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SPANISH IS NOT A COMPLETE STRANGER

InourintroductiontotheSpanishlanguageyouwillbegladtolearnthatyoualreadyknowor canguessthemeaningofmanySpanishwords.Theseareknownascognates:

Firstofalltherethosewordswhichspelledalikeandhavethesamemeaninginbothlanguages actor tutor animal general moral terrible piano auto doctor error canal final local horrible chocolate trauma Director capital metal fiscal neutral hotel cancer universal conductor cereal facial municipal probable idea caf favor hospital principal usual notable color gratis ThentherearemanySpanishwordswhosespellinginonlyabitdifferentfromtheirlikeforms inEnglish,andwhosemeaningiseasilyrecognized.Thus: aire arte centro barbero mula profesor mapa air art center barber mule professor map ManySpanishverbsdifferfromthecorrespondingEnglishverbsonlyinthemannerofending. delcarar adorar admirar usar informar defender dividir declare adore admire use inform defend divide EnglishhasborrowedwordsdirectlyfromtheSpanishwithorwithoutchangeinspelling.Thus: adobe rodeo fiesta lazo patio rancho siesta adobe rodeo fiesta lasso patio ranch siesta SpanishalsohasborrowedwordsdirectlyfromtheEnglish.Thisisespeciallytrueinthefieldof sportsandhealth.Youwillrecognizethesewordsevenintheirstrangespelling. bsibol bsquetbol tenis champ mitin pudin pls baseball basketball tennis shampoo metting pudding please The similarities between the Spanish and English vocabularies will be a great help to you in learningSpanish.However,youmustbearinmindthatwordsofthesameorsimilarspellingin thetwolanguagesarepronounceddifferently.Alsoyoumustbeonthelookoutforsomewords which are alike or similar in spelling or the phonetic sound to English words, but different meaning.Forexample: Pie pay mande Sed foot pie send thirsty

SPANISH IS NOT DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE OR SPELL

Spanish is a phonetic language. This means that words are spelled as they are pronounced. TherearenosilentlettersinSpanishexcepth,whichisalwayssilent,anduwhichsilentunder certaincircumstances. There are five Spanish vowels and each one has only one phonetic value. When you see the letterainSpanishwordslikeAna,mapa,salayouknowitispronouncedlikeainfather,the phoneticsoundneverchanges.Itdoesntmatterofwhichpositionitcouldbeplaced.Itisnever liketheaincat,all,orfame.Likea,theotherlettersoftheSpanishalphabetareanaccurate guidetothepronunciationofthewords.

Who speaks this language?

Countries from the Western Hemisphere including: ten countries in South America, with the exceptionofBrazil,Guayana,Suriman,andFrenchGuiana.AllsixcountriesinCentralAmerica, exceptforBelize.IntheWestIndies:Cuba,PuertoRico,andDominicanRepublic.Ournearest Southernneighbor:Mexico.HereintheUnitedStates11%ofthepopulation.AndfromEurope: Spain (where the most proper or pure Spanish is spoken). All together these addup to over

320millionpeople.
Note:TheSpanishinEuropeispronounceddifferentlythantheoneinLatinAmerica;thechief differencesareinthesoundofthezands.InSpaintheselettersarepronouncedsimilartothin think.InLatinAmericabothlettersarepronouncelikesinsee.Inthisclasswewillteachthe pronunciationofourneighborsinLatinAmerica.

Vocales/Vowels
A ah father god not pod rod Bach E ay egg elephant enemy I(y) ee Immanuel Feet Fiat(car) O oh open opera cold old oaf U oo rude booth

Silentu Theletteruissilentwhenisplaceinbetweenofqe,qi,geandgi.Example: Querer:tolovequitar:towithdraw Guerra:warguisantes:peas.

Consonantes/Consonants

Spanishhas22consonants:bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz.Plus:chllrr Some of these letters denote more than one sound. Most of the Spanish consonants are pronounced like or almost like their corresponding English consonants.Thefollowinghoweverdeservespecialattention:

b,v Thereisnodifferencebetweenthesesounds.Botharemadewithyourlipsslightlyopen.

c d,t h j g ll rr r s,z q

Sbado/Saturday lavabo/lavatory. Theyareeasilyconfoundedinwritingbythenative speakers; they are distinguished be the name of: b grande/ big b or b de burro/ donkeyandvchica/smallvorvdeVictor Is like English c, that is, it is pronounced like hissing s before e or i. Ex celo/ jealous cielo/sky. And like k, before any other letter Ex. Cinco (seenkoh)/ five leccin (layk syohn)/lesson LiketheEnglishsounds,buttongueisagainsttheteeth.Betweenvowels,dismorelike thinthis.Ex.Nada(nahthah)/nothing Alwayssilent.Ex.Hacienda,hospital,hoy,hay.Aferc,wehavech,samesoundthanas? EnglishEx.Chapa/alastname,champinon/mushroom

