Pronunciation

Vowels

● A: As in ‘father’
○ Ex. Amor (love), árbol (tree) - hola (hi), pasta (pasta), pan (bread)
● E: As in ‘pay’
○ Ex. Economía (economy), eléctrico (electric) - cereal (cereal), cena (dinner)
● I, Y: As in ‘feet’
○ Ex. Idea (idea), inglés (english) - limón (lemon), ayer (yesterday)
● O: AS in ‘No’
○ Ex. Oficina (office), ocupado (busy,occupied) - noche (night), comida (food)
● U: As in ‘Pool’
○ Ex.Uva (grape), universidad (university) - jugo (juice), desayuno (breakfast)

Pronunciation
Syllables

● Words in spanish can be a little long, intimidating. You can split it into syllables and read
syllable by syllable. Syllables can be divided:
○ After a vowel: Ex. o-cu-pa-do (busy, occupied), u-va (grape), ce-na (dinner),
i-de-a (idea), fe-o (ugly), e-co-no-mí-a (economy)
○ If there are two or more consecutive consonants partition after the first
consonant. Ex. u-ni-ve​ r-s​i-dad (university), e-lé​
c-tr​i-co

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Género y plural

● Words in spanish are either masculine or feminine.

● Most masculine nouns end in ​ -o​.
○ Ex. lapicer​o ​(pen), vas​o ​(glass/cup)
● Most feminine nouns end in ​-a.
○ Ex. mes​a ​(table), sill​a ​(chair)
● Some words have both a femenine and a masculine version.
○ Ex. chic​o ​(boy), chic​a ​(girl) / maestr​o, ​maestr​a​ (teacher) / amig​o,​ amig​a ​(friend)
● Other nouns that have different endings are harder
○ Ex. mujer (woman), hombre (man)
● Most nouns end in ​-s​ in the plural, regardless of gender.
○ Ex. amig​os​, amig​as ​(friends) / mesa​s ​(tables) / vas​os (​ glasses, cups)

Gramática
Artículo definido

● In spanish, the word ​‘the’ ​is different depending on the gender and the number of the
words:
Singular Plural

Masculine El​ amig​o Los​ amig​os

Feminine La​ amig​a Las​ amig​as

● Can you guess what article to use with the words below?
○ ____ mesa, ____ maestros, ____ vaso, ____ mujer, ____sillas

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Note: n. Stands for noun, m. stands for masculine, f. Stands for feminine, adv stands for adverb
El día (n. m.) ​the La noche (n. f.) ​ the night La tarde (n. f.) ​ the
day/morning afternoon/evening

Bien (adv.) ​good Mal (adv.) ​bad Más o menos (expr.) ​so-so

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Mucho gusto

Hola (expr.) ​Hi ¿Cómo estás? (expr.) ​How are you

Gracias (expr.) ​Thank you ¿Cómo te llamas? (expr.) ​What´s your name?

Me llamo (expr.) ​ My name is... ¿Y tú? (expr.) ​What about you?

Mucho gusto (expr.) ​Nice to meet

you

Eva: ​Hola.
You: ​Hola, buenos días.
Eva: ​Buenos días, ¿Cómo estás?
You: ​Bien, gracias. ¿Y tú?
Eva: ​Bien. ¿Cómo te llamas?
You: ​Me llamo _____. ¿Y tú?
Eva: ​Me llamo _____.
You: ​Mucho gusto.
Eva: ​Mucho gusto.

Próxima clase
● Revision
● Pronunciación: Consonantes parte 1
● Gramática: Artículo definido
● Conjugación: verbo ‘ser’/’estar’