Spanish course level 1 lesson 1

Learning Spanish opens a door on the cultures of Spain and Latin America and the Hispanic language community..

This course is divided into 12 lessons. You need about three hours per week. Please work at your own pace, but do not take longer than three months to finish the course.

our bilingual novel: The Little Prince/El Principito par Antoine de Saint-Exupry. Image: internet

voyelles consonnes
/a/ a /*/ // // e /i/,i /o/ o /oy/ oy, oi /ay/, ay, ai /ou/ u /ou/ ue, e (apres g) /ow/ ou /b/ b, v /d/ d /f/ f /g/ g + a, o gu + e, i, /x/ (jota) j, g+e, i /k/ qu + e, i - c + a, o, u /gv/ gu+ a, o /m/ m /n/ n

Special characters : , , , , (vowels with 'tonic accent')

prononciation:

The various sounds in Spanish, the letters are always pronounced the same, as shown on the left-hand side.

The Spanish language uses 'tonic accents' to prolong a vowel sound.

If a word ends with a vowel, or 'n' or 's', the intonation is usually on the penultimate syllable.

/p/ p // /s/ s

Rule 2 - If a word ends with a consonant other than 'n' or 's', the intonation is usually on the last syllable.

// ch /t/ t /y/ y /pause/ /th/ c + i, e /v/ w

If the intonation in a word doesn't follow rules 1 or 2, then the syllable that is intoned needs a written accent mark over the vowel.

Questions/ Preguntas
A question starts with '' and finishes with '?'

Cmo ests? - How are you? Qu es esto? - What is this? Qu hora es? - What time is it? Qu se pasa? -What is happening? Qu haces? - What are you doing? Cundo? - When? Dnde? - Where? Quin es esto? - Who is this? Cuntos son estos? - How many are there (people) How much is it? Cunto cuesta? - How much does it cost?

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El calendario

los meses del ao / the months (no capital

letters) (noun) ,enero. febrero. marzo. abril. noviembre. diciembre.

mayo. junio. julio. agosto. septiembre. octubre.

Las clases empiezan en el mes de septiembre. The classes will start in September

Los das de la semana (no capital letters) (noun) : . lunes. martes. mircoles. jueves.viernes. Sbado. domingo.

la fecha /the date , martes, el 2 de noviembre, 2010.

Hoy es lunes, el primero de mayo./ Hoy es martes, el veinticinco de marzo.

Las temporadas / the seasons (noun) Primavera. Verano. Otoo. Invierno.

Ocasiones especiales /Special occasions (expressions) el cumpleaos. ( An exclamation: starts with '' and finishes with '!') Feliz nuevo. Pascua. Navidad. Feliz Navidad! Nochevieja. cumpleaos! Feliz Ao Nuevo ! El Da del Ao

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Los nmeros
For the date , we are learning the numbers up to 31.

Take an A4 page,fold it in half and write: 0 = cero 1 = uno 2 = dos 3 = tres 4 =cuatro 5 =cinco 6 = seis 7 = siete 8 = ocho 9 = nueve 10 = diez 11 = once 12 = doce 13 = trece 14 = quatorce

15 = quince 16 = dieciseis 17 = diecisiete 18 = dieciocho 19 = dieciocho 20 = veinte 21 = veintiuno 22 = veintidos 23 = veintitres 24 = veinticuatro 25 = veinticinco 26 = veintiseis 27 = veintisiete 28 = veintiocho 29 = veintiocho 30 = trienta 31 = trienta y uno