Pao-Pao
05-26-2007, 04:41 AM
Hi guys!! I'm so excitedd about this thread so I hope you like it and learn some good things about this awsome language...I know spanish is not that common, especially in this site when everybody speaks whether english or asian languages but you still have to know some important stuff...I'm going to begin doing an introduction cuz not everybody knows about our wonderful culture and then I'm going to give you the basics ok??...the lessons come after that.
LET'S LEARN SPANISH!!!
Pronunciation: espa'ɲol/, /kaste'ʎano/
Spanish is a Romance language originally from the northern area of Spain. It is the only official language covering the entirety of Spain, most Latin American (except Brazil) countries and one of the official languages of Equatorial Guinea. In total, twenty-five nations and territories use Spanish as their primary language. In addition, it is an important language in twenty other countries. (1)
Spoken in:
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela and a part of the population of Andorra, Belize, Gibraltar and the United States...now more than ever cuz of the hispanic comunity living there.
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/Pao-Pao_photos/800px-Map-Hispanophone_World.png
Hispanic Culture:
Hispanic culture is a term used to indentify the cultural production found in Spain and in the countries that were part of the Spanish Empire, including Mexico, Peru and other countries that were formerly known as New Spain and the Viceroyalty of Peru.
In Latin America, portions of the Caribbean, the Philippines and Equatorial Guinea, Spanish cultural influences are significant. This includes to some extent those parts of the United States (the Southwest and Florida) that were also originally colonized by the Spanish. Thanks to their shared histories, Hispanic nations share many of the same same customs, traditions, language, food, art, and religion, though each country has its own unique culture and peculiarities. (2)
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/Pao-Pao_photos/tania_hispanidad_festival_latino.png
The culture of Latin America is very diverse because we have influence from Spain, Africa, Portugal...the most important topic are Religion, Music, Cuisine, Art and Traditions....we'll learn all about it in the next lessons....I'll be posting tips about each topic.
BASIC INFORMATION
Alphabet:
The alphabet comes from Latin alphabet and there's 3 more letters than english wich are Ñ, CH, LL and RR....although this last one letter doesn't exist in the alphabet. Spanish alphabet has 28 letters...we have to count the letter W...even when we don't use it a lot, spanish people use it on names and english words.
Letter: Way to pronounce it
A: A...as in Alphabet
B: Be...as in Baby
C: Ce...as in Certain
CH: Che...Chef...represents the phoneme (/tʃ/
D: De...as in Detour
E: E...as in Elephant
F: Efe...as Fast...and also PH = F
G: khe...as in Good
H: Ache...This letter doesn't have sound...it's a dumb letter.
I: Ee...as in Indication
J: Khota...as in the popular latin name Jose
K: Ka...as in Karate.
L: Ele...as in Language
LL: Doble L (E-lye)...represents the phoneme /ʎ/
M: Eme...as in Mate
N: Ene...as in None
Ñ: Eñe (E-nye)...represents the phoneme /ɲ/
O: O...as in Oasis
P: Pe...as in Paola
Q: Koo...as in Quality
R: Ere...as in Real...but you have to sound it more loud
S: Ese...as in Sexy
T: Te...as in Telegram
U: Oo...as in U in mandarine.
V: Ve...as in Venezuela
(W): Doble V (oo-be do-ble)...as in William
X: Ekees...as in X-ray....we don't use it a lot.
Y: Lye or ee gree-e-ga...as in Yankee
Z: Theta.
*RR: Erre*...as in RReal (for example)
The Numbers:
0: Cero...Thero
1: Uno...Oono
2: Dos...dos
3: Tres...tres
4: Cuatro...kwatro
5: Cinco...theenko
6: Seis...se-ees
7: Siete...sye-te
8: Ocho...O-cho
9: Nueve...nwe-be
10: Díez...dyeth...(Some words have accents, they're not THAT important now but I'll explain it eventually).