LikeastrongEnglishh.jueves(hwayvays)Thursday Likeahardgingo.Exemplegato/catgobierno/government.ButbeforeeoriitislikeSpanishj Ex.Gerardo/propername,garage(gahrahhay)/garage Likeyinyou.Llamo(yahmoh)/tocall Likeninonion.Maana(manahnah)/tomorrow Pronouncedwithastrongtrillasinthrrree.Jarro(hahrroh)/potteryvase Pronouncedlikerr,atthebeginningofthewordreboso(rraybohsoh)wrapper.Atothertimesit hasaslightthrillsombrero(sohmbrayroh)/hat Both have the same hissing sound of the English s in see. Sesenta (saysayntah)/sixty diez (dyays)/ten LikeEnglishk:quince(keensay)/fifteen

TheSpanishAlphabet

Herewehavethenameforeachletter:

A:a B:be C:ce CH:che D:de E:e F:efe G:ge H:hache I:i

J:jota K:ka L:ele LL:dobleele M:eme N:ene :ee O:o P:pe Q:cu

R:ere RR:dobleere S:ese T:te U:u V:ve W:dobleve/u X:equis Y:igriega Z:zeta

THESTRESSINSPANISHWORDS
The stressed syllable of a word is the syllable which is emphasized. In the word father,thesyllablefagetsthestress;inalone,lonegetsthestress;ineducation, caisthestresssyllable.TherearenogoodrulesforstressinEnglish. In Spanish there are three simple rules by means of which you can tell which syllableofawordisstressed.Theyare:

Rule1.Ifawordendsina,e,i,o,u,nors,thenexttothelastsyllableisstressed avenida siete Sombrero lunes quince seora avenue seven hat Monday fifteen madam Rule2.Ifawordendsinanyconsonant,exceptnors,thelastsyllableisstressed Seor Hotel Favor Isabel Telefone Usted ar Sir hotel favor Isabel dial you Rule3.WhenthestressdoesntfollowRule1or2,anaccentmarkshowswhich syllableisstressed sbado mircoles Gmez jabn Jos lpiz Saturday Wednesday Gomez soap Joseph pencil

CONOCIENDOACADAUNO/GETTINGTOKNOWEACHOTHER

Hola! Adis Cmoesta? Muybien,gracias Ytucmoests? Estoybien Cmoestn? Estamosbien Yusted? Yt? Minombrees________ Yosoy______________ Cmosellama?usted? Cmotellamas? Muchogusto Esunplacer Estabien Nosepreocupe

Simplehello

goodbye Howareyou?formal
Verywell,thankyou

Andhowareyou?informal Iamwell Howareyouall? Wearewell Andyou?formal Andyou?informal Mynameis__________ Iam________________ Whatisyourname?formal Whatisyourname?informal Nicetomeetyou Itisapleasure(tometyou) Thatsallright dontworry

SALUDOS/GREETINGS

Buenosdas Buenastardes Buenasnoches Teveomaana Hastaluego Cudate Quetengabuenda! FelizCumpleaos! FelizNavidad FelizAoNuevo

Goodmorning Goodafternoon Goodnight

Illseeyoutomorrow

Seeyoulater Takecare Haveaniceday! HappyBday MerryChristmas HappyNewYear

MODALES/MANNERS

Gracias Denada Porfavor Perdn Mande

Thankyou Youarewelcome Please Pardonme Excuseme(tellmeagain)

DECLARACIONES DE UTILIDAD/USEFUL STATEMENTS

(No)megusta Noestoyseguro Nose Creoquesi Tengohambre(sed) Meduelelacabeza Estoycansado Estoylisto Dejamesoloporfavor Unminutoporfavor Unmomentoporfavor Adelante Esbarato(caro) Hacefrio(calor) Esdemasiado Quepasa? Graciasportuayuda Taxiporfavor Habledespacio,porfavor

I(dont)likeit Imnotsure Idontknow Ithinkso Imhungry(thirsty) Ihaveaheadache Imtired Imready Leavemealone Justoneminute Onemomentplease Comein Itscheap(expensive Itscold(hot) Itstoomuch Whatisthematter? Thankyouforyourhelp Taxiplease Pleasespeakslowly,please

ENTREVISTA/INTERVIEW

Porfavortratedecontesterlassiguientespreguntas,enespaol/Please,tryto answerthefollowingquestionsinSpanish: 1. Hola,Cmoestas?____________________________________________ 2. Cmotellamas?______________________________________________ 3. Culestutelfono?____________________________________________ 4. Culestudireccinelectrnica/email?____________________________ 5. Dndevives?__________________________________________________ 6. Tegustaelftbol?_____________________________________________ 7. Tegustairalcine?_____________________________________________ 8. Cuntoshermanostienes? 9. Cuntosaostienes?___________________________________________ 10.Cuandoestucumpleaos?_______________________________________ 11.Cualestulibrofavorito?_________________________________________ 12.Cualestucomidafavorita?______________________________________

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