basic spanish | lesson 1 | introductions & greetings

7/27/2019 Basic Spanish | Lesson 1 | Introductions & Greetings

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Hi/Hello!

Hola!

Lesson 1 | Introduction & Gre


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Hola!

Lesson 1 on Basic S anish!


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1 Introduction & Greetings

Lesson objectives


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espaol

500 Million : Second most natively spoke

Official language : 21 countries and EU

Spanish the language


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Some words are pronounced differently i

Spanish as compared to that in English..

Let's look at some pronunciation tips tohelp you get the perfect Spanish accent...

Pronunciation guide


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Let's look at'espaol'

The letter 'a' is pronounced as 'aa' asin 'father'

Did you notice the letter ''in espaol? Thletter is peculiar to Spanish

It is pronounced as 'ny'like in 'canyon'

Pronunciation tip


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Spanish speaking countries


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Country Nationality

Spain / Espaa espaol, espaola

Mxico mexicano, mexicana

Guatemala guatemalteco, guatemalteca

Cuba cubano, cubana

Nicaragua nicaragense

Costa Rica costarricense

Countries and Nationalities


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Did you notice that the 'x' in 'mexicano' is pronounced as 'h'

While 'x' is usually pronounced as 'x' in 'flexible'; it is pronounced as a throaty 'h' in the wordsMxico, mexicano andOaxaca (a state in Mexico)

Pronunciation tip


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Did you notice the symbol on 'u'

in nicaragense

'g'when followed by another vowel like in 'ge', is pronounced like 'Gw' in Gwen (eg:

nicaragense -> nicaragwense)

Pronunciation tip


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Have you noticed that some nationalities

have two different endings?

We use different endings for masculine (usually end wito) andfeminine objects(usually ends witha)

argentino = masculine| argentina = feminine

argentinos = masculine, pl. | argentinas =feminine, p

For plural form, we just add an 's'

Grammar tip


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Did you notice that'argentino'is pronouncedas 'arhentino'

In Spanish, 'g' when followed by 'e' or 'i', ispronounced like a throaty 'h'

Pronunciation tip


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You may have noticed that nationalities

are not capitalized in Spanish (eg: argentino)?

Thats because in Spanish, although names of countrieand cities are capitalized, words derived from

them (languages, nationalities) are not

So while the 'e' inEspaa will be capitalized, the 'e' inespaolwill not be

Grammar tip


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Great! so now you know some key

pronunciation and grammar peculiarities!

Remember these as they will help you understandthe Spanish accent and the language

Let's now move on to some delightful greetingsin Spanish...

Moving on...


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Hi! Hola!

Greetings

H is always silent in Spanish (Oh-lah)


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Did you notice the invested exclamation pointswith Hola! ?

The upside-down or inverted exclamation ! pointare unique to Spanish

This is to ensure that when you're reading, you ca

tell long before the end of a sentence whether you'rdealing with an exclamation!

Grammar Tip : double exclamations!


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Now, let's look at Good morning!

Good =Buen

day = da

Although 'da'literally translates to 'day', it is useas 'morning' in the greeting 'good morning'

Moving on...


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In Spanish, nouns take up either masculine orfeminine gender, for example 'Da'is masculine

The adjectives describing these nouns therefore alsneed to reflect the same gender

Since 'Da'is masculine we will use the masculine

form of 'good'Hence we will add an '-o'at the end and

make it'Bueno'

Grammar tip


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Da has an 'i' maked with an accent ('')

If a word is marked with an accent, thenthat syllable receives the stress

Did you notice?


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Good morning! Buenos das

Greetings

Good =Bueno(singular, masculine form)


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Greetings such as Good morning and Gooafternoon etc. always take up plural form

in Spanish. Hence we add an 's'after both'Bueno'and'Da':

Good morning! = Buenos das!

Grammar tip


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Good afternoon!

Good evening!

Buenas tarde

Greetings

Good =Buena (singular, feminine)Afternoon = Tarde (singular form)


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(masculine)

But

Good afternoon! = Buenas tardes!

(feminine)

We learnt that adjectives take male and female formdepending on the gender of the subject

Sincedasis masculine we usedBuenosandtardesfeminine hence we useBuenas

Grammar Tip


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Bothdasandtardesareplural hence an 's' is added

So remember!


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All through your lessons, we will give somkey tips to ensure you never make a

cultural faux pas!

Culturally Speaking


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Is usually used from3 PM7 PM

However, it is not really time bound, good afternoo

is usually used from lunch time till it gets dark

Expect lunch hour to be around 2 or 3 PM!

Culturally Speaking


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Good night! Buenas noch

Greetings

Good =Buena(with singular, feminine subjects)

noches is feminine and plural, hencewe useBuenas


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Good night! = Buenas noches!

Just like in English where we often use

'good night' to bid farewell, 'Buenas

noches'can also be used to bid farewell

Remember!Noches is feminine and plura

Culturally Speaking

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Informally : just a smile and 'Hola!',sometimes a handshake if its

a bit more formal

A light hug and a kiss or two are commonfor friends and family, especially

among women

Culturally Speaking : Greeting norms

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Generally, shaking hands is consideredformaland is better suited for

business meetings

Culturally Speaking : Greeting norms

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English Spanish

Hello/ Hi! Hola!

Good morning! Buenos das!

Good afternoon/evening! Buenas tardes!

Good night! Buenas noches!

Do you remember?

C lt l f


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A culture leaf each lesson to give you a taste of thpeculiarities, eccentricities and traditions that are t

bearers of that culture

We hope that you blend in their environment andsoak in all their goodness!

Happy learning!

Culture leaf

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Culture leaf : Soccer!

Soccer is the most

important sport - pretty muchlike a religion in Spain

The two successful football teamsfrom Spain :FC Barcelona and

Real Madridare also fierce

competitors

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Barcelona

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F.

The logos are copyright of Real Madrid (http://www.realmadrid.es) and FC Barcelona

Wh t t?
http://www.realmadrid.es/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Barcelonahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F.http://www.realmadrid.es/http://www.realmadrid.es/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Barcelonahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Barcelona


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In the next lesson we continue to learn mogreetings and build our vocabulary!

Whats next?

Credits


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Content

Team CultureAlley, Okairy Zuiga, Tomasa Merino Martin

Voice over

Jorge Garcia Ray

About Spanish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language

Images

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tot-futbol

Credits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language


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