11: Once...On-the
12: Doce...Do-the
13: Trece...Tre-the
14: Catorce...kator-the
15: Quince...keen-the
16: Dieciseis...dyethee-se-ees
17: Diecisiete...dyethee-sye-te
18: Dieciocho...dyethee-o-cho
19: Diecinueve...dyethee-nwe-be
20: Veinte...be-een-te
21: Veintiuno...be-eentee-oo-no
22: Veintidos...be-eentee-dos
23:Veintitres...be-eentee-tres
24: Veinticuatro...be-eentee-kwatro
So on
30: Treinta...tre-eenta
40:Cuarenta...kwa-renta
50: Cincuenta...theen-kwenta
60: Sesenta...se-senta
70: Sesenta...se-tenta
80: Ochenta...o-chenta
90: Noventa...no-benta
100: Cien...thyen
Numbers from 20 to 100...you only have to write, for exmaple, VEINTI (not Veinte)+ the single number...on the other hand with the rest of the numbers you do write TREINTA (the way I wrote it at first) + the single number...with 100 you have to say (CIENTO + the single number)
The Colors:
Rojo: Red...rokho
Azul: Blue...Athool
Verde: Green...ber-de
Amarillo: Yellow...ama-reelyo
Rosado: Pink...Ro-sa-do
Negro: Black...Ne-gro
Blanco: White...blan-ko
Marrón: Brown...ma-rron
Plateado: Silver...pla-te-ado
Dorado: Gold...do-rado
Anaranjado: Orange...na-ran-kha
Morado: Purple...mo-rado
Greettings and Simple words:
Hola: Hello , Hi...o-la
Buenos días: Good morning...bwenos dee-as
Buenas tardes: Good afternoon...bwenas tar-des
Buenas noches: Good night...bwenas no-ches
Adiós: Good-bye...a-dyos
Chao: Bye (informal...most common used)...cha-o
Hasta luego: See you soon...asta lwe-kho
Hasta la vista: See you later...asta la beesta
Hasta mañana: See you tomorrow...asta ma-nyana
Por favor: Please...por phabor
Gracias: Thank you...grathyas
De nada: Your welcome...
Con permiso, Disculpe: Excuse me
Perdón: Sorry
Felicitaciones: Congratulations
Buena suerte: Good luck
Señor: Sir, Mister
Señora: Mrs, Madam
Señorita: Miss
The Family:
Pápa: Father
Máma: Mother
Abuela: Grandmother
Abuelo: Grandfather
Hijo: Son
Hija: Daugther
Tío: Uncle
Tía: Aunt
Primo (Male), Prima (female): Cousin
Also:
Amigo (Male), Amiga (Female): Friend
LINKS TO SURVIVE!!!!
1*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language
2*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_culture
3* Spanish Pronunciation!:
http://www.lingolex.com/pronounce/index.htm
http://www.geocities.com/athens/thebes/6177/ws-pronun.html
http://spanish.about.com/od/spanishpronunciation/Learn_Spanish_Pronunciation.htm
These links can help you with the things I put in this post...I'll post the first lesson tomorrow or within 2 days cuz I wanna hear your opnions first in the discussion thread.
Do not discuss in here!! This thread is only for lessons.
Spanish is really hard to understand and to pronounce as well but I'll give you guys some tips....words and common phrases you can use.
ATTENTION ALL SPANISH STUDENTS!!!
UNIT 1
LESSON 1
REVIEWNG BASIC INFORMATION + THE NUMBERS (1,000-1,000,000)
The first post was just an introduction to what's coming next. But first of all let's review what we learned already...the alphabet.
THE ALPHABET:
Here you can find some other examples about the alphabet. Spanish has the same lettles as in english, including CH, LL, Ñ and RR. Remember that in Spanish, vowels (a, e, i, o, u) have only one sound. When you find two together, pronounce both of them in quick succession as in aceite a-the-ee-te.
How do you spell it? = ¿Cómo se escribe?
