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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Notes for Final

Study Guide
Subject Pronouns
____do not_______ have to be used
replace __nouns________ in sentences
determine how a verb is ____conjugated________. List with meaning:

yo-I
nosotros/as we
tú-you informal
vosotros/as you all Spain
él-he
ella-she
usted-you formal
ellos/as they

ustedes-you all Latin America
él means __he_____, and el means ___the_____
esta and esto/e mean this. It is followed by what form of ser: ____es________
Ser-to be
Is an irregular verb because there is no pattern.  List with meaning

soy
somos
eres
sois
es
son
Definite vs Indefinite Articles
All nouns have gender
Masculine singular words start with:  __el________  .Feminine plural words start with: las________
Definite articles are specific, means __the_____ and  includes:
el
los
la
las
Indefinite Articles are general, mean a/an/some and include:

un (NOT uno)
unos
una
unas
Adjective Agreement
Must match __in gender__________ and number.   Examples: Maria es simpática; Juan es simpático, Ellos son simpáticos, Ellas son simpáticas.
Adjectives go __after__________ nouns
translate: mexican food:   la comida mexicana                                   brown hair: el pelo castaño
                blue eyes    los ojos azules                                          blue pen: la pluma azul
          
Answer: ¿Por qúe no te gustan los gatos?  Pick: porque son (antipática/perezosas/loca/malos)
How many: ___¿Cuánto?_________must match as well
Cuánto
cuántos
cuánta
cuántas
¿___cuánta________ ropa tienes?
much-must match to

mucho
muchos
mucha
muchas
Translate: thanks a lot (much thanks) muchas gracias
Pronouns after prepositions (will go before/after gustar)
 used with gustar.     the same as subject pronouns except with yo and tú forms
Yo becomes : ___mí____     tú becomes : ___ti_____
Examples:      A ___mí______, me gusta nadar              A ____ti_____, te gusta la comida mexicana
With “con”
with me: _conmigo________         with you: _contigo_________
All the rest are 2 words:
with her: con ____ella (same word as she)____           with him :con _____él (same as he)______
Gustar-to like or to be pleasing to
2 parts
First: decide, based on who it is, which conjugation:

me gusta/n
nos gusta/n
te gusta/n
os gusta/n
le gusta/n
les gusta/n
Then decide gusta or gustan based on what they like
Gusta: goes el/la and is for ___singular___________ items and verbs
Gustan: goes with los/las and is used for plural items
Examples: me gusta la pizza de Pizza Inn.  No me gustan los animales. Me gusta correr. 
Answer:              ¿Qué te gustan más las frutas o las verduras? me gustan más las verduras
What does me da igual mean: it's all the same (it doesn/t matter, etc)
Question Words
Define and provide examples
¿Cómo?  how/ asking for what someone is like ¿Cómo estás? how are you?  ¿Cómo es él? what is he like
¿Cuándo? when ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? When is your birthday
¿Quién? who ¿Quién es él? who is he?
¿Qué? what
¿De dónde? ¿De dónde eres? where are you from
¿A qué hora? ¿a qué hora es la película? What time is the movie?
What is the difference between: 
 ¿Por qué?  ____why___________
and porque ____because____________
AR Verbs
Conjugation is changing a verb to match the ___subject________ First drop the ____ar____ then add

o
amos
as
áis
a
an
Examples:
Tú y yo (necesitar) _______neesitamos___________muchas cosas para el colegio
Elena y Sara ______hablan__________ (hablar) por teléfono
ER/IR Verbs
End in: __er or ir____________
Define: beber _ to drink_________________, comer ____to eat___________, escribir ___________to write___
Does not include what irregular verb: __ir (no stem--not a "ir" verb)__________

o
emos
es
éis
e
en

o
imos
es
ís
e
en
er and Ir endings are only different in what two forms: ____nosotros and vosotros______________________
Examples:
Vosotros ___coméis_____________ (comer) almuerzo. 
Mis amigos y yo leemos__________ (leer) libros
IR-to go
Is an irregular verb and (is/ is NOT) related to normal “ir” verbs (not)

voy
vamos
vas
vais
va
van
Always follow with “a” (to)
Examples:           Yo ___voy_____ al centro commercial          Nosotros __vamos______________ al cine
Can also be used with verbs
“ir” + a + infinitive (going to do something)
Examples: voy a estudiar. voy a correr.
Irregular yo verbs
saber to know (info)
sabemos
sabes
sabéis
sabe
saben
hacer (to do or to make)
hago
hacemos
haces
hacéis
hace
hacen
poner (to put)
pongo
ponemos
pones
ponéis
pone
ponen
traer-to bring
traigo
traemos
traes
traéis
trae
traen
ver to watch
veo
vemos
ves
véis
ve
ven
salir-to leave or to go out
salgo
salimos
sales
salís
sale
salen
Are different only in the ____yo_______ form
All other endings are normal (true/false) TRUE-depending on er or ir verb endings

