)
el cuaderno(notebook)
la mochila (backpack )
la regla (ruler)
To make a noun plural:
If it ends in a vowel:add -s
If it ends in a consonant: add -es

Learn Spanish- Preterite Regular -ER verbs (part III)

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 12:33:00 -0600

Let's continue to learn the preterite regular of the _ER verbs in Spanish:
Hola a todos. In this lesson, we’ll be continuing with the preterite. This time, we’re covering regular -er verbs. But just like with -ar verbs, the -er stem changers can be lumped into this group as well. Irregulars are a completely different story and those will eventually be covered! Enjoy!

In this video, we will learn more about conjugating the verbs into the preterite.As in the last video, we will work with regular -er verbs.

So, let's review the rules of the last video by conjugating an -ER verb in the present and the preterite.

vender (To sell) Present Tense

yo vendo nosotros/nosotras vendemos

(I sell) (we sell)

tú vendes vosotros/vosotras vendéis

(you sell) (you sell )

informal used in Spain.

él vende ellos venden

(he sells) (they sell)

ella vende ellas venden

(she sells) (they sell)

usted vende ustedes venden

(you sell) (you sell)

formal plural formal in Spain

vender (To sell) Preterite

yo vendí nosotros/nosotras vendimos

(I sold) (we sold)

tú vendiste vosotros/vosotras vendisteis

(you sold) (you sold )

informal used in Spain.

él vendió ellos vendieron

(he sold) (they sold)

ella vendió ellas vendieron

(she sold) (they sold)

usted vendió ustedes vendieron

(you sold) formal (you sold)

plural formal in Spain

Notice:

-AR verbs:

Nosotros in the present and the preterite is the same.

-ER verbs:

Nosotros in the present and the preterite is different.

So, when the verb has to ee like in leer and creer, they look a bit different. We are going to conjugate them in the present tense and the preterite tense and see the changes.

Present Tense -leer (to read)

yo leo nosotros/nosotras leemos

(I read) (we read)

tú lees vosotros/vosotras leéis

(you read) (you read)

informal used in Spain.

él lee ellos leen

(he reads) (they read)

ella lee ellas leen

(she reads) (they read )

usted lee ustedes leen

(you read) (you read)

formal plural formal in Spain

leer (To read) Preterite

yo leí nosotros/nosotras leímos

(I read) (we read )

tú leiste vosotros/vosotras leísteis

(you read) (you read)

informal used in Spain.

él leyó ellos leyeron

(he read) (they read)

ella leyó ellas leyeron

(she read) (they read)

usted leyó ustedes leyeron

(you read) formal (you read)

Notice the changes from “i” to “y”. That is because the “i” is between two vowels and is weaker. The “y” having a similar sound it is use in its place.

Él leyó instead of leió (sounds different and difficult)

ellos leyeron instead of leieron.

Like leer (to read), there is creer (to believe)

Present Tense creer (to believe)

yo creo nosotros/nosotras creemos

(I believe) (we believe)

tú crees vosotros/vosotras creéis

(you believe) (you believe)

él cree ellos creen

(he believes) (they believe)

ella cree ellas creen

(she believes) (they believe)

usted cree ustedes creen

(you believe) (you believe)

Preterite Tense creer (to believe)

yo creí nosotros/nosotras creimos

(I believed) (we believed)

tú creíste vosotros/vosotras creísteis

(you believed) (you believed)

él creyó ellos creyeron

(he believed) (they believed)

ella creyó ellas creyeron

(she believed) (they believed)

usted creyó ustedes creyeron

(you believed) (you believed)

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Preterite Regular -ER Verbs (Part I)

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 17 May 2016 21:32:00 -0500

Learn Spanish- Preterite Regular -ER verbs (part I)

Aprendiendo Español- Tiempo Pretérito de los Verbos Regulares -ER (Parte I)

In this video, we will learn more about conjugating the verbs into the preterite. This time, we will work with regular -er verbs. Remember , it is a past tense. In English, it is adding an -ed to the action.
So, let's review the rules of the last video by conjugating an -AR verb in the present and the preterite.

hablar (To speak, to talk) Present Tense

yo hablo nosotros/nosotras hablamos
(I speak)    (we speak)

tú hablas                                                          vosotros/vosotras habláis
(you speak) (you speak) informal used in Spain.

él habla    ellos hablan
(he speaks)    (they speak)

ella habla ellas hablan
(she speaks) (they speak)

usted habla    ustedes hablan
(you speaks)                                                       (you speak) formal plural formal in Spain

hablar (To speak, to talk) Preterite

yo hablé nosotros/nosotras hablamos
(I talked)    (we talked)

tú hablastes vosotros/vosotras hablasteis
(you talked)                                                     (you talked) informal used in Spain.

él habló ellos hablaron
(he talked)    (they talked)

ella habló                                                        ellas hablaron
(she talked)                                                    (they talked)

usted habló    ustedes hablaron
(you talked) formal (you talked) plural formal in Spain

Let's try another verb:

comer (To eat) Present Tense

yo como nosotros/nosotras comemos
(I eat) (we eat)

tú comes    vosotros/vosotras coméis
(you eat) (you eat) informal used in Spain.

él come    ellos comen
(he eats)    (they eat)

ella come    ellas comen
(she eats)    (they eat )

usted come ustedes comen
(you eat) (you eat)
                                                                   formal plural formal in Spain

comer (To eat) Preterite

yo comí    nosotros/nosotras comimos
(I ate) (we ate)
tú comiste    vosotros/vosotras comisteis
(you ate)    (you ate) informal used in Spain.
él comió ellos comieron
(he ate)    (they ate)
ella comió ellas comieron
(she ate) (they ate)
usted comió    ustedes comienron
(you ate )                                                    formal (you ate)

beber (To drink) Present Tense

yo bebo    nosotros/nosotras bebemos
(I drink) (we drink)

tú bebes                                         vosotros/vosotras bebéis
(you drink) (you drink) informal used in Spain.

él bebe ellos beben
(he drinks) (they drink)

ella bebe ellas beben
(she drinks)    (they drink )

usted bebe    ustedes beben
(you drink)    (you drink)
formal plural formal in Spain

beber (To drink) Preterite

yo bebí    nosotros/nosotras bebimos
(I drank) (we drank)

tú bebiste                                        vosotros/vosotras bebisteis
(you drank ) (you drank ) informal used in Spain.

él bebió                                                ellos bebieron
(he drank)    (they drank)

ella bebió    ellas bebieron
(she drank) (they drank)

usted bebió    ustedes bebieron
(you drank )                                            formal (you drank)

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Learn Spanish- Preterite Regular -ER verbs (part 2)

Aprendiendo Español- Tiempo Pretérito de los Verbos Regulares -ER (Parte 2)

In this lesson, we will learn more about conjugating the verbs into the preterite.As in the last video, we worked with regular -er verbs. Remember , it is a past tense. In English, it is adding an -ed to the action.
So, let's review the rules of the last video by conjugating an -ER verb in the present and the preterite.

Present Tense
aprender (To learn)

Yo aprendo (I learn)	Nosotros/Nosotras aprendemos (We learn)
Tú aprendes (You learn)	Vosotros/Vosotras aprendéis (You learn)
Él aprende (He learns)	Ellos aprenden (They learn)
Ella aprende (She learns)	Ellas aprenden (They learn)
Usted aprende (You learn) formal	Ustedes aprenden (You all learn)

     Preterite         aprender (To learn)

Yo aprendí (I learned)	Nosotros/Nosotras aprendimos (We learned)
Tú aprendiste (You learned)	Vosotros/Vosotras aprendisteis (You learned)
Él aprendió (He learned)	Ellos aprendieron (They learned)
Ella aprendió (She learned)	Ellas aprendieron (They learned)
Usted aprendió (You learned) formal	Ustedes aprendieron (You all learned)

Notice:
-AR verbs:
Nosotros in the present and the preterite is the same.
-ER verbs:
Nosotros in the present and the preterite is different.

Common -ER Verbs:
correr (to run)
romper (to break)
vender (to sell)
comprender (to understand)
esconder (to hide)

Stem Changers:-ER Verbs (Shoe verbs):

entender (e-ie) (to understand)
perder (e-ie) (to lose)
volver (o-ue) (to return)
devolver (o-ue) (to return something)

Present Tense
entender (e-ie) (to understand)

Yo entiendo (I understand)	Nosotros/Nosotras entendemos (We understand)
Tú entiendes (You understand)	Vosotros/Vosotras entendéis (You understand)
Él entiende (He understands)	Ellos entienden (They understand)
Ella entiende (She understands)	Ellas entienden (They understand)
Usted entiende (You understand) formal	Ustedes entienden (You all understand)

Preterite
entender (To understand)

Yo entendí (I understood)	Nosotros/Nosotras entendimos (We understood)
Tú entendiste (You understood)	Vosotros/Vosotras entendisteis (You understood)
Él entendió (He understood)	Ellos entendieron (They understood)
Ella entendió (She understood)	Ellas entendieron (They understood)
Usted entendió (You understood) formal	Ustedes entendieron (You all understood)

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Learn Spanish- Verb to Go- IR Parts I, II, III and IV

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 19:30:00 -0500

Verb IR Present Tense Part I

In this lesson, we will be talking about the verb ir (to go).
This verb is irregular, which means that it does not change according to any of the rules you have learned so far.

How to remember the changes?

First, I will show you how it goes. Then I will explain how to remember this verb.

IR (To Go)
yo voy (I go, I am going)                    nosotros/nosotras vamos (we go, we are going)
tú vas (you go, you are going)           vosotros/vosotras vais (you go, you are going)
                                                                                               informal used in Spain.

él va (he goes, he is going)                              ellos van (they go, they are going)
ella va (she goes, she is going)                        ellas van (they go, they are going) females
usted va(you go, you are going) formal           ustedes van (you go, you are going) plural
                                                                                               formal in Spain

Here is a way to remember:

They go in a van.

If you know that the They form of van, you should be able to figure out the rest of the forms.
If you say: ellos van, you are right! Now you can figure the rest of them.

Before practicing with some sentences, you need to learn one other thing about the verb IR:

IR + a: is used to mean to go to a place

Examples:
Vamos a el campo a ver el caballo.
Wait a minute! That is wrong! In Spanish, we do not use a + el in a sentence.
Instead, we use a+el= al
So, the correct way is:
Vamos al campo a ver el caballo. (We are going to the countryside to watch a horse.)

Voy al parque. (I am going to the park.)
Ella va al parque de diversiones. (She goes to an amusement park.)
(Nosotros) Vamos a la piscina. (We are going to the pool.)
Manuela va al gimnasio. (Manuela is going to the gymnasium)
Yo voy a la escuela. Or (Yo) Voy a la escuela. (I am going to school.)
Él va a la biblioteca. (He is going to the library.)
Vosotros vais al restaurante. (You are [all] going to the restaurant.)
Usted va a la oficina. (You go to the office.) (You are going to the office.)

Let's see if you remember something!
Watch video for this part and stop if you need more time.

Vocabulary

el campo (countryside)
el caballo (horse)
el parque (park)
el parque de diversiones (amusement park)
la piscina (pool)
el gimnasio (gymnasium)
la escuela (school)
la biblioteca (library)
el restaurante (restaurant)
la oficina (office)

Learn Spanish- Present Tense Verb To Go -IR

(Part II)- ¿Adónde?
Aprendiendo Español- Tiempo Presente del Verbo IR

(Parte II)-¿Adónde?

In this lesson, we will be learning how to ask and answering questions with the word

¿Adónde? (Where [to]?).
First, let's review the verb ir (to go).
This verb is irregular, which means that it does not change according to any of the rules you have learned so far.

