Saturday, October 30, 2010

Edad - Age

Wanna know someone's age or when their birthday is? Or to say happy birthday to them? Well, this is the post you should be looking at! We will teach you!


Asking someone's age:
¿Cuántos años tiene(Usted)? - How old are you? (formal)
¿Cuántos años tienes(tú)? -  How old are you? (informal)
Answering this question:
Tengo ___#___ años. - I am ___#___ years. 


Asking when someone's birthday is:
¿Cuándo es su cumpleaños? - When is your birthday? (formal)
¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? - When is your birthday? (informal)
Answering this question:
Es el _#_ de __mesa__. - It is _#_ of __month__. 
¡Feliz cumpleaños! - Happy birthday!


Real-life application:
You meet someone new and you want to know how old they are. Then, you want to know when their birthday is, so you can say happy birthday to them. 
  
  Asking a person your age:
Person 1: ¡Hola! ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
Person 2: Tengo quince (15) años.
Person 1: ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? 
Person 2: Hoy. (today) 
Person 1: ¡Feliz cumpleaños!
  
  Asking a person older than you:
Person 1: ¿Cuándo es su cumpleaños?
Person 2: Tengo es ochcenta y cinco (85) años. 
Person 1: ¿Cuándo es su cumpleaños?
Person 2: Es el doce de junio. 




Los Meses de Año y La Fecha - The Months of the Year and the Date

In this post, we will teach the months of the year, how to say them, how to ask for the date, and how to write the date in español.


Los Meses de Año:
  when writing the months in español, they are always lowercased. 
enero - january
febrero - february
marzo - march
abril - april
mayo - may
junio - june
julio - july
agosto - august
septiembre -  september
octubre - october
noviembre - november
diciembre - december


La Fecha:
¿Cuál es la fecha? - What is the date?
¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy? - What is today's date?
when answering these questions you would say:
Es el _#_ de _mesa_ -  It is _#_ of _month_


Real-life application:
When you want to know what the date is, so you are write it down. 


Person 1: ¿Cuál es la fecha?/¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy?
Person 2: Es el 25 de mayo.










Los Numeros y Numero de Teléfono - Numbers and Telephone Numbers

In this post, we will teach you the numbers, the differences when writing numbers, how to ask for somebody's telephone number, and everything else needed to know about numbers.

Los Nmeros
 1 - 5 is only one word.
uno - one
dos - two
tres - three
cuatro - four
cinco - five
seis - six
siete - seven
ocho - eight
nueve - nine
 11 - 15 has 'ce' at the end
once - eleven
doce - twelve
trece - thirteen
catorce - fourteen
quince - fifteen
 16 - 19 starts with 'dieci' and the number.
dieciseis - sixteen
diecisiete - seventeen
dieciocho - eighteen
diecinueve - ninteen
20 - 100 
viente - twenty When writing 20's, it is vienti + number, as one word.
Then, it when writing the rest of the numbers it is 'start y number'. For example, treinta y uno means thirty one. 
treinta - thirty
cuarenta - forty
cincuenta - fifty
sesenta - sixty
setenta - seventy
ochcenta - eighty 
noventa - ninety 
When writing the number for 100, it is 'ciento+number'. For example. 'cientouno' means 101.
cien - one hundred
And 1,000 is 'mil'. 

Número de Teléfono
 This is how to ask for someone's phone number:
¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? - What is your phone number? 'tu' makes is informal. 
¿Cuál es su número de teléfono? - What is your phone number? 'su' makes it formal. 
 This is how you answer when someone's asks you, for your number: 
Es el ___/___/_____ - It is ___/___/____
Then, you can reply by saying: 
Te llamo pronto - I'll call you soon. 
Te llamo luego - I'll call you later. 

Real-life application
When you meet somebody and you want to talk to them more so, you ask for their telephone number. 
  Informal
Person 1: ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?
Person 2: Es el dos uno cinco (215)/ tres cuatro seis (346)/ diez dos uno(1021)

  Formal 
Person 1: ¿Cuál es su número de teléfono? 
Person 2: Es el trece cinco(135)/catorce cinco(145)/quince vientinueve(1529)

Friday, October 29, 2010

Name : Nombre


In this post, you will learn about names and how to ask for it. Learning names is a good thing to learn because, after all, mostly everybody you talk to asks you what your name is.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Formal VS. Informal - Tú VS. Usted (Ud.)

