Friday, October 30, 2009

tú and Usted

Tú Versus Ud. Questions
When asking questions, you must either end with ‘tú’ or ‘usted’. Tú is used when talking informally and usted is used when talking to someone formally. Both words are supposed to be used at the end of a question.
A circumstance where this is needed is during a during a conversation with an adult and you are a student. You could ask them questions with ‘usted’ and he or she would ask you using ‘tu’.






:Phone numbers

Numbers/Phone Number

The Spanish numbers are essential when it comes to learning Español. It is vital to keep these numbers in your vocabulary:
1...uno 2...dos
3...tres 4...cuatro
5...cinco 6...seis
7...siete 8....ocho
9...nueve 10...diez

11...once
12...doce
13...trece
14...catorce
15...quince
16...dieciséis
17...diecisiete
18...dieciocho
19...diecinueve
20....veinte
30...treinta
40...cuarenta
50...cincuenta
60...sesenta
70...setenta
80...ochenta
90...noventa
100...cien

An incident where this is important is when asking someone else for there phone number. To ask someone how to say what there phone number is, you would say :¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? When telling someone your number, the numbers are broken up so that they are easier to say


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Weather!

Describing Weather Condition, Seasons

~ The weather is something important to talk about during conversation. To ask what the weather is like, say ‘¿Qué tiempo hace?’ There are many key words needed to responded like:
Está / hace.....It’s
Mucho / bastante.....A lot / very
Frio / calor / viento / sol / fresco / nublado / húmedo / lloviendo / nevando.....
Cold / warm /windy / sunny / cool / cloudy / humid / rainy / snowy

Learning these words would be an incident where this would be useful. The teacher will be teaching a child how to ask and respond to questions of the like.


Monday, October 26, 2009

Days of the week!!!

I you are planning a robbery you will need to know the days of the week. In Español we say Monday first. It goes, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and then Sunday is the last day of the week. Lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, såbado, domingo. Notice that the days of the week are not capitalized. To as what is today? You say “¿qué dia es hoy?”.

Lunes ~ Monday

Martes ~ Tuesday

Miércoles ~ Wednesday

Jueves ~ Thursday

veirnes ~ Friday

sábado ~ Saturday

Domingo ~ Sunday




Common courtesy

At a restaurant, you will need to know common courtesy. You will need to say things like, please, thank you, your welcome, and excuse me. To say thank you, you can say: gracias, muchas gracias (thanks a lot), mil gracias (thanks a million). To say please you say: por favor. To say your welcome you say : de nada, por nada, no hay de qué. To say excuse me: con permiso( when someones standing in your way), disculpe( to get someone’s attention), perdón ( if you accidentally bumped into someone)


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

How to use the alphabet in important situations

if you are in a delema where your friend thinks he can sing the alphabet better, you need to know and say the alphabet correctly.

Alphabet

A (ah) o (oh)

B (beh) P (peh)

C (seh) Q (cooo)

D (the) R (ereh)

E (eh) S (eseh)

F (efeh) T (teh)

G (hey) U (ooo)

H (acheh) V (beh)

I (eee!) W (double beh)

J (hota) X (equis)

K (kah) Y (eegriega)

L (eleh) Z (seta)

M (emeh)

N (eneh)

ñ (enyeh)



if you do not say it correctly you will not be speaking spanish! you must anunciate ever letter of the alphabet.

(pree school madness)