IR (To Go)

yo voy                                     nosotros/nosotras vamos
(I go, I am going)                    (we go, we are going)
tú vas                                      vosotros/vosotras vais
(you go, you are going)            (you go, you are going)
                                                 informal used in Spain.
él va                                           ellos van
(he goes, he is going)               (they go, they are going)
ella va                                         ellas van
(she goes, she is going)               (they go, they are going)
usted va                                       ustedes van
(you go, you are going) formal     (you go, you are going) plural
                                                      formal in Spain
In Spanish, to use the verb ir to say that you are going somewhere, you have to use:
IR + a+ place

Examples:

Nosotros vamos a la librería.
(We go to the bookstore.)
(We are going to the bookstore.)
Ellos van al centro comercial.
(They go to the mall.)
(They are going to the mall.)
Note: (a+el=al) to mean to the
What if you see someone leave the house and you want to find out where he/she is going:
(Where are you going)
¿ Adónde vas? (Literally: To where are you going?)
So, how else can we ask?
¿ Adónde voy?
¿ Adónde vas?
¿ Adónde va?
¿ Adónde vamos?
¿ Adónde vais?
¿ Adónde van?
Examples:
¿ Adónde vas?
Yo voy al gimnasio.
¿ Adónde vamos?
Nosotros vamos a la escuela.
¿ Adónde vais?
Nosotros vamos a la biblioteca.
¿ Adónde vas?
Yo voy a un parque de atracciones.
¿ Adónde van?
Nosotros vamos a un concierto.

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Learn Spanish- Present Tense Verb To Go -IR(Part III)- ¿Adónde? and Time

Aprendiendo Español- Tiempo Presente del Verbo IR (Parte III)-¿Adónde? y La Hora

In this lesson, we will be learning how to ask and answering questions with the word
¿Adónde? And using time (Where [to]?).
First, let's review the verb ir (to go).

IR (To Go)

yo voy                                     nosotros/nosotras vamos
(I go, I am going)                    (we go, we are going)
tú vas                                      vosotros/vosotras vais
(you go, you are going)            (you go, you are going)
                                                 informal used in Spain.
él va                                           ellos van
(he goes, he is going)               (they go, they are going)
ella va                                         ellas van
(she goes, she is going)               (they go, they are going)
usted va                                       ustedes van
(you go, you are going)      (you go, you are going) plural formal in Spain

Remember that in Spanish, to use the verb ir to say that you are going somewhere, you have to use:

IR + a+ place

Examples:
Nosotros vamos a la librería.
(We go to the bookstore.)
(We are going to the bookstore.)
Ellos van al centro comercial.
(They go to the mall.)
(They are going to the mall.)
Note: (a+el=al) to mean to the

So, What happens when we want to find out also the time someone is going to a place?
(Where are you going at three P.M.?)
¿ Adónde vas a las tres de la tarde? (Literally: To where are you going at three p.m.?)
When we want to include time, we use:
a+la+una
a+las+ time other than one (una)

Examples:
¿ Adónde vas a las cuatro?
Yo voy al gimnasio.
¿ Adónde van ustedes a las ocho?
Nosotros vamos a la escuela.
¿ Adónde vais a las cuatro?
Nosotros vamos a la biblioteca.
¿ Adónde vas a las siete de la noche?
Yo voy a un parque de atracciones.
¿ Adónde vas a las seis?
Nosotros vamos a un concierto.

Learn Spanish- Present Tense Verb To Go -IR + a Infinitive (Part IV)- Near Future

Aprendiendo Español- Tiempo Presente del Verbo IR + a + Infinitivo (Parte IV)- El Futuro Cercano

In this lesson, we will be learning how to use the verb ir + a+ Infinitive (to go to+....) to describe actions and events that are going to happen in the near future.
First, let's review the verb ir (to go).

IR (To Go)

yo voy                                     nosotros/nosotras vamos
(I go, I am going)                    (we go, we are going)
tú vas                                      vosotros/vosotras vais
(you go, you are going)            (you go, you are going)
                                                 informal used in Spain.
él va                                           ellos van
(he goes, he is going)               (they go, they are going)
ella va                                         ellas van
(she goes, she is going)               (they go, they are going)
usted va                                       ustedes van
(you go, you are going) formal     (you go, you are going) plural
                                                      formal in Spain
If you remember in previous videos on ir (to go) to say :(I go to the beach.)
Yo voy a la playa.
Voy a la playa

[Form of IR] + a+ place
Note: If a place is masculine: a+el=al (to the)
Examples:
Nosotros vamos al cine.
(We go to the movies.)

Near future:

[Form of ir] + a+ Infinitive verb

Example:
Yo voy a visitar México.
Voy a visitar México.

Note that the infinitive verb “visitar” does not change. If you said or wrote:

Yo voy a visito México. Or
Voy a visito México. It is incorrect. It does not even sound right in English.
(Igo to I visit México.)

Let's work with some examples:
Yo voy a escuchar música.
Voy a escuchar música.
(I am going to listen to music.)
¿Tú vas a la biblioteca esta noche?
¿Vas a la biblioteca esta noche?
(Are you going to the library tonight?
Watch video to se if you can come up with the spanish translation.

Learn Spanish- Present Tense Verb To Go -IR (Part V) Questions and Answers

Aprendiendo Español- Tiempo Presente del Verbo IR (Parte V) Preguntas y Respuestas

In this lesson,I will answer asked about he verb ir.
First, let's review the verb ir (to go).

IR (To Go)
yo voy                                     nosotros/nosotras vamos
(I go, I am going)                    (we go, we are going)
tú vas                                      vosotros/vosotras vais
(you go, you are going)            (you go, you are going)
                                                 informal used in Spain.
él va                                           ellos van
(he goes, he is going)               (they go, they are going)
ella va                                         ellas van
(she goes, she is going)               (they go, they are going)
usted va                                       ustedes van
(you go, you are going) formal     (you go, you are going) plural
                                                      formal in Spain

Why does the verb ir does not conjugate with I but with v?

Because the verb ir comes from three latin verbs: ire, vadĕre and esse. So, to not confuse it with other words, people began to use forms of vadĕre (to march, to go, to walk) instead of the verb ire.

What are the differences between a and al?

Go to a place:

[form of ir] +a+place

Nosotros vamos a la biblioteca.
Vosotros vais al restaurante. (el restaurante)
a + el =al (to the)

What is the near future in Spanish?

[Form of ir] + a+ Infinitive verb

Is a way to talk about what you are going to do soon.
Voy a hablar por teléfono.
Voy a visitar México.
How do I use ir followed by de or other preposition?

Ir+ de+noun

ir de compras (to go shopping)
ir de vacaciones (to go vacationing)
ir de pesca (to go fishing)
ir de fiesta (to go parting)

ir +para+noun

(to go to a destination)
voy para mi casa.
Voy para Barcelona.
Vamos para Ayacucho.

ir+en+name of vehicle

(travel by [type of vehicle])
voy en autobús.
Voy en tren.
Voy en bicicleta.
ir+verb ending in -ando or -iendo
(to go +-ing verb)
Voy aprendiendo la lección.
Él va construyendo la casa.

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Possession with De and Contractions Del and Al

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:50:00 -0500

Possession with De and

Contractions Del and Al

Learn Spanish- Possession with De and contractions Del and Al

Aprendiendo Español- La Posesión Usando De y Las Contracciones De y Al

In this video, we will learn about the possession with de and the contractions del and al.
In English, we use an apostrophe (') and the letter s ('s) to tell ownership. In Spanish, we use the word de (of) to say that we own something. There is no 's in Spanish.

Examples:
El dinero es de Antonio.
(It's Antonio's money.)

Son los abuelos de José.
(They are José's grandparents.)

¿De quién es el carro?
(Whose car is it?)

Contractions del and al

A contraction is when we join two words that may also be said or written separately.
In English contractions are optional. Ex:

Levy is not/isn't a student
.
Theresa and Bert are not/aren't here.

In Spanish, we only have two contractions, and they are obligatory.

De and el contract to del
A and el contract to al

No other articles contract with de or with a.

Es la casa de mi mamá.
(It is my mom's house)

Es la casa de los abuelos.
(It is the grandparent's house.)

Llego a la tienda a las dos.
(I'll get to the store at two.)

Llego al mercado a las tres.
I'll get to the market at three.)

NOTICE:
de + él do not contract becase él is a person (male)

La casa es de él.
(the house it's his)

Some examples:
Es la casa
                del niño
                 de la niña
               de los niños
                 de las niñas
some more examples:
Regreso
             al mercado
             a la tienda
             a los hoteles
             a las tiendas

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Preterite -AR Verb (Part II): -GAR

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:08:00 -0500

Preterite - AR Verb (Part II): -GAR

Learn Spanish-Preterite AR verbs (part II) -GAR

Aprendiendo Español- Tiempo Pretérito de los Verbos AR (Parte II) -GAR

In this video, we will learn more about conjugating the -ar verbs into the preterite. Remember , it is a past tense. In English, it is adding an -ed to the action.So, let's review the rules of the last video by conjugating an -AR verb in the present and the preterite.

esperar (To wait [for], to hope) Present Tense

yo espero                                            nosotros/nosotras esperamos
(I wait, I am waiting)                            (we wait, we arewaiting)

tú esperas                                       vosotros/vosotras esperáis
(you wait, you are waiting)           (you wait,you are waiting)
                                                             Informal use in Spain
él espera                                           ellos esperan
(he waits, he is waiting)                     (they wait, they are waiting)

ella espera                                          ellas esperan (she waits, she is waiting)                  (they wait, they are waiting)

usted espera    ustedes esperan
(you wait, you are waiting)          (you wait, you are waiting)
formal                                                 plural formal in Spain

esperar (To wait [for], to hope) Preterite

yo esperé (I waited)                 nosotros/nosotras esperamos (we waited)
tú esperastes (you waited)                     vosotros/vosotras esperasteis (you waited)
                                                         informal used in Spain.
él esperó (he waited)                    ellos esperaron (they waited)
ella esperó (she waited)                         ellas esperaron (they waited)
usted esperó(you waited) formal          ustedes esperaron (you waited)
                                                                          plural formal in Spain
Notice:
Present Tense                                                 Preterite Tense (Past)
Nosotros esperamos                   =                 Nosotros esperamos
(we wait)                                                           (we waited)

The good news is that there is no stem changers in the past tense. There are verbs in the present tense that do have stem changes.

For now we are going to do stem changes in the following verb:
jugar (to play) u to ue
So, these changes do not happen in the past tense, the only changes that will happen is when you write but not when you speak. So, let's try out jugar (to play)
Do you remember the shoe verbs? They are verbs in which the conjugation that falls within the shoe has stem changes and those outside the shoe do not. You will see what I mean:

jugar (To play) Present Tense

yo juego                                             nosotros/nosotras jugamos
(I play, I am playing)                (we play, we are playing)
tú   juegas                                    vosotros/vosotras jugáis
(you play , you are playing)    (you play, you are playing )
                                                  informal used in Spain.

