BEGINNERS COURSE, AUTUMN 2017, CLASS 1
In our
first class, we introduced ourselves and we talked briefly about our knowledge
of the Spanish language and culture.
We also
talked about the Spanish pronunciation and we saw some examples of words with
those particular pronunciations.
“ñ” in España (Spain), uña (nail), niño (child)
“ll” in lluvia (rain), llave (key), llamar (call,
ring)
“j, g” in mujer (woman), gente
(people) genio (genious)
“q” in queso (cheese) que (what)
“r, rr” in perro (dog) borracho
(drunk), ratón (mouse)
“h” in hola (hello) hielo (ice), hermano (brother)
“v” in volver (go back, come back), volar (fly), ver (see)
“c, z” in cien (one hundred), zapato (shoe), diez (ten)
(It was
also worth mentioning that we only have five sounds to the five vowels a,e,I,o,u, unlike the vowels in the English language
which there are twelve sounds).
We learnt
the basic introductions and we practiced them in pairs.
Hola – hello
Buenos
días – Good morning
Buenas tardes – Good afternoon / evening
Buenas noches – Good night
¿Qué tal? – How are you?
Bien,
gracias. ¿y tú? – Fine, thanks. And you?
Muy bien, gracias. – I’m good, thanks.
Estoy fenomenal – I feel great
Estoy
más o menos – I’m so-so
Estoy mal – I feel bad
Estoy fatal – I’m really bad
Adiós – Bye
Hasta
luego- See you!
To conclude,
we revised the numbers in Spanish:
1.uno
2.dos
3.tres
4.cuatro
5.cinco
6.seis
7.siete
8.ocho
9.nueve
10.diez
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