Translate:        No sé:         i dont know                          No hago mi tarea: i don't do my homework
answer:    ¿A qué hora sales la escuela? salgo a las 225
Stemchangers-tener/venir/jugar
are verbs with normal _____endings_________, but a change in the stem.    
They are a type of (normal/irregular) verb.   irregular 
stemchanges never occur in what two forms: ___nosotros____________ and ______vosotros___
Jugar-to play *always follow a or al (juego al fútbol)

juego
jugamos
juegas
jugáis
juega
juegan
Venir-to come

vengo
venimos
vienes
venís
viene
vienen
Tener-to have

tengo
tenemos
tienes
tenéis
tiene
tienen
answer: ¿A qué hora vienes al colegio? vengo a las 700
Ask for a blue pen     ¿___tienes_________ una pluma azul?
TENER Expression
In English we say I’m hungry, in spanish it translate to __have________ hunger/thirst/etc.
tener hambre: to be hungry/to have hunger
tener sed: to be thristy/to have thrist
tener ganas de (verb) to feel like doing something
tener que (verb) to have to do something
tener prisa to be in a hurry
You still have to conjugate tener in the phrases

tengo
tenemos
tienes
tenéis
tiene
tienen
Example: I’m hungry: tengo hambre
                 We feel like running: tenemos ganas de correr
Names and Greetings
My name is : me llamo
¿Cómo te llamas? whats your name
My dad’s name is  Fred: Se llama________ Fred
greetings: hola, etc
answer, ¿Cómo estás? how are you
good /bad/okay (more or less)/awesome bien/mal/así así/fenomenal
say goodbye:nos vemos/hasta mañana/tengo que irme see you later/until tomorrow/i have to go
Time
#1-30
eleven: once
twelve:doce
thirteen:trece
fourteen:catorce
fifteen: quince
sixteen: diez y seis
twenty: veinte
twenty five: veinte y cinco
thirty: treinta
thirty four: treinta y cuatro
TIME:
Up until the half hour say and "y"
1:10 es la una y diez
5:20 son las cinco y veinte
After the half hour go up an hour and subtract and say menos
9:50 son las diez menos diez
11:55 son las doce menos cinco
special words:
:15 y cuarto
7:15 son las siete y cuarto
:45 menos cuarto
6:45 son las siete menos cuarto
:30 y media
5:30 son las cinco y media
midnight medianoche
noon mediodía
Common Things
state your age:           tengo ____ años 
ask for someone’s age: ¿__cuántos__________ años tienes?
de literally means “of”
shows: possession, ___type______, and where you are from
when followed by el forms what contraction: ___del_________
True or false: the apostrophe s exists in spanish. do not
David’s house: la casa de david
Adventure Books: los libros de aventuras
I’m from Kentucky: soy de kentucky
how do you say after: después
translate:
serio serious horrible horrible
cómico funny malo bad
trabajadora hardworking bueno good
usar lentes to wear/use glasses formidable great
bajo short fenomenal awesome
a veces sometimes pésimo awful
nunca never
¿Qué quieres hacer hoy? means What do you _want________ to do today?
Answer with I want to rest: quiero descansar
translate   cool: (it’s cool, NOT weather)¡ _qué____ padre!
Days of week/months/dates
list the days of the week in order lunes martes miércoles jueves viernes sábado domingo
what day does the spanish calendar start on? lunes/ monday
are days of the week and months capitalized in Spanish? no
hoy today año year
primero first semana week
fecha date mes month
answer:   ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?    Es _el # de mes ex es el doce de julio______________________________
Alphabet and colors and punctuation
Upside punctuation marks __tell_________ the reader that there is a ___question_____ or exclamation
Accent marks (are/are not) optional and are part of spelling a word correctly: ARE NOT
Tell you what syllable to _stress___________ in a word (if the word has only 1 syllable you never use them because the whole word is stressed)
look like : long black slash over a vowel, á, é, í, 
Tildes are _wavy lines________ over the letter n.
It tells you to pronounce n similar to the ny in canyon
is (the same/different) from an accent mark (different)
Cognates are words that look the same and mean in same in Spanish and English
Examples: hotel, animal, clase, diciembre, etc.
False Congantes are words that look the same but do not have the same _meaning________
Which is an example: (animal/interesante/taco/extrovertido/asistir) (asistir-to attend NOT to assist)
Vowels
a sounds like ah 
e sounds like a (ay in table)
i sounds like e (ee in feet)
o sounds like o
u sounds like oo (gooey)
Letters:     what letter is silent in words:h
“jota”-      j      “ka” -    k      “ele”    l "elle" ll      “eme”    m       “ene”        n         ñ   (ñ)               p-p
Colors:
azul blue verde green anaranjado orange violeta  purple           de oro gold
negro black
Weather
uses __hace_________ NOT es
it’s hot hace calor
it’s cold hace frío
snowing nieva
raining llueve
it’s cool hace fresco
it’s windy hace viento
to say very: mucho       hace mucho calor:    its very hot                             Llueve mucho: its raining a lot/it rains a lot
Describe
en Florida en julio: hace mucho sol; hace mucho calor, hace buen tiempo.
en Kentucky en abril (este año) llueve mucho; hace fresco, no hace mucho sol
en Chicago en enero : hace mucho viento, nieva mucho, hace frío
RANDOM other things to know:
VOCAB
words you may forget:
¿Cómo se dice ...... en español? how do you say .... in spanish?
después after
serio serious
cómico funny
almuerzo lunch
tarea homework
cuadernos notebooks/binders
necesitar to need
leer to read
ver to watch, to see
beber to drink
comer to eat
hablar to talk
practicar to practice 
escribir to write
cine movies
centro comercial mall
correr run
¿y tú? and you
once 11
treinta 30
gatos cats
perezoso lazy
malo bad
antipático mean, unfriendly
etc 
OTHER
querer and conjugations to want
quiero - i want                                                queremos-we want
quieres- you want                                           queréis-you all spain want
quiere- he/she wants/ your formal want           quieren-they want/ you all Latin america want
how to form del *de + el
do you ever conjugate two verbs side by side????? NOOOO only when seperated by y 
I swim AND i eat 