él juega                                          ellos juegan
(he play s, he is playing)                   (they play, they are playing)
ella juega                                         ellas juegan
(she play s, she is playing)              (they play, they are playing)
usted juega                                       ustedes juegan
(you play, you are playing)               (you play, you are playing)
formal                                          plural in Spain

jugar (to play) Preterite

yo jugué (I played)                             nosotros/nosotras jugamos (we played)
tú jugaste (you played)    vosotros/vosotras jugtasteis (you played)
                                                             informal used in Spain.
él jugó (he played)                              ellos jugaron (they played)
ella jugó (she played)                       ellas jugaron (they played)
usted jugó(you played ) formal          ustedes jugaron (you played)

Did you notice the yo-form? Yo jugué

Watch the following video for an explanation of the letter G:
Learn Spanish- Pronunciation of the letters G and J
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Learn Spanish- Preterite AR verbs (part III) -CAR

Aprendiendo Español- Tiempo Pretérito de los Verbos AR (Parte III) -CAR

In this video, we will learn more about conjugating the -ar verbs into the preterite. Remember , it is a past tense. In English, it is adding an -ed to the action.
So, let's review the rules of the last video by conjugating an -AR verb in the present and the preterite.

ayudar (To help) Present Tense

yo ayudo        nosotros/nosotras ayudamos
(I help)            (we help)
tú ayudas        vosotros/vosotras esperáis
(you help)      (you help) informal used in Spain

él ayuda            ellos ayudan
(he helps)        (they help)
ella ayuda        ellas ayudan
(she helps)    (they help)
usted ayuda       ustedes ayudan
(you helps)        (you help)
formal                  plural formal in Spain
                     ayudar (to help) Preterite
yo ayudé                 nosotros/nosotras ayudamos
(I helped)              (we helped)
tú ayudastes      vosotros/vosotras ayudasteis
(you helped)         (you helped) informal used in Spain.
él ayudó               ellos ayudaron
(he helped)          (they helped)
ella ayudó              ellas ayudaron
(she helped)           (they helped)
usted ayudó                ustedes ayudaron
(you helped) formal        (you helped)
                                    plural formal in Spain
The good news is that there is no stem changers in the past tense. There are verbs in the present tense that do have stem changes.
We have verbs with stem changes, like:
jugar (to play) u to ue
comenzar (to begin, to start) e to ie
almorzar (to have lunch) o to ue
So, let's try out sacar (totake)
Sacar una foto (to take a photo)
Sacar la basura (to take out the garbage)
            sacar (To take) Present Tense
yo saco                                    nosotros/nosotras sacamos
(I take)                                       (we take)
tú sacas                                     vosotros/vosotras sacáis
(you take)                                    (you take )    Spain.
él saca                                        ellos sacan
(he takes)                                    (they take )
ella saca                                       ellas sacan
(she takes)                                    (they take)
usted saca                                  ustedes sacan
(you take)                                     (you take)
formal                                        plural formal in Spain
                sacar (to take) Preterite
yo saqué             nosotros/nosotras sacamos
(I took)                  (we took)
tú sacaste           vosotros/vosotras sacasteis
   (you took)        (you took) informal used in Spain.
él sacó (he took)                              ellos sacaron (they took)
ella sacó (she took)                        ellas sacaron (they took)
usted sacó(you took) formal          ustedes sacaron (you took)
Did you notice the yo-form? Yo saqué
Pronunciation rules of the letter C
C before an a, o, u sound like /K/
Ex: casa, coche, cuatro
When C goes before e or I, it sounds like /ɵ/ in Spain or /S/ in other countries.
Ex: /ɵ/ in Spain: cesped; /S/ in other countries: cesped, cielo
So, to get the /K/ sound, we need to change the C for a Q add an u between the Q and the e to make -qué. Otherwise, -cué would sound like /kue/.
Other verbs that follow this rule are: buscar (to look for), tocar (to play an instrument), (to touch)
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Learn Spanish- Preterite AR verbs (part IV) -ZAR

Aprendiendo Español- Tiempo Pretérito de los Verbos AR (Parte IIV) -GAR

In this video, we will learn more about conjugating the -ar verbs into the preterite. Remember , it is a past tense. In English, it is adding an -ed to the action.
So, let's review the rules of the last video by conjugating an -AR verb in the present and the preterite.

almorzar (To have lunch) Present Tense

yo almuerzo                                                   nosotros/nosotras almorzamos
(I eat lunch) (we eat lunch)

tú almuerzas    vosotros/vosotras almorzáis
(you eat lunch)    (you eat lunch) informal used in Spain.

él almuerza ellos almuerzan
(he eats lunch) (they eat lunch)

ella almuerza                                                    ellas almuerzan
(she eats lunch)    (they eat lunch)

usted almuerza    ustedes almuerzan
(you eat lunch)                                                    (you eat lunch) formal plural formal in Spain

almorzar (To have lunch) Preterite

yo almorcé                                       nosotros/nosotras almorzamos
(I ate lunch)    (we ate lunch )

tú almorzastes vosotros/vosotras almorzasteis
(you ate lunch)    (you ate lunch) informal used in Spain.

él almorzó ellos almorzaron
(he ate lunch) (they ate lunch)

ella almorzó    ellas almorzaron
(she ate lunch)    (they ate lunch)

usted almorzó    ustedes almorzaron
(you ate lunch) formal    (you ate lunch) plural formal in Spain

Did you notice the yo-form? Yo almorcé
In Spanish, there are irregular verbs that end in -zar. In the yo-form, the -z changes to a -c
when it is followed by an ending that begins with -e.

comenzar (To begin, to start) Present Tense

yo comienzo    nosotros/nosotras comenzamos
(I begin) (we begin)

tú comienzas                      vosotros/vosotras comenzáis
(you begin)                          (you begin) informal used in Spain.
él comienza                       ellos comienzan
(he begins) (they begin)

ella comienza ellas comienzan
(she begins)    (they begin )

usted comienza ustedes comienzan
(you begin) (you begin)
formal plural formal in Spain

   comenzar (To begin, to start) Preterite

yo comencé                       nosotros/nosotras comenzamos
(I began)    (we began)
tú comenzaste    vosotros/vosotras comenzasteis
(you began)    (you began) informal used in Spain.
él comenzó ellos comenzaron
(he began)                       (they began)
ella comenzó                   ellas comenzaron
(she began)                     (they began)

usted comenzó ustedes comenzaron
(you began ) formal (you began)

Z to C before an -e

yo comencé

Other verbs that follow this rule:

empezar (to begin, to start)
tropezar (to stumble)
danzar (to dance)

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Learn Spanish- Preterite AR Verbs

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:39:00 -0500

Preterite AR Verbs - Part I

In this video, we will learn how to conjugate the -ar verbs into the preterite. If you have never heard the word preterite before, it is a way to tell past actions that are seen as completed.
When do you use the preterite?
First, we use it when a past action fad a definite beginning and definite end. It is finished and completed.
Second,when a state of being is in the past.
If the action and the state of being is viewed as completed – no matter how long it lasted or took to complete, the preterite will be used.
Note: the beginning and the end may not always be clearly stated.
If you are not a grammar person, just remember than in English the past tense is done by adding an -ed.
EX: yo hablo ( I talk)
Present tense: I talk
Preterite or past tense: I talked

Trabajar (To work) Present Tense

yo trabajo   nosotros/nosotras trabajamos
(I work,, I am working)                                                         (we work, we are working)

tú trabajas vosotros/vosotras trabajais
(you work, you are working)                     (you work, you are working)
                                                                                                   informal used in Spain.

él trabaja    ellos trabajan
(he works, he is working)    (they work, they are working)

ella trabaja ellas trabajan
(she works, she is working) (they work, they are working)

usted trabaja ustedes trabajan
(you work,you are working) (you work, you are working)
formal

Note: That the beginning of the verb trabajar will be the same as in the present. The only part that will change is the ending: trabajar- trabaj- é amos aste asteis ó aron Trabajar (to work) Preterite

yo trabajé (I worked) nosotros/nosotras trabajamos (we worked)
tú trabajastes (you worked) vosotros/vosotras trabajasteis (you worked) informal used in Spain.
él trabajó (he worked) ellos trabajaron (they worked)
ella trabajó (she worked) ellas trabajaron (they worked)
usted trabajó(you worked) formal ustedes trabajaron (you worked) plural formal in Spain

Notice:
Present Tense Preterite Tense (Past)
Nosotros trabajamos = Nosotros trabajamos
(we work) (we worked)

How do we tell the difference? The context:

Hoy, nosotros trabajamos todo el día.
(Today, we work all day long.)

Ayer, nosotros trabajamos todo el día. (Yesterday, we worked all day long.

Cantar (to sing)

Present cant-          Preterite: cant-
       o    amos                        é           amos
        as    ais aste        asteis
a       an ó            aron
a    an ó            aron
        a          an                             ó            aron

bailar (to dance)

bail-                                    Preterite: bail-

-o    amos    é amos
as    ais    aste asteis
a an                          ó    aron

Vocabulary Part I and Part II

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 20:48:00 -0500

Vocabulary Part I

Vocabulario Parte I

Let's begin:

hablar (to speak)

El presidente habla todo el día en Venezuela.
(The president talks all day in Venezuela.)

trece (thirteen)

Quedan trece huevos en la nevera.
(There are thirteen eggs in the refrigerator.)

la cerveza (beer)

La cerveza es para los que tengan más de veitiún años.
(Beer is for those who are over twenty-one years old.)

el dinero (money)

Llevo poco dinero, solo tres dólares. Tengo que ir al banco.
( I don't have much money. Just three dollars. I need to go to the bank.)

el hombre (man)

El hombre aquel enseña en la universidad
. (That man over there teaches at the university.)

pagar (to pay)

Pagamos las clases con un préstamo.
(We pay the classes with a loan.)

la oficina (office)

El profesor y el estudiante están en la oficina
.( The professor and the student are at the office.)

cantar (to sing)

Me gusta cantar mucho.
(I like to sing a lot.)

el papel (paper)

Tengo papel y bolígrafo para tomar notas.
(I have paper and pen to take notes.)

el estudiante (el estudiante)

Eduardo es el estudiante de Guatemala.
(Eduardo is the student from Guatemala.)

Palabras Adicionales
(Additional Words)
aquí (here)
con (with)
mal (bad)
más (more)
mucho (much, a lot)
muy (very)
para (for, in order to)
pero (but)
poco (little, little bit)
por (in [in the morning, evening])
por eso (that's why, therefore)
pues.... (well....)
si (if)
solo (only)
todas las tardes/noches (all the afternoons/nights)
todos los días (every day)

Vocabulary Part II

Vocabulario Parte II

Vocabulary – Part II
A Little Bit of Everything

Vocabulario – Parte II
Un Poco de Todo

Esta noche hay una fiesta en el cuarto de María.

(Tonight, there is a party in María's room.)

Todos los estudiantes bailan y cantan.

(All the students dance and sing.)

Jaime busca una Pepsi Cola.

(Jaime looks for a Pepsi Cola.)

Marta habla con un amigo.

(Marta talks to a friend.)

José les enseña un baile de Colombia.

(José is teaching them a dance from Colombia)

Todas las mujeres quieren bailar con el estudiante mexicano

.( All the women want to dance with the Mexican student.)

La fiesta es estupenda, pero los estudiantes necesitan regresar a sus casas o a sus cuartos a las dos de la mañana. ¡Hay clases mañana!

(The party is wonderful, but the students need to return to their houses or dorms at two in the morning. There are classes tomorrow!)

bailar (to dance)

Todas las mujeres quieren bailar con el estudiante mexicano.

( All the women want to dance with the Mexican student.)

buscar (to look for)

Yo busca la librería.

(I am looking for the bookstore.)

comprar (to buy)

Voy a comprar papel y bolígrafo para tomar notas.

(I am going to buy paper and pen to take notes.)