A...Antonio=An-tonyo
B...Barcelona=Bar-the-lona
C...Carmen=Karmen
CH...Chocolate=Choko-la-te
D...Dolores=Dolo-res
E...Enrique=Enree-ke
F...Fuerza=Fooer-tha
G...Gato=Kha-to
H...Historia=Ees-to-rya
I...Inés=Ee-nes
J...José=Kohse
K...Kilo=Kee-lo
L...Lorenzo=Lo-rentho
LL...Llorar=Lyo-rar
M...Madrid=Madreed
N...Niño=Nee-nyo
Ñ...Muñeca=Moo-nye-ka
O...Oso=O-so
P...París=Parees
Q...Querido=Ke-reedo
R...Ramón=Ramon
S...Sábado=Sa-bado
T...Televisor=Te-le-bi-sor
U...Ulises=Oo-lee-ses
V...Valencia=Ba-lenthya
W...Washington=Wo-sheengton
X...Xilófono=Ksee-lo-phono
Y...Yegua=Ye-gwa
Z...Zaragoza=Thara-gotha
Words unknown:
Antonio, Carmen, Dolores, Ulises, Enrique, Inés, José, Lorenzo, Ramón are names.
Valencia, Zaragoza, Barcelona, Madrid are cities' names of Spain.
París=Paris
Navarra is a lastname
Historia= History
Querido=Darling (male)
Sábado= Saturday
Yegua=Mare
Chocolate=Chocolate
Niño=Child (male)
Xilófono=Xylophone
THE NUMBERS:
I had to add in the first post the pronunciation cuz I noticed I didn't put it, check it out!!.
We learned already the numbers from 1-100, and we know that the rest of the numbers until we get to 900 follows the same rule. Now let's learn the rest of the numbers until 90,000.
1,000: Mil
1,010: Mil díez
1,100: Mil cien
1,150: Mil ciento cincuenta
2,000: Dos mil
3,000: Tres mil
So on...
1* To name those numbers you have to add the word "MIL" to it, indicating the unit "THOUSAND"
2* You have to combine the numbers to create one. For example 1,150:
1,150 = MIL CIENTO CINCUENTA
3,680 = Tres mil seiscientos ochenta
5,720= Cinco mil setecientos viente
2,914= Dos mil novecientos catorce
3* You can noticed that we add "S" at the end of the unit "HUNDRED".
11,000: Once mil
12,000: Doce mil
13,000: Trece mil
So on...
12,450: Doce mil cuatrocientos cincuenta.
15,310: Quince mil trecientos díez.
18,533: Dieciocho mil quinientos treinta y tres.
4* When we have big numbers, we have to write "Y=AND" between the units
20,000: Veinte mil
30,000: Treinta mil
40,000:Cuarenta mil
50,000:Cincuenta mil
60,000: Sesenta mil
70,000:Sesenta mil
80,000: Ochenta mil
90,000:Noventa mil
55,465: Cincuenta y cinco mil cuatocientos sesenta y cinco
92,870: Noventa y dos mil ochocientos sesenta
49,500: Cuarenta y nueve mil quinientos
5* IDEM
More simple words:
Si=See... Yes
No= No... No
Ok=Ok... Ok
Dama= Dama...Lady
Caballero: Ka-ba-lyero...Gentleman
Salud= Salut...Bless you
Te amo= Te a-mo I love you
Useful phrases:
No se= No se... I don't know
Yo no entiendo= Lyo no en-tyendo... I don't understand
¿Hablas inglés?=¿a-bla oosted een-gles?... Do you speak english?
¿Pudría repetirlo por favor?= ¿podree-a re-peteer-lo por fabor?...Can you repeat it please?
Es muy amable= mwee a-ma-ble...That's very kind
Mucho gusto=moocho goosto...Nice to meet you
Para ti=Pa-ra tee...To you
Feliz Cumpleaños=Fe-leeth Kum-plea-nyos
Spanish Phrases for Meeting and Greeting
¿Habla Ud. inglés? Do you speak English?
¿Se habla inglés aquí? Does anyone here speak English?
Discúlpeme por hablar tan mal el español. Excuse my poor Spanish.
Solamente hablo un poco de español. I only speak a little Spanish.
¿Cómo se llama Ud.? What is your name?
