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Cómo Estás?" The Base of the Spanish Language

Posted by Bella Mezzaroba in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
In order to even have hopes of communicating in Spanish, you must know the basics such as hello, how are you, and goodbye. You have to know...
- Greetings
- How are you
- How to respond to how are you
- Goodbye



Greetings

¡Hola!Hello
¡Buenos días!Good morning
¡Buenas tardes!Good afternoon
¡Buenas noches!Good night



How are you/ response



*¿Cómo estás (tú)?How are you? (informal)
*¿Cómo está (usted)?How are you? (formal)
¿Que tal?How are you? (informal or formal)
(Muy) Bein, gracias(very) Good, thanks
Más o menosokay
(Muy) mal(very) terrible
**Estoy...
   ...enfermo/a
   ...cansado/a
   ...contendo/a
   ...estrado/a		I’m...
   ...sick
   ...tired
   ...happy
   ...stressed
*¿Y tú?And you? (informal)
*¿Y usted?And you? (formal)



*when speaking spanish, you will tend to use certain words to address different people. Tú and usted mean the same thing but tú is used in informal situations and usted is used in formal ones.



**These are just a few emotions

Goodbye



¡Adiós!

Bye!

¡Hasta luego!

See ya later!

¡Hasta pronto!

See ya soon!

¡Hasta mañana!

See ya tomorrow!

¡Qué le vaya bein!

Have a good one!



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You are about to watch a video of two friends who haven't seen each other in a while. This is a real life situation that can happen between two spanish speaking people.

Comó Estás from Wilson Biggs on Vimeo.

The Weather in Spanish???

Posted by Brittany Atkinson in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
What is the weather? or ¿Qué tiempo hace? 

Explanation:
The weather is super simple to tell in español. First you need to know the seasons.
El invierno (winter)
El primavera (spring) 
El verano (summer)
El otoño (fall)

Then you need to know how to say what the weather. Here's a chart to help you understand better.

Tip: Está and Hace are what you say before you say what the weather is.

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​To say the weather is nice you would say : Hace buen tiempo. 
To say the weather is bad you would say : Hace muy tiempo. 


​Video INTRO

Here is a video of a real life situation in which knowing how to ask/say the weather in spanish here an american is in a spanish speaking country and doesn't know how to ask the weather
Spanish weather by Sp3ars on GoAnimate

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Days of the Week!

Posted by Brandon Yam in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
Days of the Week! 

It is very important to know the days of the week for a various of reasons. These are the days of the week. 
(Click the image to enlarge it.)
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Note: The spanish days of the week begin with lowercase letters, not uppercase. You must also remember the accents! They are just as important as the word itself! It would help if you knew the spanish alphabet as well, since the words are pronounced differently compared to the English alphabet. 

To say "Today is..." in spanish, it is "Hoy es ___"  
To say "Tomorrow is..." in spanish, it is "Mañana es ___" 

Click the link for some practice. Remember practice makes perfect!
http://quizlet.com/1207116/days-of-the-week-spanish-1-flash-cards/
Video Introduction
Here's a video of a student turning in his homework late because he didn't know the spanish days of the week. 

Click here to see the video. 

iHola! how to introduce yourself to an exchange student from Puerto Rico

Posted by Angelica Owens in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
Here are some key words you need to know in order to have a conversation with someone. simple words that means hello, how are you and goodbyes.
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Explanation:

In oder to have a conversation with a spanish speaking person you must know:

ihola!: hi
Buenos dias: good morning
buenas tardes: good afternoon
buenas noches: good evening
que' tal: how are you?
mas o menos: alright
mal: terrible
muy bien: very well
adios: goodbye
Hasta mañana: see you tomorrow

Here is a demonstration on how to introduce yourself: 

https://localhost/Users/aowens/Pictures/Photo%20Booth%20Library/Pictures/Movie%20on%2010-31-12%20at%209.05%20AM.mov

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¡Hola! How to communicate with a exchange student from Costa Rica.

Posted by Kevin Le in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
Explanation
In order to communicate with an exchange student you must know
-How to ask how they are doing in español 
-How to reply back to them in español
-How to pronunce the words right
-How to say goodbye
-How to say your name 

These are some ways of saying goodbye in Español
Words                                               Meaning
-¡Adiós!                                            Bye!
-¡Hasta luego!                                   See you later!
-¡Hasta pronto!                                 See you soon!
-¡Hasta mañana!                               See you tomorrow
-!Qué le vaya bien!                           Have a good one!


These are some words that describe how you are feeling
Words                                            Meaning
-enfermo/a                                      Sick
-cansado/a                                      Tired
-tranquilo/a                                     Chill
Contento/a                                      Happy


*The male would say the word with an "o" at the end where as the female would say it with a "a" at the end of a word. Also you would say the formal words to adults or like the president to show respect. 


Here are some flash cards that can help you understand the words better and hear them.

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Days of the week.

Posted by Hannah Nicoletti in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
​When learning the days of the week in Spanish remember that the week starts with Monday, not Sunday. Also, remember to make the first letter of each day lower case.

This video may help you learn the day's names and the order of the days:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7mm8MC1MgY



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This is a video of Nebil and Tomy reporting to you live from Philadelphia about the week's weather forecast.