Listen, read and translation:

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Demonstrative Adjectives

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:03:00 -0600

Demonstrative Adjectives

Let's practice:

(This) _____________ sombrero
(This) _____________ abrigo
(These) _____________ pantalones
(This) ______________ falda

Let's Practice:

(That) ______________ silla
(That) ______________ falda
(Those) _____________camisa
(Those) _____________ zapatos

Let's practice:

(That over there) _______________suéter
(That over there) ______________ zapatos
(Those over there) _____________ mesas
(Those over there) _____________ gatas
(Those over there) ______________libros

Using expressions using the neuter demonstrative adjectives:

¿Qué es esto? What is this?
Eso es todo. That's it. That's all.
¡Aquello es terrible! That's terrible!

Now, let's see if you learned the demonstrative adjectives:

-- ¿Qué blusa prefieres?
        --Prefiero______________ (this one).

--¿Qué zapatos quieres comprar?
        --Quiero comprar ________________ (those over there).

--¿Por qué no quieres leer el poema en clase?
         --¡Yo no puedo hacer ________ (that)!

--¿Qué botas compras?
      --Compro ________(these).

--¿Qué reloj prefieres llevar?
      -- Prefiero ________ (that one).

Remember: The demonstrative adjectives must agree in gender and number with the noun that they modify. Just as other Spanish adjectives.

¡Hasta el próximo blog! ¡Hasta luego!

If you need help answering those exercises above let me know. I will be happy to help you.

Nationalities and Countries- Nacionalidades y Países

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:55:00 -0600

Nationalities Part I- Nacionalidades Parte I

Learn Spanish-Nationalities- Part I
Aprendiendo Español- Nacionalidades- Parte I

In this lessons, we will continue to talk about some nationalities. We talked about some nationalities in the Verb To Be- Ser and Adjectives video. If you have not seen it, please watch it.
https://youtu.be/Oq3_075GSkk
Most adjectives of nationality have four forms: male (masculine), female (feminine), singular masculine, singular feminine, plural masculine, plural feminine.
Example: Mexican
                           Masculine                      Feminine
Singular            mexicano                        mexicana
Plural               mexicanos                       mexicanas
                         Nationalities in Spanish
English                                                 Spanish
Spanish                                               español, española
German                                                alemán, alemana
French                                                  francés, francesa
Afghan                                                  afgano, afgana
American                                             americano, americana
Argentinian                                          argentino, argentina
Australian                                             australiano, australiana
Austrian                                                austríaco, austríaca
Belgian                                                   belga
Bolivian                                                  boliviano, boliviana
Brazilian                                                 brasileño, brasileña
British                                                     británico, británica
Bulgarian                                                búlgaro, búlgara
Canadian                                                canadiense
Chilean                                                    chileno, chilena

Remember that in Spanish, languages and adjectives of nationalities are not capitalized. For example:

Antonio es español (Antonio is Spaniard)
Él habla español (He speaks Spanish.)
Antonio es de España. (Antonio is from Spain.)
In the first two sentences, español refers to Antonio's nationality and the second the language he speaks. Therefore, it is not capitalized.
In the last sentence, España refers to the country of Spain and must be capitalized.

Nationalities and Countries Part II

Nacionalidades y Países Parte II

Learn Spanish-Nationalities and Countries- Part II

Aprendiendo Español- Nacionalidades y Países - Parte II

In the last lesson, we learned some nationalities.So let's find out if you can remember.
I will say the name of the country and you will say the nationality.
Remember that most adjectives of nationality have four forms: male, female, singular and plural.
Others have only two forms: singular and plural.

Example: Belgium
                           Masculine                Feminine
Singular              belga                   belga

Plural                 belgas                  belgas

I say the country and you say the nationality in Spanish:

English                                                 Spanish

Spain                                                   España
Germany                                                 Alemania
France                                                  Francia
Afghanistan                                             Afganistán
United States                                           los Estados Unidos
Argentina, the Argentine                                Argentina
Australia                                               Australia
Austria                                                 Austria
Belgium                                                 Bélgica
Bolivia                                                 Bolivia
Brazil                                                  Brasil
England                                                 Inglaterra
Bulgaria                                                Bulgaria
Canada                                                  Canadá
Chile                                                   Chile

Nationalities in Spanish:

English                                                  Spanish
Chinese                                                  chino, china
Colombian                                                colombiano, colombiana
Costa Rican                                              costarricense
                                                         costarriqueño, costarriqueña
Cuban                                                    cubano, cubana
Czech                                                    checo, checa
Danish                                                   danés, danesa
Dominican                                                dominicano, dominicana
Dutch                                                    holandés, holandesa
Ecuadorian                                               ecuatoriano, ecuatoriana
Egyptian                                                 egipcio,egipcia

Learn Spanish-Nationalities and Countries- Part III

Aprendiendo Español- Nacionalidades y Países - Parte III

Learn Spanish-Nationalities and Countries- Part III

Aprendiendo Español- Nacionalidades y Paises- Parte III

In the last lesson, we learned some countries and nationalities.So let's find out if you can remember.
I will say the name of the country and you will say the nationality.
Remember that most adjectives of nationality have four forms: male, female, singular and plural.
Others have only two forms: singular and plural.

Example: Belgium
                           Masculine                Feminine
Singular                  belga                    belga

Plural                      belgas                   belgas

I say the country and you say the nationality in Spanish:

English                                                 Spanish

China                                                  China
Colombia                                                Colombia
Costa Rica                                              Costa Rica
Cuba                                                   Cuba
Czech Republic                                      Chequia, República Checa
Denmark                                                 Dinamarca
Dominican Republic                                República Dominicana
Holland                                                Holanda
Ecuador                                                   Ecuador
Egypt                                                     Egipto

                              Nationalities in Spanish

English                                                 Spanish

English                                                 inglés, inglesa
Filipino                                                 filipino, filipina
Finnish                                                 finlandés, finlandesa
French                                                  francés, francesa
German                                                alemán, alemana
Greek                                                   griego, griega
Greenlander                                         groenlandés, groenlandesa
Guatemalan                                         guatemalteco, guatemalteca
Haitian                                                 haitiano, haitiana
Hawaiian                                             hawaiano, hawaiana
Honduran                                            hondureño, hondureña
Hungarian                                           húngaro, húngara

Learn Spanish-Nationalities and Countries- Part IV

Aprendiendo Español- Nacionalidades y Países - Parte IV

Learn Spanish-Nationalities and Countries- Part IV
Aprendiendo Español- Nacionalidades y Paises- Parte IV

In the last lessons, we've learned some countries and nationalities.So let's find out if you can remember.
I will say the name of the country and you will say the nationality.
Remember that most adjectives of nationality have four forms: male, female, singular and plural.
Others have only two forms: singular and plural.

I say the country and you say the nationality in Spanish:

English Spanish

England                                               Inglaterra
Philippines                                                                             (las) Filipinas
Finland                                                   Finlandia
France                                                    Francia
Germany                                                Alemania
Greece                                                                                  Grecia
Greenland                                                                             Groenlandia
Guatemala                                              Guatemala
Haiti                                                     Haití
Hawaii                                                 Hawái
Honduras                                                  Honduras
Hungary                                                                                Hungría

Nationalities in Spanish

English                                                 Spanish

Icelandic                                               islandés, islandesa
Indian                                                 indio, india
Indonesian                                           indonesio, indonesia
Iranian                                                 iraní
Iraqui                                                 iraquí
Irish                                                     irlandés, irlandesa
Israeli                                                israelí
Italian                                                italiano, italiana
Jamaican                                            jamaicano, jamaicana
Japanese                                          japonés, japonesa
Korean                                                coreano, coreana
Lebanese                                           libanés, libanesa

Learn Spanish-Nationalities and Countries- Part V
Aprendiendo Español- Nacionalidades y Paises- Parte V

Learn Spanish-Nationalities and Countries- Part V

Aprendiendo Español- Nacionalidades y Paises- Parte V

So let's find out if you can remember what you learned last week.
I will say the name of the country and you will say the nationality.
Let's begin......
English                                                   Spanish

Iceland                                               Islandia
India                                                     India
Indonesia                                                 Indonesia
Iran                                                      Irán
Iraq                                                      Irak
Ireland                                                   Irlanda
Israel                                                 Israel
Italy                                                     Italia
Jamaica                                                   Jamaica
Japan                                                                           Japón
North/South Korea                                                      Corea del Norte/Sur
Lebanon                                                Líbano
                       Let's learn some nationalities

English                                                 Spanish

Malaysian                                               malasio, malasia
Maltese                                                  maltés, maltesa
Mexican                                                 mejicano, mejicana
Moroccan                                               marroquí
Nepalese                                                nepalés, nepalesa
New Zealander                                       neozelandés, neozelandesa
Nicaraguan                                             nicaragüense
Nigerian                                                  nigeriano, nigeriana
Norwegian                                              noruego, noruega
Paskitani                                                 paquistaní
Palestinian                                            palestino, palestina
Panamanian                                           panameño, panameña

                      Questions you might want to learn

¿De dónde eres? (Where are you from?)
Yo soy de Colombia (I am from Colombia.)
Soy de Colombia. (I am from Colombia.)
¿Cuál es tu nacionalidad? (What is your nationality?)
Yo soy colombiana.(I am Colombian.)
Soy Colombian. (I am Colombian.)

Learn Spanish-Nationalities and Countries- Part VI
Aprendiendo Español- Nacionalidades y Países- Parte VI
So let's find out if you can remember what you learned last week.
I will say the name of the country and you will say the nationality.
Let's begin......

English                                                 Spanish

Malaysia                                                Malasia
Malta                                                   Malta
Mexico                                                  México
Morocco                                                 Marruecos
Nepal                                                   Nepal
New Zealand                                             Nueva Zelanda, Nueva Zelandia
Nicaragua                                               Nicaragua
Nigeria                                                 Nigeria
Norway                                                  Noruega
Paskitan                                                Paquistán
Palestine                                               Palestina
Panama                                                  Panamá

Let's learn some nationalities:

English                                                              Spanish

Paraguayan                                                  paraguayo, paraguaya
Peruvian                                                  peruano, peruana
Polish                                                    polaco, polaca
Portuguese                                                  portugués, portuguesa
Puerto Rican                                           puertorriqueño, puertorriqueña
Romanian                                                 rumano, rumana
Russian                                                   ruso, rusa
Saudi Arabian                                            saudita, saudí
Scottish                                                  escocés, escocesa
Singaporean                                               singaporean
Spanish, Spaniard                                      español,española
Swedish                                                     sueco, sueca
Swiss                                                         suizo, suiza
Syrian                                                        sirio, siria
Tahitian                                                  tahitiano, tahitiana
Thai                                                   tailandés, tailandesa
Tunisian                                                  tunecino, tunecina
Turkish                                                     turco, turca
Ukrainian                                                 ucraniano, ucraniana
Uruguayan                                               uruguayo, uruguaya
Venezuelan                                              venezolano, venezolana
Vietnamese                                              vietnamita
Welsh                                                       galés, galesa
Yugoslavian                                             yugoslavo, yugoslava

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Learn Spanish-And the Adjectives? Where do I put them?- Part I

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 22:01:00 -0600

Learn Spanish-And the Adjectives? Where do I put them?- Part I

Aprendiendo Español- ¿Y Los Adjetivos? ¿Dóndo los Coloco?- Parte I

In this lessons, we will talk about where to place the adjectives. Adjectives that describe a thing or a person are put after the noun.For example:

pan blanco (white bread)
edificios altos (tall buildings)

Adjectives of Quantity are put before the noun. For example:

Hay muchos edificios altos en esta ciudad.( There are a lot of tall buildings in this city.)

muchos: adjective of quantity
altos: adjective that describes the buildings.