Me llamo Martín. My name is Martin.
Esta es Catalina. This is Catalina.
¿Cómo está Ud.? How are you?
¿Qué tal ha estado Ud.? How have you been?
Food:
Galletas=ga-lyetas...Cookies
Pan=pan...Bread
Mantequilla=man-te-kee-lya...Butter
Cereal=Ce-re-al...Cereal
Queso=keso...Cheese
Jamón=khamon...Ham
Pollo=Po-Lyo...Chiken
Carne=Karne...
Café=ka-fe...coffe
Té=Te...Tea
Miel=My-el...Honey
Mermelada=mer-mela-da...Jam
Leche=Le-che...Milk
Arroz=A-rroth...Rice
Yogur=Yogoor
Agua=A-khua
Jugo=kooh-kho
Huevos=Webos...Eggs
Exercises!!!!
1* You must read the alphabet and practice the pronunciation, as well as the numbers.
2* Write the numbers I'm giving you above. You ask for my help or see the links below...you can use the introduction post as well as the first lesson.
15,630:
85,456:
285:
115:
8,750:
2,500:
974:
1,236:
768:
16:
25,985:
54,630:
2,650,000:
You can take the test in here and post the answers with your name on it.
LINKS TO SURVIVE!!!
1* Spanish Tutorial: More common phrases/ the alphabet, the numbers
http://www.ielanguages.com/spanish1.html
This page also provides a lot of information you can use.
2* More common phrases with sounds
http://www.quiz-buddy.com/Spanish_Phrases_with_Audio.html
3* Learning the numbers
http://www.donquijote.org/spanishlanguage/numbers/numbers1.asp
Interesting Notes:
Since I live in Latin America, I wanna teach you about our culture. Spanish culture is very similar but I don't know that much about it...So let's learn about Central and Sout America.
Our Cuisine:
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/Pao-Pao_photos/recipes.jpg
Latina Cuisine is very interesting cuz there are a lot of good flavors and style of food, which depends of each country. Even so Central and South America have a lot of similar things, the food changes between regions. On the other hand, our cuisine is based on our natives people. Cold countries like Chile and Argentina have different flavors and styles as Tropical countries such as Venezuela and Mexico for example.
Venezuela
Coffee lovers will enjoy. Fruit juices are popular and served pure, batido or watered down or as a merengado or milkshake. Beer is popular, as in rum. Look for:
# Arepas: flat bread, either served plain at meals or filled with meat, cheese, or fish and eaten as a snack from an arepera
# Cachapa: fresh corn pancake, like a tortilla, served with cheese and/or ham
# Cachito: hot bread roll stuffed with ham
# Hallaca: meat, vegetables, olive stuffing in corn dough, steamed in plantain leaves
# Mondongo: tripe cooked in bouillon with vegetables, corn and potatoes
# Muchacho: roast loin of beef in sauce
# Pabellón: shredded beef, rice, beans, and fried plantain
# Parillada: barbequed meats
# Sancocho: fish stew with vegetables
Chile
Chilean cuisine tends to the international, plus wonderful seafood that forms the base of many favored dishes. Ethnic restaurants abound in the cities. Vegetarian meals are available.
Soft drinks and juices are everywhere. The licuados, fruity milk shakes, are good. Try moté con huesillo , a peach and barley drink. Coffee is usually instant, but espresso is becoming popular. Tea is served black with lemon. Herbal teas, aguitas, are popular after dinner drinks. Try manzanilla, camomile, or a boldo .
Chilean wines are superb. Beer, pisco, aguardiente and imported hard liquors are popular. Make sure you try a Pisco Sour, made with egg white, lemon juice and powdered sugar. Try these Recipes from Chile. And when you're in Chile, be sure to try:
# Cazuela: soup with meat or chicken, potato, corn and squash or other vegetables
# Pastel de choclo: corn pie with meat, vegetables, chicken, olives and hard-boiled eggs
# Lomo a lo pobre: fried beef, eggs, onions and french fries
# Arroz con pollo: chicken and rice casserole
# Curanto: seafood stew with chicken, pork, lamb, beef and potato
# Chupes: stews of fish or beef
Find more in here:
http://www.eturismo.com/gtrav/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_American_cuisine
LET'S LEARN SPANISH!!!