Both tú and Usted mean "you". However, we use tú when talking to a FRIEND and is probably around the same age as you.
We use Usted - abbreviated Ud. - when we are talking to and OLDER person or an ADULT. Using the formal version you are showing respect to whom you are speaking to.

Tú = You                              Usted(Ud.) = You
Informal                                        Formal

Real-life application
When you are asking someone...How are you? (¿Cómo estas?)

Person 1: ¿Cómo estás (tú)? -- Informal (Use when asking a FRIEND how they are doing.)
                    ¿Cómo estás (Ud.)? -- Formal (Use when asking your PARENTS and/or an OLDER person how they are doing.)

Person 2: Más o menos -- (Alright)
                 ¿Y tú? -- Informal (And You?)
                 ¿Y Usted? -- Formal (And You?)


Person 1: Bien, gracias. -- (Well, thanks)

Common Topics and Saludos/Greetings

^ Saying that can be said at anytime of the day! ^


Meeting somebody can be AWESOME! Here are some ways to greet someone in Spanish!There are multiple things you can say when meeting a new person, like how are you doing or good morning. Here are some phrases:

¡Hola! - Hello! (This can be said at anytime of the day)
¡Buenos dias! - Good Morning!
¡Buenas tardes! - Good Afternoon!
¡Buenas noches! - Good Evening / Good Night!

Then, you can start the conversation with:
All of these mean 'How are you?':
  • ¿Qúe Tal?
  • ¿Cómo Va?
  • ¿Cómo estás?(tú - informal)
  • ¿Cómo esta? (Usted - formal)
Answer to these questions:
  • Muy Bien, gracias. - (Very) Well, Thank you.
  • Mas o menos - Alright
  • (Muy) Mal / Terrible(ter-ree-bre) - (Very) Bad / Terrible 
Then you could ask the other person how they are doing by saying:
  •  ¿Y tú? - And you? (informal)
  • ¿Y Usted? - And you? (formal)
You could also say in reply to their answer:
  • ¡Ay, ay, ay! - Oh no!
  • ¡ Qúe bien! - Oh, good!
When using some of these greetings, you have to be formal and informal. For example,:
  • ¿Cómo estás?(tú - informal)
  • ¿Cómo esta? (Usted - formal)
Using Usted(Ud.) to an adult is formal. When talking to a person your age or younger then you, you use tú.

Real Life Application:
The Video will be cut into two parts. One will have a child formally speaking to an adult in a formal way. The other part will have a teenager speaking to another teenager in Spanish and they will use informal terms.

Part One: Formal:
Kid: ¿Cómo esta?
Adult: Muy Bien, gracias. ¿Y tú?
Kid: ¡ Qúe bien!




Part Two: Informal:
P1: ¿Cómo estas?
P2: Muy Mal.
P1: ¡Ay, ay, ay!
P2: ¿Y tú?
P1: Muy Bien.
P2: Ahh...

BLOOPERS!:
This is what happens when you record videos at SLA >_< !
 Oh dear SLA! ^_^ ! What a wonderful school!

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

La Estaciones - Seasons


For this post, it will show you how to identify, write, and learn the different seasons en español. It will also teach you how to identify the correct way on writing the seasons too.

You could apply this to real life situations when:

  • talking about the weather
  • sensing a change in season
  • asking about the months and seasons
  • pronouncing them


Seasons
el invierno -
winter
la primavera - spring
el verano - summer
el otoño - fall/autumn

How to pronounce all four seasons:
el invierno - winter : l - in-ver-no
la primavera - spring : la - pree-ma-vee-ear-ra
el verano - summer : l - ver-raan-no
el otoño - fall/autumn : l - on-ton-nee-o

Real Life Application:
P1: *acting like the season's temperature*
P2: el invierno?
*acting out the temperature and while being dressed for it too!*



BLOOPERS:
Oh my dear SLA, we LOVE YOU!
We lost our lovely spot because Senor Sanchez told us we couldn't be there! ='(