Necesito otro carro (coche).
(I need another car)
otro by itself means another or other.

Hay diez sillas y un escritorio.
(There are ten chairs and one desk.)

Up to now, you never thought of having a number and an adjective agree. Well, with these numbers 1, 21, 31, 41,etc.
The number and the noun agree in gender.

veintiún escritorios (twenty-one desks)
treinta y un libros (thirty-one books)
veintiuna sillas (twenty-one chairs)
treinta y una mesas (thirty-one tables)

Interrogative Adjectives

¿Cuánto?¿Cuánta?

¿Cuántos?¿Cuántas?

All go before the noun.

¿Cuánto dinero? (How much money?)

¿Cuántas hermanas? (How many sisters?)

Mucho (a lot of, many) and Poco (few)
mucho and poco can be used as an adjective or an adverb. For example:

Marina trabaja mucho/poco. (Adverb)
(Marina works a lot/little)

Marina tiene muchas primas. (Adjective)
(Marina has a lot of female cousins.)

Hope this video helps you with the beginning of adjectives.Don't worry, we will talk more about adjectives in the next video.
For now, remember that adjectives that describe an animal, thing and person most of the time go after the thing,animal and person you want to
describe.
The adjective of quantity go before the thing, animal or person you want to describe.

Learn Spanish-And the Adjectives? Where do I put them?- Part II

Aprendiendo Español- ¿Y Los Adjetivos? ¿Dóndo los Coloco?- Parte II

In this lessons, we will talk about where to place other adjectives. Remembe, adjectives that describe a thing or a person or an animal are put after the noun.For example:

pan blanco (white bread)
edificios altos (tall buildings)

Let's practice using adjectives. Fill the blanks:

Necesito___________libros.(I need__________books.)

Necesitamos__________ mucho/poco.(We need ____________a lot/a little.)

Choose the right one:

trabajo    trabajar    trabajamos

Now, let's practice using other adjectives:
¿Cómo son? (How are they?)
      ¿Su familia?(Your family?)
Es una familia grande. (It's a big family.)
No, es una familia grande. (It isn't a big family.)

Make sentences using some of these adjectives to describe your family:

interesante (interesting)
importante (important)
trabajadora ( hard-working)
amable (kind, nice)
intelectual (intelectual)

                                      More Adjectives

bueno, buena
malo, mala                All go before the noun.
grande

When bueno and malo are put before a masculine noun, they become buen and mal.
       un recuerdo bueno ( a good/ pleasant memory)
       un buen recuerdo (a good/ pleasant memory)
       una niña buena (a good girl)
       una buena niña ( good girl)
When grande appears after a noun, it means large or big. When it appears before a singular noun (masculine or feminine), it means great or impressive.
       una ciudad grande (a big city)
       una gran ciudad (an impressive/ a great city)

       un libro grande (a big book)
       un gran libro (a great book)

Hope this video heps you with the adjectives.Don't worry, we will talk more about adjectives in the near future.
For now, remember that adjectives that describe an animal, thing and person most of the time go after the thing,animal and person you want to describe.
Some adjectives change the meaning of the sentence when they are place after or before the noun.

Learn Spanish-Present Tense Verb To Be -Ser Part IV

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 1 Feb 2016 21:50:00 -0600

Learn Spanish-Present Tense Verb To Be -Ser Part IV

I recommend that you watch :
Present Tense Verb To Be- Part II
Present Tense Verb To Be- Part III
Video links provided at the end of this video. Click on the image of the video and it will open it in a separate window.
In this video, we will learn all the forms of the verb To Be- Ser in the present tense.
Next, I'll show you some sentences for you to decide if they are masculine, feminine or both.

1. Soy alto. (I am tall)
2. Maria es baja. (Maria is short)
3. Armando y Eve son viejos. (Armando and Eve are old)
4. ¿Eres generoso o tacaño? (Are you generous or stingy?)
5. Ustedes son muy graciosos. (You are all very funny.)
6. ¡Son muy aventureros! ( You are all very adventurous)
Verb To Be – Ser yo soy ( I am) nosotros,nosotras somos (we are) tú eres (you are) vosotros, vosotras sois (you are) él es (he is) ustedes son (you are) ella es (she is) ellos son (they are) usted es (you are- ellas son (they are) formal)

Watch video for the rest!
Vocabulary in this part:
inteligente (s)= intelligent
jóvenes= young
viejos, viejas= old
deportista(s)= athletic
gracioso, graciosa= funny
amiga(s)= friend(s)
hard-working men= trabajadores
organized= ordenadas
serias,serios= serious

The end of the word is important because it tells us the gender and quantity. Ella es alta. (she is tall.) Él es bajo. (he is short.) Pedro y Antonio son trabajadores. (Perdro and Antonio are hard-working men.)
Note: the “y” means “and” is a conjuction used to connect words. In Spanish, it changes to “e” if it
comes before a word that begins “i”, “hi” or “y”.
Ella es gorda e inteligente. (She is overweight/fat and intelligent)
Ella es flaca e hidalga. (She is thin and generous/noble.)
Verb To Be – Ser yo soy ( I am) nosotros,nosotras somos (we are) tú eres (you are) vosotros, vosotras sois (you are) él es (he is) ustedes son (you are) ella es (she is) ellos son (they are) usted es (you are- ellas son (they are) formal)

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Learn Spanish-Present Tense Verb To Be -Ser Part III El Verbo Ser en el Presente- Parte III

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:43:00 -0600

I recommend that you watch :
Present Tense Verb To Be- Part I

10 Rules to Help you Know When a Noun is Masculine or Feminine

artístico (artistic) Pedro es artístico. (Pedro is artistic.)
artística (artistic) Ella es artística. (She is artistic.)
tacaño (stingy) El señor es tacaño. (The gentleman is stingy.)
tacaña (stingy) La señora es tacaña. (The woman is stingy.)
simpático (nice) El muchacho es simpático. (the young man is nice.)
simpática (nice) La muchacha es simpática. (the young lady is nice.)
ordenado (organized) El jefe es ordenado. (the boss is organized.)
ordenada (organized) La jefe es ordenada. (the boss is organized.)
desordenado (unorganized) El dueño es desordenado. ( the owner is unorganized.)
desordenada (unorganized) La niña es desordenada. ( the girl is unorganized.)
trabajador (hard-working man) El hombre es trabajador. ( the man is hard-working.)
trabajadora (hard-working woman) El mujer es trabajadora. ( the woman is hard-working.)
perezoso (lazy) El hombre es perezoso. (the man is lazy)
perezosa (lazy) La mujer es perezosa. (the woman is lazy)
aventurero (adventurous ) El hombre es aventurero. (the man is adventurous.)
aventurera (adventurous ) La mujer es aventurera. (the woman is adventurous.)
gracioso (funny) El hombre es gracioso. (the man is funny.) graciosa (funny) La mujer es graciosa(funny) (the woman is funny.)
antipático (obnoxious, nasty) El hombre es antipático. (the man is nasty.)
antipática (obnoxious, nasty) La muchacha es antipática. (the young woman is nasty.)
serio (serious) El hombre es serio. (the man is serious.)
seria (serious) La muchacha es seria. (the young woman is serious.)
paciente (patient) El hombre es paciente. (the man is patient.)
paciente (patient) La mujer es paciente. (the woman is patient.)
deportista ( athletic ) El hombre es deportista. (the man is athletic.)
deportista ( athletic ) La mujer es deportista. (the woman is athletic.)
prudente (cautious) El hombre es prudente. ( The man is cautious.)
prudente (cautious) La mujer es prudente. ( The woman is cautious.)
generoso (generous) El señor es generoso. (the gentleman is generous.)
generosa (generous) La joven es generosa. (the young lady is generous.)

Do you see a pattern?

1. Those that end in -o:
artístico, desordenado, ,ordenado,simpático,tacaño,perezoso,
aventurero,gracioso,serio,antipático,generoso

2. Those that end in -a
antipática,artística,aventurera,desordenada,graciosa,ordenada
perezosa,seria,simpática,tacaña,generosa

3. Those that end in -e: paciente

4. Those that end in -r: trabajador

The end of the word is important because it tells us the gender. In English, gender is male or female. Examples that cover this concept are:

                                    boy, girl
                                    men, woman
             To describe them, I would say:
                        The man is nice.
                         The woman is nice.

In Spanish, the adjectives have to change according to gender.

To describe:              ¿Cómo es ….....? (How is …......?)
             ¿Cómo es la joven? (How is the young lady?)
                Ella es simpática, graciosa y aventurera.
               ¿Cómo es el joven? (How is the young man?)
                Él es simpático, gracioso y aventurero.

¿Cómo eres?                         Yo soy

Male                                                                            Female
Yo soy simpático,                                               Yo soy simpática,
gracioso y                                                            graciosa y
aventurero.                                                           aventurera.

Male                                                                             Female

-o                                                                                      -a
-r                                                                                       -ra
-e                                   paciente                                     -e
-ista                               deportista                                  -ista

                                                       Ser
                                                   (To Be)

yo soy ( I am)
tú eres (you are) informal
él es (he is)
ella es (she is)

Learn Spanish-Present Tense Verb To Be -Ser Part II

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Fri, 8 Jan 2016 22:32:00 -0600

Learn Spanish-Present Tense Verb To Be -Ser Part II

I recommend that you watch Present Tense Verb To Be- Ser Part I

Video link provided at the end of this video. Click on the image of this video and it will open it in a separate window.

What do we know so far?

Ser is used to identify people and things.

Ser is used to express nationality.

Ser is used to express personality.

Other uses of ser:

Ser + de (from) is used to express national origin.

Cecilia es de venezuela. (Cecilia is from Venezuela.)

Edgar es de Yucatán. ( Edgar is from Yucatán.)

Ser+de (made of) is used to tell of what material something is made.

La mesa es de madera. ( The table is made of wood.)

El coche/carro es de metal. ( the car is made of metal.)

Ser + para (is for) is used to tell for whom something is intended.

El regalo es para Roberto. (The present is for Robert.)

La comida es para María. (The food is for María.)

Ser is used to tell time.

Remember to watch the video Telling Time Part 1

Es la una. (It's one o'clock.)

Son las tres. (It's three o'clock.)

Notice: Es la una. (It's one o'clock.)

"Es la una" refers to one hour = una hora.

Son las tres. (It's three o'clock.)

"Son las tres" refers to three hours= tres horas.

When there are more than one hour use son.

Ser is used to express generalizations.

Es importante estudiar. (It's important to study.)

No es necesario trabajar todos los días.

(It's not necessary to work everyday.)

Notice: The use of the infinitive after the impersonal expressions like estudiar and trabajar after

importante and necesario.

