Spanish
Bridgett, Jordon, Evilne, Noah
Capitulo 1a Vocabulario
• Baliar- to dance
• Cantar- to sing
• Correr – to run
• Pasar tiempo com amigos- to spend time
with friends
• Nadar- to swim
• Patinar- to skate
• Trabajar – to work
Infinitives
• The Spanish infinitives are – ar, er, or ir.
They are always at the end unlike in
English. They come in the front, such as
to write. In Spanish, it would be nadar,
leer, or escribir.
Cognates
• Cognate are words that look similar in
English and Spanish, and have a similar
meaning. Such as usar- to use,
computadora- computer, and popular –
popular.
Negatives
• To make the sentence negative in Spanish, you
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would put no in front of the sentence. EX: No
me gusta cantar.
When you answer a question, you would repeat
no twice if you don’t like it. EX: ? Te gusta
escribir cuentos? No, no me gusta .
In Spanish you might even say the double
negative more than once. EX: ? Te gusta cantar?
No, no me gusta nada.
Other choices are ni…ni
Expressing agreement or
disagreement
• To say that you agree with someone you
would say “ a mi tambien” , it is like
saying “ me too”
• To tell someone you agree with their
disliking , you would say “ A mi tampoco.”
• Me neither.
Adjectives
• Words that describe people and things are called
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adjectives or adjetivos.
In Spanish, most adjectives have a masculine and
feminine. Masculine words end with –o, and feminine
end with –a. EX: masculine – simpatico, ordenado
Feminine- simpatica, trabajadora
Adjectives- that end in –e describe both masculine and
feminine nouns. EX: inteligente, paciente. Words that in
on dor are masculine , and words that end in dora are
feminine.
Some adjectives that –a, are masculine and feminine.
Such as deportista.
Definite and Indefinite articles
• El and La are called definite articles that
mean “ the” in English . El is for the
masculine and La feminine nouns. EX” el
libro , la carpeta.
• Un and Una are indefinite articles , they
mean “ a “ and “ an” in English. Un is used
for the masculine nouns, Una is used with
feminine nouns. EX: un libro, una carpeta
Word order : Placement of
adjectives
In Spanish , adjectives come after the noun
they describe. EX: Margarita es una chica
artistica. Margarita is an artistic girl.
Notice that in English sentence the
adjective comes before the noun.
Capitulo 1B Vocabulario
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( the /a means in feminine form)
Artistico/ a – artistic
Aterevido/a – daring
Soy – I am
No soy- I am not
Es – he / she is
Gracisos/a – funny
Trabajardor/ ora- hardworking
Deportista- sports- minded
A veces- sometimes
Segun- according
Segun mi familia- according to my family
EL TERMINAR
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