Pronunciation: espa'ɲol/, /kaste'ʎano/
Spanish is a Romance language originally from the northern area of Spain. It is the only official language covering the entirety of Spain, most Latin American (except Brazil) countries and one of the official languages of Equatorial Guinea. In total, twenty-five nations and territories use Spanish as their primary language. In addition, it is an important language in twenty other countries. (1)
Spoken in:
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela and a part of the population of Andorra, Belize, Gibraltar and the United States...now more than ever cuz of the hispanic comunity living there.
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/Pao-Pao_photos/800px-Map-Hispanophone_World.png
Hispanic Culture:
Hispanic culture is a term used to indentify the cultural production found in Spain and in the countries that were part of the Spanish Empire, including Mexico, Peru and other countries that were formerly known as New Spain and the Viceroyalty of Peru.
In Latin America, portions of the Caribbean, the Philippines and Equatorial Guinea, Spanish cultural influences are significant. This includes to some extent those parts of the United States (the Southwest and Florida) that were also originally colonized by the Spanish. Thanks to their shared histories, Hispanic nations share many of the same same customs, traditions, language, food, art, and religion, though each country has its own unique culture and peculiarities. (2)
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/Pao-Pao_photos/tania_hispanidad_festival_latino.png
The culture of Latin America is very diverse because we have influence from Spain, Africa, Portugal...the most important topic are Religion, Music, Cuisine, Art and Traditions....we'll learn all about it in the next lessons....I'll be posting tips about each topic.
BASIC INFORMATION
Alphabet:
The alphabet comes from Latin alphabet and there's 3 more letters than english wich are Ñ, CH, LL and RR....although this last one letter doesn't exist in the alphabet. Spanish alphabet has 28 letters...we have to count the letter W...even when we don't use it a lot, spanish people use it on names and english words.
Letter: Way to pronounce it
A: A...as in Alphabet
B: Be...as in Baby
C: Ce...as in Certain
CH: Che...Chef...represents the phoneme (/tʃ/
D: De...as in Detour
E: E...as in Elephant
F: Efe...as Fast...and also PH = F
G: khe...as in Good
H: Ache...This letter doesn't have sound...it's a dumb letter.
I: Ee...as in Indication
J: Khota...as in the popular latin name Jose
K: Ka...as in Karate.
L: Ele...as in Language
LL: Doble L (E-lye)...represents the phoneme /ʎ/
M: Eme...as in Mate
N: Ene...as in None
Ñ: Eñe (E-nye)...represents the phoneme /ɲ/
O: O...as in Oasis
P: Pe...as in Paola
Q: Koo...as in Quality
R: Ere...as in Real...but you have to sound it more loud
S: Ese...as in Sexy
T: Te...as in Telegram
U: Oo...as in U in mandarine.
V: Ve...as in Venezuela
(W): Doble V (oo-be do-ble)...as in William
X: Ekees...as in X-ray....we don't use it a lot.
Y: Lye or ee gree-e-ga...as in Yankee
Z: Theta.
*RR: Erre*...as in RReal (for example)
The Numbers:
0: Cero...Thero
1: Uno...Oono
2: Dos...dos
3: Tres...tres
4: Cuatro...kwatro
5: Cinco...theenko
6: Seis...se-ees
7: Siete...sye-te
8: Ocho...O-cho
9: Nueve...nwe-be
10: Díez...dyeth...(Some words have accents, they're not THAT important now but I'll explain it eventually).