Now that we know what are the uses of Ser, we will study in more depth in a new video: To Be - Ser + gender agreement

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Learn Spanish Free- Present Tense Verb To Be Ser

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 12:41:00 -0600

Present Tense Verb To Be Ser

To say: I am You say Yo soy You are You say Tú eres
The word "yo" might be pronounced a bit different depending where you are. I can sound /eo/ or /jo/
Ser is used to identify people and things:
Yo soy estudiante. ( I am a student.)
Tú eres maestra. ( You are a teacher.)
Ser is used to express nationality:
Yo soy peruano. (I am Peruvian.)
Tú eres venezolana. ( You are Venezuelan.)
Ser is used to express personality:
Yo soy______________. ( I am______________.)
Yo soy inteligente. ( I am intelligent.)
Yo soy simpática. ( I am amusing.)
Yo soy trabajadora. ( I am a hard-working woman.) ( I am a female worker.)
Yo soy paciente. ( I am patient.)
Yo soy graciosa. ( I am funny.)
All the adjectives about myself in one sentence:
Yo soy inteligente, simpática, trabajadora, paciente y graciosa.
NOTICE: Commas to separate the adjectives, the word "y" ( and) to join the last two words. Also the accent on the word simpática over the first letter a=á.
To find out what you are like: You ask: ¿Cómo eres? or ¿Eres + adjective?
¿Eres atrevido? ( Are you generous?)
Sí, (yo) soy atrevido. (Yes, I am adventurous, bold)
No, (yo) no soy atrevido. (No, I am not adventurous, bold.)
¿Eres generosa? (Are you generous?)
Sí, (yo) soy generosa. (Yes, I am generous)
No, (yo) no soy generosa. (No, I am not generous.)
¿Eres graciosa? (Are you funny?)
Sí, (yo) soy graciosa. (Yes, I am funny.)
No, (yo) no soy graciosa. (No, I am not funny.)
What if I give you a choice: ¿Eres ordenado o desordenado?
(Yo) soy ordenado. (I am organized, tidy.) (Yo) soy desordenado. ( I am disorganized, untidy.)
Yo no soy ni ordenado o desordenado. ( I am not organized or disorganized.)
¿Eres deportista o artístico? (Are you athetic or artistic?)
(Yo) soy deportista. (I am athletic.)
(Yo) soy artístico. ( I am artistic.)
(Yo) no soy ni deportista ni artístico. (I am not athletic or artistic.)
¿Eres trabajador o perezoso? (Are you hard-working or lazy?)
(Yo) soy trabajador. (I am hard-working.) (Yo) soy perezoso. ( I am lazy.)
(Yo) no soy ni trabajador ni perezoso. ( I am not hard-working or lazy.)
Are there any phrases I can use with ser?
A veces (sometimes)
A veces soy paciente. (Sometimes, I am patient.)
muy (very)
(Yo) Soy muy trabajadora. ( I am a very hard-working woman.)
bastante (quite, kind of, fairly, rather)
(Yo) Soy bastante simpática. (I am quite amusing.)
nunca (never)
(Yo) Nunca soy ordenada. (I am never organized/tidy.)
siempre (always) (Yo) Siempre soy desordenada. (I am always disorganized/ untidy/ messy)

Learn Spanish- Learn 1000's of Spanish Words Instantly

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sun, 6 Dec 2015 19:12:00 -0600

Learn 1000's of Spanish Words Instantly

Part I

In this video we start a series of videos about how to learn thousands of Spanish words instantly.

How?

Learn cognates:

They are words that are similar or identical in the way they are

written and their meaning in Spanish and English.

What?

Both languages share many cognates, because they use

Latin root words which they share. Also Greek.

How do you know that?

Well, the truth is, I used them to help me learn vocabulary in

English. So, it can help you learn words in Spanish.

To start, we will change the -ty in English to the -dad in Spanish:

Cognates that begin with A:

English Spanish

adversity adversidad

affinity afinidad

atrocity atrocidad

austerity austeridad

authority autoridad

activity actividad

austerity austeridad

authority autoridad

activity actividad

Cognates that begin with B:

English Spanish

barbarity barbaridad

brevity brevedad

Cognates that begin with C:

English Spanish

charity caridad

clarity claridad

commodity comodidad

commutativity conmutatividad

commodity comodidad

concavity concavidad

continuity continuidad

convexity convexidad

contrariety contrariedad

cruelty crueldad

curiosity curiosidad

Cognates that begin with D:

English Spanish

density densidad

divisibility divisibilidad

dignity dignidad

dimensionality dimensionalidad

distributivity distributividad

Learn 1000's of Spanish Words Instantly

Part II

Learn Spanish-How to Learn 1000's of Spanish Words Instantly Part II

Cómo Aprender Miles de Palabras en Español Instantáneamente Parte II

1. First Step:
   Learn Cognates:
            a. Change -ty of English to -dad in Spanish
2. Second Step:
            Learn vocabulary with the article to help you with the gender of the word.
3. Third Step:
            Use a word three times and it is yours. I would say seven times.
            Make sentences and talk to yourself using those words.
4. Fourth Step:
            Think in Spanish and use it all the time in person-to person or through the net.
5. Fifth Step:
            Read books because the grammar is better. Not textbooks but novels, stories, etc.
6. Sixth Step:
            Practice, practice, practice!
7. Seventh Step:
            Use flashcards
Examples of how to increase vocabulary:
Learn Cognates
            a. Change -ty of English to -dad in Spanish.

Words that begin with E:
            English                              Spanish
eccentricity                                    excentricidad
entity                                              entidad
equality                                          igualdad
ethnicity                                        etnicidad

Words that begin with F:
            English                              Spanish
facility                                           facilidad
faculty                                           facultad
fatality                                           fatalidad
felicity                                           felicidad
fertility                                          fertilidad
finality                                          finalidad
fraternity                                       fraternidad
frivolity                                         frivolidad

Words that begin with F:
            English                              Spanish
generality                                      generalidad
generosity                                     generosidad
gravity                                          gravedad

Did you noticed?
They are all feminine words!
They all end in -D

Second Step
Learn vocabulary with article to help you with the gender of the word.
Words that begin with F:
            English                              Spanish
the library                                      la biblioteca
the class                                         la clase
the building                                   el edificio
the office                                       la oficina
the dormitory                                la residencia
the pen                                          el bolígrafo
the notebook                                 el cuaderno

Third Step

Use a word three times and it is yours. I would suggest seven times. Makes sentences and talk to yourself using those words.
La igualdad es muy important. (Equality is very important.)
Hay más felicidad en dar que en recibir. (There is more happiness in giving than in receiving.)
(Yo) compro un cuaderno en la librería. (I buy a notebook at the bookstore.)
¿Dónde está el bolígrafo? (Where is the pen?)

Check the videos: Present Tense Verb To Be – Ser
                               How to Learn 1000's of Spanish Words Instantly
                               -Part I

Learn Spanish-Listen and Practice- Escuchar y Practicar

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:15:00 -0600

Listen and Practice- Escuchar y Practicar

In this video, you listen to the words,phrases or sentences and repeat or write them in a piece of paper to see if you have them right.

Learn Spanish- How to Greet Someone in Spanish- Basic Conversation

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 15:53:00 -0600

Learn Spanish-How to Greet Someone in Spanish- Basic Informal Conversation

¡Hola! Learn Spanish! In this video we are going to talk about how to greet someone using a basic informal conversation.

Hola (Hello, hi)

¿Cómo estás tú? (How are you?)

¿Cómo estás? (How are you?)

¡Tanto tiempo sin verte! (Long time no see!)

An informal way to greet would be:

¿Cómo estás tú?(How are you?)

But if you want to greet an older person or someone you do

not know you use:

¿Cómo está usted? (How are you?)

So, you use the usted-form for formal and the tu-form for

the informal (friends, young teens, children, pets, people

you know well).

¿Cómo está usted? for adults, people you do not know.

Other greetings are:

Buenos días (Good morning)

Buenas tardes (Good afternoon)

Buenas noches (Good night)

NOTICE: that buenos días is the only one that has an _O in

buenos. That is because días is a masculine word

therefore, it needs an adjective to be masculine

and in this case it is" buenos".

Buenas tardes and buenas noches are both

feminine.

So, do not write buenos tardes or buenos noches

You need to match the adjective that describe the

word in this case:

Buenos días (masculine with masculine)

Buenas tardes (feminine with feminine)

Buenas noches (feminine with feminine)

So , short encounter:

Hay dos personas (There are two people)

Se encuentran en la plaza central. (They find each other at

the main plaza.)

Se llaman Sr. Lopez y Sra. García. (They are named Mr.

Lopez and Mrs. García.)

Mr. Lopez greets Mrs. García:

- Buenas tardes. ¿Cómo está usted?

She answers:

-Buenas, muy bien, gracias , ¿Y usted?

-Bien gracias. ¡Tanto tiempo sin verle!

-Sí estoy bien ocupada con mis nietos.(Yes, I'm very busy

with my

grandchildren.)

-Entiendo. ¡Hasta otro día!

Other ways to greet informally:

¿Qué tal? (How are you doing?)

The answer could be:

más o menos (more or less)

bien (well)

muy bien (very well)

mal (bad)

Small quiz at the end of the video

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Learn Spanish-10 Rules to Help Know When a Noun is Masculine or Feminine-10 Reglas para Saber Cuando un Nombre es Masculino o Femenino

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 17:41:00 -0600

Learn Spanish-10 Rules to Help Know When a Noun is Masculine or Feminine-10 Reglas para Saber Cuando un Nombre es Masculino o Femenino

As we have been learning Spanish; we noticed that: Nouns Have Gender!!

So, What are nouns?

Nouns (un sustantivo) is a word that is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.

English: male beings, female beings, or neuter things

male: man, grandfather, boy

Female: woman, grandmother, girl

Neuter: tree, yard, love

In Spanish, all nouns have gender. Even adjectives and numbers have gender as they describe the noun.

Masculine (for male)	Feminine (for female)
El niño (boy)	La niña (girl)
El hombre (man)	La mujer (woman)
El maestro (teacher)	La maestra (teacher)
El papá (dad)	La mamá (mom)

What about? Carro (car) flor (flower)

Are you confused yet?

We all have been taught that if a word ends in -o is masculine and in -a is feminine.

So, What happens when a word does not end in -o or -a?

We use:

Masculine: -L, -O, -N, -E, -R, -S and -Ma, -ta as in el mapa

Feminine: -A, -D, -ÓN, -Z, -IS, -IE, -UMBRE as in el agua (el instead of la as not to have two a+a)

10 Rules to Help Know When a Noun is Masculine or Feminine

Rule One: If a noun ends in -o, it's probably masculine

el libro, el huevo, el carro, el barco, el juego, el bolígrafo, el diccionatio, el escritorio, etc.

Exceptions: la mano, la fotografía, la radio ( some places it is a masculine word to refer to the electronic device)

Rule two: If a noun ends in -a, it's probably feminine.

La casa, la boca, la camisa, la ventana, la librería, la piscina, la oficina, la cartera, la alerta

Exceptions:el día, el mediodía, el sofá, el tranvía, el alerta. Greek origin words ending in :-ma, -ta and -pa are masculine: el idioma, el poema, el problema, el planeta, el mapa

The words are feminine but use”el” and “un since the emphasis is on the first syllable when is an “a” (as not to have a+a=la agua)

el agua, el águila, el área, el hacha (h is silent), el alma, el hada

When plural, these words use las and unas: las aguas, unas almas.

Use the feminine form of the adjective if there is one: El agua está fría. (The water is cold)

Rule Three: If a noun ends in -D, it's probably feminine

la libertad, la universidad, la ciudad, la verdad, la felicidad, la pared, la red, la sed, etc

Exceptions: el ataúd, el césped, el ardid

Rule Four: If a noun ends in -E, it's probably masculine or feminine

Masculine: el café, el tomate, el restaurante, el coche, el baile, el traje, el parque, el estante, el pie

Feminine: la carne, la noche, la gente, la leche, la calle, la sangre, la clase

Nouns ending in -aje and in -ambre might be masculine:

-aje: el equipaje, el paisaje, el viaje, el aterrizaje

-ambre: el calambre, el pelambre, el alambre, el enjambre

Exceptions: el hambre (h is silent like in agua and águila)

Tengo mucha hambre.

