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Hola! Lesson 5 on Basic Spanish!

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I am You are (informal) You are (formal) He / She is

Yo soy T eres Usted es l / Ella es

We are You are (plural) You are (plural, formal) They are

Nosotros somos Vosotros sois Ustedes son Ellos / Ellas son

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Lesson objectives

Introducing yourself

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Interrogations used today

English What? Which?

Spanish Qu? Cul?

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Grammar Tip
In Spanish, it is necessary to use the question marks at the start and end of a question This is done to communicate the tone of the statement (question tone) ? Cuntos aos tienes? (How old are you?)

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Grammar tip
Interrogative words have a written accent ( / ) because they are used, unaccented, in other ways such as: La veo a ella cuando voy a la escuela (I see her when I go to school) Cundo vas a la escuela? (When do you go to the school?)

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Introductions

What is your name?

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Introductions

What Qu

is es

your tu

name? nombre?

tu = your

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Grammar tip : Why we dont use Qu

Qu and 'Cal' are both used as translations for 'what' Although, Cul is literally closer to which; it is used as 'what' to ask for answers which may have several possibilities

Eg: Cul es tu problema? (What is your problem?)

Cul is usually used to indicate a selection, or choice of possibilities while Qu is generally used to elicit a definition

Eg: practice Qu significa 'talanquera'? To view this with Audio and games, visit www.CultureAlley.com/Spanish (What does 'talanquera' mean?)

Grammar tip : Why we dont use Qu

Since 'What is your name' may have any possible answer and is not really seeking a definition, we use Cal

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Introductions

What is your name?

Cul es tu nombre?

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Remember!

Tu (without an accent) = your (possessive) T (with accent) = you We will cover all possessive pronouns in future lessons

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Pick the right option

Your name

1
Tu nombre

2
Mi nombre

3
T nombre

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Solution

Your name

1
Tu nombre

2
Mi nombre

3
T nombre

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Grammar Tip

Cmo te llamas? is also commonly used to ask peoples names However, it literally translates to 'How do you call yourself?'

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Introductions

My name is Mark

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Introductions

My Mi

name nombre

is es

Mark Mark

My = Mi

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Introductions

My name is Mark

Mi nombre es Mark

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Try yourself

My name is Lisa

1
Mi nombre es Lisa

2
Mi nombre Lisa

3
Tu nombre es Lisa

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Solution

My name is Lisa

1
Mi nombre es Lisa

2
Mi nombre Lisa

3
Tu nombre es Lisa

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Introductions - Professions

I am a Student

(Yo) soy estudiante

Pronoun can be omitted

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Grammar tip

Yo soy = I am In Spanish yo can be omitted as it's understood that when we use soy, we are referring to I I am = Soy (am)

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Grammar tip

A student can also be translated as un/ una estudiante to make it more complete By using un/una you reveal the gender = male/ female student Soy un estudiante = I am a (male) student Soy una estudiante = I am a (female) student

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Pronunciation tip

The 'u' in Un is pronounced as 'u' in Ubuntu and not like the 'u' in Umbrella

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Introductions - Professions

English I'm an Engineer I am a Doctor

Spanish (Yo) soy ingeniero/a (Yo) soy mdico/a

Tip ingeniero = male ingeniera = female mdico = male mdica = female profesor = male profesora = female

I am a Teacher/ Professor (Yo) soy profesor/ora

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Pronunciation tip

Did you notice the pronunciation of ingeniero? 'g' when followed by 'e/i' takes up the sound of a stressed 'h'

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Grammar tip
Note that the names of professions like ingeniero / profesor etc. are not capitalized? This is because introductory titles are not capitalized in Spanish although their common abbreviations (such as Dr. for doctor) are!

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Introductions - Gender

English I am a boy I am a girl

Spanish Soy chico Soy chica

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Grammar tip
We don't add un / una before professions such as ingeniero / ingeniera (engineer) or words such as chico / chica as the last letter of the word itself reveals gender However in case of estudiante the word itself does not reveal gender hence we added un / una

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Introductions - Location

I am from Chicago

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Introductions - Location

I Yo

am soy

from de

Chicago Chicago

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Introductions - Location

I am from Chicago

(Yo) soy de Chicago

Pronoun can be omitted

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Let's Revise

English I am Mark My name is Lisa I am a boy I am a student I am a girl I'm from Chicago

Spanish Yo soy Mark Mi nombre es Lisa Soy chico Soy una estudiante Soy chica Yo soy de Chicago

Tip Can also omit pronoun

Female student

Can also omit pronoun

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Try yourself

Male student

1
estudiante

2
Un estudiante

3
Una estudiante

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Solution

Male student

1
estudiante

2
Un estudiante

3
Una estudiante

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Try yourself

Doctor (female)

1
Una mdica

2
mdica

3
Un mdica

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Solution

Doctor (female)

1
Una mdica

2
mdica

3
Un mdica

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Lets move on

Now that you know how to introduce yourself and talk about what you dolets look at some other basic phrases while asking for introductions

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Introductions

What is your phone number?

Cul es tu nmero de telfono?

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Which form of 'what' to use?

Cul is used to indicate a selection, or choice of possibilities while Qu is generally used to elicit a definition Since questions like 'What is your name' and 'What is your telephone number' are not seeking a definition we use Cul

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Grammar tip

nmero de telfono = number of telephone

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Introductions

My phone number is _______

Mi nmero de telfono es ______

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Revision - Word list

English Name Student Boy Engineer Doctor Teacher Phone number

Spanish Nombre estudiante Chico ingeniero /a mdico /a profesor /ora Nmero de telfono

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Revision : Interrogations

English What? What?

Spanish Qu? Cul?

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Revision

English I am Mark What is your name? My name is Lisa I'm from Chicago

Spanish Yo soy Mark Cul es tu nombre? Mi nombre es Lisa Yo soy de Chicago

Tip Can also omit pronoun Cmo te llamas? can also be used Can also omit pronoun

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Culture leaf
La Tomatina festival is held in the Valencian town of Buol, in Spain Participants throw tomatoes and get involved in a tomato fight purely for fun. It is held on the last Wednesday of August http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomatina

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Whats next?

In the next lesson we will learn some basic verbs to build our vocabulary and some conversations around them!

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Credits
Content Team CultureAlley, Okairy Zuiga, Tomasa Merino Martn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semana_Santa Voice over Jorge Garcia Rey Pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Folio_173v__The_Entry_into_Jerusalem.jpg
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Practice Game: Just type what you hear

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