11: Once...On-the
12: Doce...Do-the
13: Trece...Tre-the
14: Catorce...kator-the
15: Quince...keen-the
16: Dieciseis...dyethee-se-ees
17: Diecisiete...dyethee-sye-te
18: Dieciocho...dyethee-o-cho
19: Diecinueve...dyethee-nwe-be
20: Veinte...be-een-te
21: Veintiuno...be-eentee-oo-no
22: Veintidos...be-eentee-dos
23:Veintitres...be-eentee-tres
24: Veinticuatro...be-eentee-kwatro
So on
30: Treinta...tre-eenta
40:Cuarenta...kwa-renta
50: Cincuenta...theen-kwenta
60: Sesenta...se-senta
70: Sesenta...se-tenta
80: Ochenta...o-chenta
90: Noventa...no-benta
100: Cien...thyen
Numbers from 20 to 100...you only have to write, for exmaple, VEINTI (not Veinte)+ the single number...on the other hand with the rest of the numbers you do write TREINTA (the way I wrote it at first) + the single number...with 100 you have to say (CIENTO + the single number)
The Colors:
Rojo: Red...rokho
Azul: Blue...Athool
Verde: Green...ber-de
Amarillo: Yellow...ama-reelyo
Rosado: Pink...Ro-sa-do
Negro: Black...Ne-gro
Blanco: White...blan-ko
Marrón: Brown...ma-rron
Plateado: Silver...pla-te-ado
Dorado: Gold...do-rado
Anaranjado: Orange...na-ran-kha
Morado: Purple...mo-rado
Greettings and Simple words:
Hola: Hello , Hi...o-la
Buenos días: Good morning...bwenos dee-as
Buenas tardes: Good afternoon...bwenas tar-des
Buenas noches: Good night...bwenas no-ches
Adiós: Good-bye...a-dyos
Chao: Bye (informal...most common used)...cha-o
Hasta luego: See you soon...asta lwe-kho
Hasta la vista: See you later...asta la beesta
Hasta mañana: See you tomorrow...asta ma-nyana
Por favor: Please...por phabor
Gracias: Thank you...grathyas
De nada: Your welcome...
Con permiso, Disculpe: Excuse me
Perdón: Sorry
Felicitaciones: Congratulations
Buena suerte: Good luck
Señor: Sir, Mister
Señora: Mrs, Madam
Señorita: Miss
The Family:
Pápa: Father
Máma: Mother
Abuela: Grandmother
Abuelo: Grandfather
Hijo: Son
Hija: Daugther
Tío: Uncle
Tía: Aunt
Primo (Male), Prima (female): Cousin
Also:
Amigo (Male), Amiga (Female): Friend
LINKS TO SURVIVE!!!!
1*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language
2*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_culture
3* Spanish Pronunciation!:
http://www.lingolex.com/pronounce/index.htm
http://www.geocities.com/athens/thebes/6177/ws-pronun.html
http://spanish.about.com/od/spanishpronunciation/Learn_Spanish_Pronunciation.htm
These links can help you with the things I put in this post...I'll post the first lesson tomorrow or within 2 days cuz I wanna hear your opnions first in the discussion thread.
Do not discuss in here!! This thread is only for lessons.
Spanish is really hard to understand and to pronounce as well but I'll give you guys some tips....words and common phrases you can use.
ATTENTION ALL SPANISH STUDENTS!!!
UNIT 1
LESSON 1
REVIEWNG BASIC INFORMATION + THE NUMBERS (1,000-1,000,000)
The first post was just an introduction to what's coming next. But first of all let's review what we learned already...the alphabet.
THE ALPHABET:
Here you can find some other examples about the alphabet. Spanish has the same lettles as in english, including CH, LL, Ñ and RR. Remember that in Spanish, vowels (a, e, i, o, u) have only one sound. When you find two together, pronounce both of them in quick succession as in aceite a-the-ee-te.
How do you spell it? = ¿Cómo se escribe?