La pelambre, la raigambre

Nouns ending in -ie, -nte and -umbre will probably be feminine

la serie, la cumbre, la corriente, la fuente, la costumbre la incertidumbre, la superficie,etc

Exceptions: el diente, el puente,etc

Rule Five: If a noun ends in -L, it's probably masculine

el papel, e; árbol, el animal, el hospital, el material, el metal, el hotel

Exceptions: la sal, la piel, la cárcel, la miel, la vocal

Rule Six: If a noun ends in -N, it's probably masculine

el pan, el examen, el camión, el almacén, el capitán, el catalán el cinturón, el botón, etc

Exceptions: la imagen, la orden, la razón, la sartén (In many places of the Americas &

Spain it's used as masculine – el sartén)

If a noun ends in -ion, it's probably going to be feminine

la reunión, la televisión, la opinión, la nación, la acción, la canción, la religión,etc

Exceptions: el camión, el avión, el bastión, el escorpión

Rule Seven:If a noun ends in -R, it's probably masculine

el amor, el dolor, el sudor, el color, el calor, el valor, el rigor, el pulgar, el error, el mar,etc

Exceptions: la labor,la flor, la mar (Mariner language and poetry)

Rule Eight: If a noun ends in -S, it's probably masculine

el lunes,el viernes, el mes, el análisis, el gis (Mexico), el país, el inglés, el estrés, etc

Exceptions: la tos, la diabetes la mies, la res

Nouns ending in -sis will be feminine: la crisis, la dosis, la tesis,etc

Nouns ending in -itis will be feminine: la apendicitis, la artriris, la hepatitis, etc

Rule Nine: If a noun ends in -Z, it's probably feminine

la vez, la cruz, la luz, la paz, la voz, la nariz, la vejez, la nuez, la lucidez

Exceptions: el lapiz, el arroz, el pez, el matiz, el haz

Rule Ten: if a noun ends in vowel with an accent on it, it's probably masculine

el café, el té, el champú, el rubí, el tabú

Other nouns will change meaning depending on if they are masculine or feminine

masculine	feminine
El capital (capital money)	La capital (city)
El cura (priest)	La cura (cure)
El coma (coma)	La coma (comma)
El papa (pope)	La papa (potato)
El corte (cut)	La corte (court)
El frente (front)	La frente (forehead)
El cometa (comet)	La cometa (kite)
El mañana (tomorrow)	La mañana (morning)
El parte (message,report)	La parte (part, portion)
El pendiente (erring)	La pendiente (hill or slope)
El orden (order, arrangement)	La orden (order, command)
El pez (fish)	La pez (tar)

Animals show their gender in their names:

Masculine	Feminine
El perro (dog)	La perra
El caballo (horse)	La yegua
El gato (cat)	La gata
El gallo (rooster)	La gallina (hen)
El toro (bull)	La vaca (cow)
El pato (duck)	La pata
El león (lion)	La leona (lioness)
El venado (deer- buck)	La venada (deer-doe)

Other animals are either masculine or feminine by default and you have to specify “macho” or “hembra”

Masculine	Feminine
El tiburón	La rana (la rana macho to specify male frog)
El gusano	La abeja
El gorila	La jirafa
El pez	La serpiente
El sapo (not masculine of rana)	La mariposa
El rinoceronte	La ardilla
El chimpacé	La ballena
El canguro	La araña

Learn Spanish- Pronunciation of the Letter C- La Pronunciación de la Letra C

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 00:32:00 -0600

Pronunciation of the Letter C- La Pronunciación de la LetraC

Learn Spanish- Pronunciation of the Letter C- La Pronunciación de la Letra C

Even though, Spanish seems easy to pronounce. Remember that there is not an exact match with the letter and its sounds. Therefore some letters are pronounced differently depending on the vowel that is located after. This is the case of the letter C.

The letter C has two different sounds, but also where you say it.
The first sound, it is found mainly in Spain there is a sound /θ/ like in cesta /ˈθesta /.
In the Americas, we use the sound /s/in its place. One can say that it is a minor phoneme in the Spanish Language; even though, in Spain can be differentiated thanks to the pairing of like concejo /konˈθexo / and consejo /konˈsexo / or caza /ˈkaθa / and casa /ˈkasa /.

Remember than in the Americas it would be: concejo/konˈsexo / and consejo /konˈsexo/ or caza /ˈkasa / and casa /ˈkasa/.

The second sound would be the /k/ sound when followed by certain vowels. It would be like concejo /konˈθexo / and consejo /konˈsexo / or caza /ˈkaθa / and casa /ˈkasa /.

In Spain, the letter Cc (ce) has two phonemes. One that sounds /θ/ c+e and c+i. Cerilla /θeˈɾiʎa / and

cielo /θjelo /.

The other phoneme is /k/ when c+a, c+o, c+u /ka/ /ko/ and /ku/

The phoneme /ka/ as in casa; /ko/ as in coche and /ku/ as in cubo.

When the letter c is followed by the letter l or r (cl) (cr), it has the same phoneme sound /k/ as in clase and cráneo. When the letter c is at the end of the word, it also has the sound of /k/ as in bloc.

In the Americas, the letter Cc (ce) has a phoneme /s/ instead of the phoneme /θ/.We would say:

cerilla/seˈɾiʎa / and cielo/ˈsjelo /.

Like in Spain, also have the /k/ sound with the phoneme /k/

when the c is paired with c+a c+o c+u ca/ka/ co/ko/ cu/ku/. Also when it is paired with the l and r as in casa, coche, cubo, clase, cráneo, and when placed at the end of the word bloc.

So, let's practice- vamos a practicar.

In the Spanish pronunciation:

cebolla /θeˈβoʎa /; in the Americas cebolla /seˈβoʎa /

cena /ˈθena / /ˈsena /

cine / ˈθine/ / ˈsine/

cierto / ˈθierto/ / ˈsierto/

cama/ˈkama)

cochino(koˈʧino)
cuello(ˈkweʎo)
clima(ˈklima)
crema(ˈkɾema

Learn Spanish- When to Use Qué and Cuál-Cuando Usar Qué y Cuál

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 19:52:00 -0600

Learn Spanish- When to Use Qué and Cuál

Cuando Usar Qué y Cuál

In this video, we will learn few rules to help us decide when to use qué and cuál.

Qué and cuál are words that can be confusing to people

learning Spanish, because they both are often translated as

the same words into English.

The two words, when they have accents, are used as

pronouns in questions to mean "what" or "which." They can

stand for either feminine or masculine objects as well as

ideas or concepts.

Without accents, they normally aren't used in questions and

most often are connecting words or, as they are called,

relative pronouns, translated "which" or "that."

Isn't qué "what" and cuál "which" ?

Not always. In Spanish there are guidelines to help choose

when to use qué or cuál.

When to Use Qué: "What?"

Qué is used when asking for definitions, explanations

¿Qué es una ciudad?( What is a city?)

¿Qué hace un presidente? (What does a president do?)

¿Qué significa "parapet"?( What does "parapet" mean?)

2. Qué is used before a noun:

¿Qué libro estás leyendo? (Which book are you reading?

¿Qué carro prefieres? (Which car do you prefer?)

3. Qué is used before a noun: "What" "What a"

¡Qué casa tan fea! (What an ugly house!)

4. Qué is used to choose between items of different groups.

¿Qué compramos, un disco o un libro?

(What do you buy a CD or a book?)

5. Qué is used before adjectives "How!"

¡Qué hermosa es tu bebé! (How beautiful is your baby girl!)

NOTE: Latin American Spanish often uses Cuál or Cuales before nouns instead of Qué:

¿Cuál muchacha? (What [which] young woman?

¿Cuál casa es la tuya? (Which [what] house is yours?)

6. Qué has some common idiomatic uses:

¿Qué hora es? (What time is it?)

¡Qué lástima! What a shame!

¡Qué hermoso! ( How beautiful!)

¡Qué día más horrible! (What a horrible day!)

¡Qué susto! (What a fright! )

¡Qué bonito! (How pretty!)

¿Qué tanto? (How much?)

¿Y qué? ¿Y a mí qué? (So what?)

¿Para qué? ¿Por qué? ( Why?)

¿Cuál?

1. Cuál usually is used before es and other forms of ser when not seeking a definition:

¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? (What is your phone number?)

¿Cuáles son las ciudades más grandes?

(What are the biggest cities?)

2. Cuál is used for more than one choice:

¿Cuál miras? (Which one are you looking at?)

But, ¿Qué miras? (What are you looking at?)

¿Cuál prefieres? (Which one do you prefer?)

But, ¿Qué prefieres? (What do you prefer?)

¿Cuál es el más caro? (Which is the most expensive?)

¿Cuales?

Is the plural of ¿Cuál?

The answer to this question is plural.

¿Cuales son tus películas favoritas?

(Which are your favorite movies?)

¿Cuál(es)?

Is not used as an adjective by all Spanish speakers.

¿Cuál de los dos libros quieres?

(Which of the two books do you want?

But, ¿Qué libro quieres?

(Which [what] book do you want?)

Cuales and Qué

¿Cuáles quieres? (Which ones do you want?)

But, ¿Qué quieres? (What do you want?)

Now, choose between ¿Qué? o ¿Cuál?

(Watch video for answers)

¿________te gusta hacer en el invierno?

¿________de los dos prefieres, un CD o un disco?

¿________es tu color favorito?

¿________quieres hacer esta noche?

¿________son tus zapatos, los negros, los rojos o los blancos?

¿________es un chupacabra?

¿________carro te gusta más?

¿________coche te gusta más?

Note: In Latin American Spanish, you might hear:

¿Cuál carro te gusta más? or ¿Cuál coche te gusta más?

Car: carro, automóvil,vehículo, coche

Spain: coche

Learn Spanish- The Verbs That End In -AR – Los Verbos Que Terminan en -AR

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 5 Nov 2015 10:31:00 -0600

Present Tense of -ar Verbs ( Los Verbos -ar en el Presente)

Mini-dialogue in a party for us: the foreign students.

Oscar: ¿No desean ustedes bailar?

(Don't you want to dance?)

Julio: ¡Cómo no! Yo bailo con Luisa. Ella habla inglés.

(Of Course! I'll dance with Luisa. She speaks English.)

Marta: Yo hablo francés y bailo con Robert.

(I speak French and dance with Robert.)

Oscar: Y yo bailo con Nancy.

(And I dance with Nancy.)

Nancy: Sólo si pagas las bebidas. ¡Bailas muy mal!

(Only if you buy (pay for) the drinks! You dance very badly!)

Who made or might have made the following statements?

Yo bailo con Robert. (I dance with Robert.) ___________________

Yo hablo inglés. (I speak English.) __________________

Yo hablo alemán. (I speak German.) ________________

As you can see, there were a few -ar verbs in this mini-dialogue:

bailar (to dance)

hablar (to speak)

pagar (to pay[for])

Before we begin:

What is a verb?

A verb (un verbo) is a word that tells of an action or state of being.

The house is in Miami.

We run.

The infinitive (El Infinitivo)

Is a verb that has not been changed.

An infinitive verb cannot tell us who

or what does something or when it is done.

In English: the infinitive is translated to:

to dance, to pay [for], to speak.

In Spanish: all infinitives end in:

-ar, -er, or -ir. The regular -ar verbs are the

largest group of verbs in Spanish.

Hablar (to speak)

Singular Plural

yo hablo nosotros hablamos

tú hablas nosotras hablamos

usted (Ud.) habla vosotros habláis

él habla vosotras habláis

ella habla ustedes (Uds.) hablan

ellos hablan

ellas hablan

Did you noticed what happened to the endings of the verb “hablar” (to speak)?

Hablar habl-

-o

-as

-a

-amos

-áis

-an

Some important -ar verbs:

bailar (to dance) enseñar (to teach)

buscar (to look for) escuchar (to listen [to])

cantar (to sing) nadar (to swim)

comprar (to buy) practicar (to practice)

ayudar ( to help) regresar (to return)

estudiar (to study) tomar (to take, to drink)

cocinar (to cook) trabajar (to work)

dibujar (to draw) tocar ( to play)

In Spanish the word “for” is included in the verbs like:

pagar (to pay for)

buscar (to look for)

When two verbs are used one after the other, the second verb is in the infinitive form:

Necesito trabajar (I need to work)

Desean bailar también. (They want to dance too.)

In English, we need to use the subject or personal pronouns.

However, in Spanish, they are not required.

We might use them for clarification, emphasis, or contrast.

1.Clarification: When the context does not make the subject clear:

usted/ella/él habla.

2. Contrast: Subject pronouns are used to contrast two individuals or group:

Ellos hablan mucho; nosotros hablamos poco.

(They talk a lot; we talk a little.)

3. Emphasis: Subject pronouns are used to emphized the subject when in English you would stress it with your voice:

Yo hablo bien. ( I speak well)

Negation:

A Spanish sentence is made negative by placing the word “no” before the conjugated verb. No equivalent for the English words “do” or “does” in negative sentences exists.

El señor no habla inglés. (The man does not speak English.)

No, no necesitamos dinero. (No, we do not need money.)

¡Hasta luego! See you later!

Learn Spanish- Personal Pronouns or Subject Pronouns- Los Pronombres Personales

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 20:23:00 -0500

Personal Pronouns or Subject Pronouns

Los Pronombres Personales

We are going to learn the personal pronouns or subject pronouns. Before we do so, we are

going to talk about the subject and the pronoun.

The subject (el sujeto) usually tells us who or what is doing the action in a sentence.

A pronoun ( un pronombre) is a word that we use instead of a noun.

Hence, a personal pronoun is designating the person speaking (I,we), the person spoken to (you), or the person or thing spoken about (he, she, it, they).

Example: The girl threw the ball.

She (the girl) threw the ball.

Is it formal or informal?

¡Hola!

¿Qué tal?

(Answer in the video)

Buenas tardes.

¿Cómo está?

(Answer in the video)

Informal Dialogue

-¿Cómo estás?

-Bien ¿Y tú?

¿Y tú? Means (And you?)

as in How are you?

Tú means you in Spanish

What about “I”?

Yo means I in Spanish.

Tú means you in Spanish.

Usted (Ud.) means you (formal)

tú ( you informal) is used with friends, kids, and teens, etc.

usted (you formal) is used to show respect: adults, people you don”t know well.

So, What about un niño?

Which one would you choose, tú or usted?

What about un doctor?

tú or usted?

What about un perro?

tú or usted?

So, now we know:

yo (I)

tú (you)

usted (you) formal

What about ” he”?

él (he)

ella (she)

Let's review this:

Singular

yo (I)

tú (you) informal

usted (Ud.) (you) formal

él (he)

ella (she)

What about “we”?

nosotros (we [male]) used with a group of guys or men.

nosotras (we [female]) used with a group of women or girls.

What happens when we have a group of men and females together?

Do we say nosotros y nosotras? (we[ male and females])

No, in Spanish, when we have a mixture of guys and girls we use:

Watch video for answer!

If a group is one guy and one girl, what do we use?

____________________

What about five men and twenty females?

____________________

What about one guy among one thousand females?

____________________

What about “they”?

ellos (they [males])

ellas (they [females only])

What if we have a mixed group of males and females?

Then we use:

ellos (they[ males and females])

Let's see if we can remember:

él is he

ellos is they for the males.

ella is she

ellas is they for females only.

In the Americas we have to forms for “you”:

tú (you) informal

usted (you) formal

However in Spain, instead of “tú “, they use:

vosotros (you) informal for males and males and females.

vosotras (you) informal for females only.

When they want to be polite and show respect:

usted (you singular) formal

ustedes (you plural) formal

In the Americas::

ustedes (you plural) formal

Let's review the plural forms:

nosotros, nosotras (we)

vosotros, vosotras (you [familiar])

ustedes (Uds.) (you [formal])

ellos (they)

ellas (they [females only])

So, let's review one more time:

One person (Singular)

yo (I)

tú (you) (informal)

usted (Ud.) (you [formal])

él (he)

ella (she)

More than one person plural

nosotros (we [male and female])

nosotras (we [female])

vosotros (you [informal])

vosotras (you [informal])

ustedes (you [formal])

ellos (they)

ellas (they females only)

Let's see if you understood it all!

Cierto or Falso ( True or False)

There is only one word for “you” in Spanish.

Watch video for answer!

Yo means “you” in Spanish.

Watch video for answer!

With which of these would you use “usted”?

The president of Colombia.

A professor

Your sister

Your cat

Which personal pronouns do we use to talk about guys and girls mixed?

Yo

nosotros

nosotras

tú

vosotros

ellos

ella

usted

ustedes

Which of the following are personal pronouns in Spanish?

Yo nosotros nosotras

tú vosotros ellos

ella usted ustedes

él vosotras ellas

Bits and Pieces

The abbreviations of:

usted= Ud. Or Vds.

Ustedes= Uds. Vds.

In Argentina and Paraguay “vos” is used instead of “tú”. Other countries use both.

If you are not sure whether to use “tú” or “usted”, it is best to use “usted”.

The other person can always give you permission to talk in the “tú” form.

Time Prepositions- Preposiciones de Tiempo

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:30:00 -0500

Time Prepositions

Learn Spanish- Time Prepositiones- Las Preposiciones de Tiempo

.¿ A qué hora come?

(At what time do you eat?) (Yo) como a las tres. (I eat at three.) To add the part of the day, we use the preposition de. When we want to add the part of the day, we add “de” a+ hora (hour)+ de + la mañana la tarde la noche (Yo) como a las tres de la tarde. ( I eat at three in the afternoon.)

However, we use “por” when we talk about a part of the day without telling the time: por + part of the day: la mañana la tarde la noche Por la mañana voy a clase. ( In the morning I go to class.) Por la tarde voy a estudiar. ( In the afternoon I am going to study.)

“Por” is not used when we talk about noon or midnight. Vino a vernos hoy a mediodía. (He/she came to see us today at noon.) Nos dieron una serenata a medianoche. (They gave us a serenade at midnight.)

On the other hand, we use “de” when we talk about “day” or “night”. Tenemos mucho trabajo de día. (We have a lot of work during the day.) De noche vamos a bailar. (At night we are going to dance.)
“en” is used when we talk about: months, years and the seasons. Nací en 1970. (I was born in 1970.) Estamos en otoño. (It is Fall.)

Remember that when we want to talk about the days of the week and dates, we do not use any prepositions. Instead, we use the article “el”. Las clases empiezan el lunes. (The classes begin on Monday.) Fui a Nueva York el 10 de agosto. (I went to New York el 10 de agosto.)

Las Preposiciones de Períodos de Tiempo (Period of Time Prepositions) When there is a time limit, we use: “en” La comida está en una hora. (The food will be ready in one hour.) “durante” (during) + Time period Estudié español durante cinco años. (I studied Spanish during five years.)

When there is a beginning point in time, we use: desde+ point in time Vivo en los Estados Unidos desde 1980. (I live in the United States since 1980.)

When there is a quantity of time, we use: desde hace Vivo en los Estados Unidos desde hace treinta y cinco años. (I live in the United States for thirty five years.)

When there is a limit or final time, we use: hasta + point in time Estuve en casa hasta las seis. ( I was home until six.)

When there is a period of time with beginning and end, we use: de + beginning hour +a + final hour La tienda abre de 9 a 10 horas. ( The store opens from 9 to 10 hours.)

We can also use: desde + beginning hour + hasta + final hour La tienda abre desde las 9 hasta las 10 horas. ( The store opens from 9 until 10 hours.)

When we want to talk about a period of time between two points, we use: entre + beginning and end La tienda abre entre las 9 y las 10 horas. ( The store opens between 9 and 10 hours.)

Notice that in the lasttwo examples, it was necessary to place the article “las” before the hours. La tienda abre desde las 9 hasta las 10 horas. (The store opens from 9 until 10 hours.) La tienda abre entre las 9 y las 10 horas. ( The store opens between 9 and 10 hours.)

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Preterite Regular -ER Verbs (Part I)

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hablar (To speak, to talk) Present Tense

hablar (To speak, to talk) Preterite

comer (To eat) Present Tense

comer (To eat) Preterite

beber (To drink) Present Tense

beber (To drink) Preterite

Learn Spanish- Preterite Regular -ER verbs (part 2)

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Learn Spanish- Verb to Go- IR Parts I, II, III and IV

Verb IR Present Tense Part I

How to remember the changes?

Here is a way to remember:

Vocabulary

Learn Spanish- Present Tense Verb To Go -IR

(Part II)- ¿Adónde?Aprendiendo Español- Tiempo Presente del Verbo IR

(Parte II)-¿Adónde?

IR (To Go)

Examples:

Learn Spanish- Present Tense Verb To Go -IR(Part III)- ¿Adónde? and Time

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IR (To Go)

IR + a+ place

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Aprendiendo Español- Tiempo Presente del Verbo IR (Parte V) Preguntas y Respuestas

Why does the verb ir does not conjugate with I but with v?

What are the differences between a and al?

Go to a place:

[form of ir] +a+place

What is the near future in Spanish?

[Form of ir] + a+ Infinitive verb

Ir+ de+noun

ir +para+noun

ir+en+name of vehicle

Possession with De and Contractions Del and Al

Possession with De and

Contractions Del and Al

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Contractions del and al

Preterite -AR Verb (Part II): -GAR

Preterite - AR Verb (Part II): -GAR

Learn Spanish-Preterite AR verbs (part II) -GAR

Aprendiendo Español- Tiempo Pretérito de los Verbos AR (Parte II) -GAR

esperar (To wait [for], to hope) Present Tense

esperar (To wait [for], to hope) Preterite

jugar (To play) Present Tense

jugar (to play) Preterite

Learn Spanish- Preterite AR verbs (part III) -CAR

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ayudar (To help) Present Tense

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almorzar (To have lunch) Present Tense

almorzar (To have lunch) Preterite

comenzar (To begin, to start) Present Tense

Z to C before an -e

Other verbs that follow this rule:

Learn Spanish- Preterite AR Verbs

Preterite AR Verbs - Part I

Note: That the beginning of the verb trabajar will be the same as in the present. The only part that will change is the ending: trabajar- trabaj- é amos aste asteis ó aron Trabajar (to work) Preterite

How do we tell the difference? The context:

Cantar (to sing)

bailar (to dance)

Vocabulary Part I and Part II

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Vocabulary Part II

Vocabulario Parte II

Vocabulary – Part II A Little Bit of Everything

Vocabulario – Parte II Un Poco de Todo

(Part II)- ¿Adónde?
Aprendiendo Español- Tiempo Presente del Verbo IR

Vocabulary – Part II
A Little Bit of Everything

Vocabulario – Parte II
Un Poco de Todo

Learn Spanish-Nationalities- Part I
Aprendiendo Español- Nacionalidades- Parte I

Learn Spanish-Nationalities and Countries- Part IV
Aprendiendo Español- Nacionalidades y Paises- Parte IV

I say the country and you say the nationality in Spanish:

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Learn Spanish-Nationalities and Countries- Part V
Aprendiendo Español- Nacionalidades y Paises- Parte V