nado y como


OTHERWISE Don't EX: Me gusta nadar. Quiero dormir. Tengo que irme. Tiene ganas de ir al cine. Necesito estudiar. 

Monday, February 7, 2011

Monday 2/7/11

SNOW DAY.

Tuesday will be a GOLD DAY

Students attending festival need to turn in permission slips and entry fee money by Friday!

Midterm grades are due Friday. Makeup work must be submitted by Wednesday after school. No exceptions!

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Friday, Feb 4 and Monday Feb 7

viernes, el 4 de febrero (gold)

Hw Due:  vocab ws (finish backside in class); note check

Hw assigned: IR ws (gold 1 just top half)

Other: notes on edmodo (finish ch3question keynote, all of ir keynote)

lunes, el 7 de febrero (purple)


Hw Due:  vocab ws (finish backside in class)

Hw assigned: IR ws 

Other: notes on edmodo (finish ch3question keynote, all of ir keynote

Wednesday Feb 2 and Thursday Feb 3

Wednesday, Feb. 2 (gold)

HW DUE: Ar verbs ws

HW Assigned: vocab ws; note check Friday

Other:  AR Verb quiz; notes on edmodo (ch3question keynote)


Thursday, Feb. 3 (purple)

HW DUE: Ar verbs ws

HW Assigned: vocab ws

Other:  AR Verb quiz; notes on edmodo (ch3question keynote)

Monday, January 31, 2011

Monday, Jan 31 and Feb 1

Monday, Jan. 31, Gold


HW Due:  first page of AR worksheet (done in class); vocab 2 if not already checked


HW Assigned:  back of AR worksheet and AR Verb Question and Answer worksheet


Other: AR verb quiz Wednesday; powerpoint available on edmodo or teachernethomes; homework help posted below; study guide of quiz posted below




Tuesday, Feb. 1, Purple



HW Due:  first page of AR worksheet (done in class); vocab 2 by end of class tuesday

HW Assigned:  back of AR worksheet and AR Verb Question and Answer worksheet

Other: AR verb quiz Thursday; powerpoint available on edmodo or teachernethomes; homework help posted below; study guide of quiz posted below


HW Help:
 Common AR Verbs side: 

A.
4) No estudio mucho. I don't study much.
5) ¿Dónde trabajan ustedes? Where do you all work?
6) Maria canta bien. Mary sings well.

B.
2. Yo deseo un lápiz.
3. Los alumnos escuchan en la clase.
4. ¿Qué pregunta el profesor?

C.
2. ellos, ellas, or Ustedes viajan
3. nosotros/as explicamos

D.
3. No baila usted el tango

Q and A WS

1) ¿Descansan ustedes los domingos? Do you all rest on Sundays.
Nosotros descansamos los domingos.

2) ¿Con quién estudias? (With whom do you study)
Yo estudio con (insert name of who you study with)

3) ¿Bailas bien? Do you dance well?
Yo no bailo bien

Send any question to me via edmodo or email at kelly.rottman@mccracken.kyschools.us

Hope that gets you started!



For AR verb quiz:

Present Tense AR Verb Conjugation Study Guide
Can you:
  1. Write the subject pronouns and their meaning?
     Hint there are 12 total







  1. Write the endings for AR verbs below:







Conjugate the following verbs:
  1. Yo (hablar)
  1. Nosotros (estudiar)
  1. Tú (mirar)
  1. ellos (tocar)
  1. él (bailar)
  1. ustedes (ayudar)
  1. Maria y Juan (hablar)
  1. Tú y yo (nadar)
  1. Vosotros (tocar)
Write me a minimum-5 sentence paragraph below telling me what you do during the day. I need a different verb in each sentence (page 111 has verbs). They all must be AR verbs conjugated in the present tense. KEEP IT SIMPLE!