A...Antonio=An-tonyo
B...Barcelona=Bar-the-lona
C...Carmen=Karmen
CH...Chocolate=Choko-la-te
D...Dolores=Dolo-res
E...Enrique=Enree-ke
F...Fuerza=Fooer-tha
G...Gato=Kha-to
H...Historia=Ees-to-rya
I...Inés=Ee-nes
J...José=Kohse
K...Kilo=Kee-lo
L...Lorenzo=Lo-rentho
LL...Llorar=Lyo-rar
M...Madrid=Madreed
N...Niño=Nee-nyo
Ñ...Muñeca=Moo-nye-ka
O...Oso=O-so
P...París=Parees
Q...Querido=Ke-reedo
R...Ramón=Ramon
S...Sábado=Sa-bado
T...Televisor=Te-le-bi-sor
U...Ulises=Oo-lee-ses
V...Valencia=Ba-lenthya
W...Washington=Wo-sheengton
X...Xilófono=Ksee-lo-phono
Y...Yegua=Ye-gwa
Z...Zaragoza=Thara-gotha
Words unknown:
Antonio, Carmen, Dolores, Ulises, Enrique, Inés, José, Lorenzo, Ramón are names.
Valencia, Zaragoza, Barcelona, Madrid are cities' names of Spain.
París=Paris
Navarra is a lastname
Historia= History
Querido=Darling (male)
Sábado= Saturday
Yegua=Mare
Chocolate=Chocolate
Niño=Child (male)
Xilófono=Xylophone
THE NUMBERS:
I had to add in the first post the pronunciation cuz I noticed I didn't put it, check it out!!.
We learned already the numbers from 1-100, and we know that the rest of the numbers until we get to 900 follows the same rule. Now let's learn the rest of the numbers until 90,000.
1,000: Mil
1,010: Mil díez
1,100: Mil cien
1,150: Mil ciento cincuenta
2,000: Dos mil
3,000: Tres mil
So on...
1* To name those numbers you have to add the word "MIL" to it, indicating the unit "THOUSAND"
2* You have to combine the numbers to create one. For example 1,150:
1,150 = MIL CIENTO CINCUENTA
3,680 = Tres mil seiscientos ochenta
5,720= Cinco mil setecientos viente
2,914= Dos mil novecientos catorce
3* You can noticed that we add "S" at the end of the unit "HUNDRED".
11,000: Once mil
12,000: Doce mil
13,000: Trece mil
So on...
12,450: Doce mil cuatrocientos cincuenta.
15,310: Quince mil trecientos díez.
18,533: Dieciocho mil quinientos treinta y tres.
4* When we have big numbers, we have to write "Y=AND" between the units
20,000: Veinte mil
30,000: Treinta mil
40,000:Cuarenta mil
50,000:Cincuenta mil
60,000: Sesenta mil
70,000:Sesenta mil
80,000: Ochenta mil
90,000:Noventa mil
55,465: Cincuenta y cinco mil cuatocientos sesenta y cinco
92,870: Noventa y dos mil ochocientos sesenta
49,500: Cuarenta y nueve mil quinientos
5* IDEM
More simple words:
Si=See... Yes
No= No... No
Ok=Ok... Ok
Dama= Dama...Lady
Caballero: Ka-ba-lyero...Gentleman
Salud= Salut...Bless you
Te amo= Te a-mo I love you
Useful phrases:
No se= No se... I don't know
Yo no entiendo= Lyo no en-tyendo... I don't understand
¿Hablas inglés?=¿a-bla oosted een-gles?... Do you speak english?
¿Pudría repetirlo por favor?= ¿podree-a re-peteer-lo por fabor?...Can you repeat it please?
Es muy amable= mwee a-ma-ble...That's very kind
Mucho gusto=moocho goosto...Nice to meet you
Para ti=Pa-ra tee...To you
Feliz Cumpleaños=Fe-leeth Kum-plea-nyos
Spanish Phrases for Meeting and Greeting
¿Habla Ud. inglés? Do you speak English?
¿Se habla inglés aquí? Does anyone here speak English?
Discúlpeme por hablar tan mal el español. Excuse my poor Spanish.
Solamente hablo un poco de español. I only speak a little Spanish.
¿Cómo se llama Ud.? What is your name?
Me llamo Martín. My name is Martin.
Esta es Catalina. This is Catalina.
¿Cómo está Ud.? How are you?
¿Qué tal ha estado Ud.? How have you been?