Los Días de la Semana-The Spanish days of the week

Posted by Sean Morris in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
If you ever meet someone that you like and want to go out with them but they don't speak total English, it can be difficult. In this lesson you will be able to learn the spanish days of the week from the multicolored chart below. Remember: in the spanish language the days of the week start with Monday, not Sunday and that the days of the week do not begin with a capital letter. Below is a video to demonstrate a real life situation of a boy asking someone out for a day in the week.

VIDEO
Please note: the audio may be a bit off in the video and we apologize for the inconvenience.
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Marcus Cruz Inranet

Posted by Marcus Cruz in Spanish 1 - Manuel on


(Comcast is my internet service provider) My internet first connects with a cat five wire directly to my modem. 


My modem is connected to a wireless router (Netgear) with an ethernet wire that sends signal to our electronics.


Electronics that include: 

-Computer

-Playstation 3

-Laptop

-iPod

-Wireless speakers
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Who are you talking to? tú vs. Ud

Posted by Avery Monroe in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
There is a difference between tú? and Ud.? When you are talking to your amigos (friends), or just somebody your age or younger you ask a question with tu? but when you are talking to somebody superior you say Ud.? to show respect. 

Remember
tú is for friends
usted shows respect

 Click HERE and HERE  to see videos of a student talking to their best friend vs. talking to a grown up.

Hola! Que tal?

Posted by Jordan Meriwether in Spanish 1 - Manuel on

​For our project we will be teaching greetings, and will also be teaching the time. Specifically we will teach how to greet (like saying hello), how to ask how are you, and how to say goodbye through basic conversation at different times of the day.

Hola-hi
Buenos Días- Good morning
Buenos tardes- Good afternoon
Buenos noches- Good night
¿Qué tal?- How are you?
¿Cómo Va?- How are you?
¿Cómo estas (tú) informal- How are you?
¿Cómo esta (ud.) formal- How are you?
(Muy) bien, gracias- (very) well thanks
Más o mens- Alright 

For our video we will show two people from a spanish speaking country greeting each other in a natural fashion.

We also will go over how to say the phrases about time, mainly asking and telling what time it is. We will review how to say different times and how to say numbers.

Qu dia es hoy? What day is it today?

Posted by Avery Monroe in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
What you need to know
The days of the week
What order they go in

Make sure to remember
They days of the week en español don't start with Sunday, they start on Monday

To ask you say "¿Qué dia es hoy?". That means "What day is it?". To answer the question you have to say "Es..." than say the day. "Es..." means "It's..." in spanish. 


 The Days of The Week

In Spanish and English

lunes

Monday

martes

Tuesday

miérocoles

Wednesday

jueves

Thursday

viernes

Friday

sábado

Saturday

domingo

Sunday


HERE is a video of when you would need this for a real life situation.
If you were in a spanish speaking country, and you wanted to know what day it was.

¿Donde estoy?

Posted by Micah Henry in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
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Lesson 2. 

Preguntas basicas de conversacion: 

In order to complete, one must know the following phrases:
1. ¿De donde eres tú?
2. ¿Comó te llamas?
3. ¿Comó estas?
4.¡Adios!
5. ¿Hasta luego?
6. ¡Que tal?

Above is a comic of preguntas basicas de conversacion. It is telling the story of a person who is coming out of a koma on a beach and meets a stranger. The man coming out of a koma then proceeds to ask where he is, and who he is....?

Keystone XL Pipeline

Posted by Rabbi Awsan in World History - Block on
For our world history class we had to wright 3 monologues if we work alone and 5 monologues if we work with a partner. Our History teacher Mr.Block Told us to wright about the Keystone Pipeline and what other people from different state and cities would say about this Pipeline. Hope you enjoy it!.



Monologue#1
No...Noooo.. My dad just got notice this morning from the government to leave our house because they putting some pipeline here in my house. Is thats the pipeline my history teacher was talking about?. Thats made me go back to the day when we was learning about the “Keystone Pipeline”. In my history class when my teacher told us about the Keystone Pipeline and all my classmates and I start wondering what this pipeline is about. We were about to ask the teacher, when he told us to watch the video describing the details. This is the coolest thing I ever saw- wow, pipeline start from Canada and through United States. Then when we start going deep into the video we realize that keystone pipeline is a ridiculous idea because it not only bad for our land its also going to affect our environment, And now I have no house. Thats is why i am here with you guys to stop this pipeline to save my house and our environment. All want you guys to do is be with me and help me to stop the pipeline.



Monologue#2

I am a owner of corner store in texas and when i was watching the news this morning and i heard that some kind of Pipeline for oil are starting from canada through the united state and going to ends at texas. This pipeline might take place in my town,neighborhood or even in my store. Doesn’t matter where this pipeline going to take place it will destroy everything and it will make difficulties for our next generation to leave. This is ridiculous “Why” we need this pipeline?. Why can't we live the way we usually live. why?



Monologue#3

Buzzz....Buzzzz......Buzzz Hello who is this? Hi I am Steve Calling from the National Oil Corporation. I was wondering what do i think about Keystone what? pipeline? What about it?. I am just going to take one minute for you to talk about the Keystone pipeline starting from canada and all the way through United stade. The keystone XL pipeline connecting us to Canada’s booming oil shale production the pipeline will bring so much bad oil from canada that will affect our environment. So What do you think about the pipeline Ms?. wow-cool I am sorry i have to go to work so can you please call letter when my husband is here.


Bibliography:

http://www.transcanada.com/keystone.html


http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/tag/keystone-xl-pipeline/


http://www.keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov/