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Spanish 1

Unit 1

Greetings and Introductions

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Notes

Greetings and goodbyes

  • Hola works any time. Buenos días (morning), buenas tardes (afternoon), buenas noches (evening and night).
  • Goodbyes: adiós, hasta luego, hasta mañana, hasta pronto, nos vemos, chao.
  • Questions start with ¿ and exclamations with ¡: ¿Qué tal?, ¡Hola!

Names and how you are

  • ¿Cómo te llamas? — Me llamo... / Soy... Then Mucho gusto — Igualmente.
  • Encantado (male speaker), encantada (female speaker).
  • ¿Cómo estás? — Muy bien / Bien / Regular / Más o menos / Mal, plus gracias and ¿Y tú?

Sounds and spelling

  • Vowels never change: a "ah," e "eh," i "ee," o "oh," u "oo."
  • h is silent, ñ = "ny," j = strong h, ll/y ≈ English y, rr is rolled.
  • Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable; others stress the last. Written accents mark exceptions.

Tú or usted

  • tú for friends, family and children; usted for adults you show respect to.
  • Titles: señor, señora, señorita.

Topics in this unit

Each topic has its own short notes and practice.

Practice

A teacher says "Buenos días, clase." What time of day is it most likely?
Which reply fits "¿Cómo te llamas?"
Andrés is introduced to someone new. Which response is correct for him?
You meet your friend's grandmother for the first time. How do you ask how she is?
Read: "—Hola, Ana. ¿Qué tal? —Regular. ¿Y tú? —Muy bien. ¡Hasta mañana!" When will they see each other again?
How is "mañana" pronounced?

Free response

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Free-response question

You are a new student. Write a short conversation in Spanish between you and your teacher, Señor Ruiz, on the first morning of school.

(a) Write a greeting for the time of day and ask the teacher how he is, using the correct form of address.

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Buenos días, señor Ruiz. ¿Cómo está usted?

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(b) Write the teacher's answer and his question asking your name, then your reply.

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Muy bien, gracias. ¿Cómo se llama usted? — Me llamo Jordan. Mucho gusto. (A teacher may also use ¿Cómo te llamas? with a student.)

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(c) End the conversation. Write a goodbye for seeing each other the next day and explain why you used usted instead of tú.

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Hasta mañana, señor Ruiz. I used usted because he is a teacher, an adult I should show respect to.

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