Food:
Galletas=ga-lyetas...Cookies
Pan=pan...Bread
Mantequilla=man-te-kee-lya...Butter
Cereal=Ce-re-al...Cereal
Queso=keso...Cheese
Jamón=khamon...Ham
Pollo=Po-Lyo...Chiken
Carne=Karne...
Café=ka-fe...coffe
Té=Te...Tea
Miel=My-el...Honey
Mermelada=mer-mela-da...Jam
Leche=Le-che...Milk
Arroz=A-rroth...Rice
Yogur=Yogoor
Agua=A-khua
Jugo=kooh-kho
Huevos=Webos...Eggs
Exercises!!!!
1* You must read the alphabet and practice the pronunciation, as well as the numbers.
2* Write the numbers I'm giving you above. You ask for my help or see the links below...you can use the introduction post as well as the first lesson.
15,630:
85,456:
285:
115:
8,750:
2,500:
974:
1,236:
768:
16:
25,985:
54,630:
2,650,000:
You can take the test in here and post the answers with your name on it.
LINKS TO SURVIVE!!!
1* Spanish Tutorial: More common phrases/ the alphabet, the numbers
http://www.ielanguages.com/spanish1.html
This page also provides a lot of information you can use.
2* More common phrases with sounds
http://www.quiz-buddy.com/Spanish_Phrases_with_Audio.html
3* Learning the numbers
http://www.donquijote.org/spanishlanguage/numbers/numbers1.asp
Interesting Notes:
Since I live in Latin America, I wanna teach you about our culture. Spanish culture is very similar but I don't know that much about it...So let's learn about Central and Sout America.
Our Cuisine:
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/Pao-Pao_photos/recipes.jpg
Latina Cuisine is very interesting cuz there are a lot of good flavors and style of food, which depends of each country. Even so Central and South America have a lot of similar things, the food changes between regions. On the other hand, our cuisine is based on our natives people. Cold countries like Chile and Argentina have different flavors and styles as Tropical countries such as Venezuela and Mexico for example.
Venezuela
Coffee lovers will enjoy. Fruit juices are popular and served pure, batido or watered down or as a merengado or milkshake. Beer is popular, as in rum. Look for:
# Arepas: flat bread, either served plain at meals or filled with meat, cheese, or fish and eaten as a snack from an arepera
# Cachapa: fresh corn pancake, like a tortilla, served with cheese and/or ham
# Cachito: hot bread roll stuffed with ham
# Hallaca: meat, vegetables, olive stuffing in corn dough, steamed in plantain leaves
# Mondongo: tripe cooked in bouillon with vegetables, corn and potatoes
# Muchacho: roast loin of beef in sauce
# Pabellón: shredded beef, rice, beans, and fried plantain
# Parillada: barbequed meats
# Sancocho: fish stew with vegetables
Chile
Chilean cuisine tends to the international, plus wonderful seafood that forms the base of many favored dishes. Ethnic restaurants abound in the cities. Vegetarian meals are available.
Soft drinks and juices are everywhere. The licuados, fruity milk shakes, are good. Try moté con huesillo , a peach and barley drink. Coffee is usually instant, but espresso is becoming popular. Tea is served black with lemon. Herbal teas, aguitas, are popular after dinner drinks. Try manzanilla, camomile, or a boldo .
Chilean wines are superb. Beer, pisco, aguardiente and imported hard liquors are popular. Make sure you try a Pisco Sour, made with egg white, lemon juice and powdered sugar. Try these Recipes from Chile. And when you're in Chile, be sure to try:
# Cazuela: soup with meat or chicken, potato, corn and squash or other vegetables
# Pastel de choclo: corn pie with meat, vegetables, chicken, olives and hard-boiled eggs
# Lomo a lo pobre: fried beef, eggs, onions and french fries
# Arroz con pollo: chicken and rice casserole
# Curanto: seafood stew with chicken, pork, lamb, beef and potato
# Chupes: stews of fish or beef
Find more in here:
http://www.eturismo.com/gtrav/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_American_cuisine