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Hola! Lesson1onBasicSpanish!
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Lessonobjectives

Introduction&Greetings

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Spanishthelanguage

espaol 500Million:Secondmostnativelyspoken Officiallanguage:21countriesandEU

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Pronunciationguide

Somewordsarepronounceddifferentlyin SpanishascomparedtothatinEnglish... Let'slookatsomepronunciationtipstohelpyou gettheperfectSpanishaccent...

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Pronunciationtip

Let'slookat'espaol' Theletter'a'ispronouncedas'aa'asin'father' Didyounoticetheletter''inespaol? ThisletterispeculiartoSpanish Itispronouncedas'ny'likein'canyon'

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Spanishspeakingcountries

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CountriesandNationalities

Country Spain/Espaa Mxico Guatemala Cuba Nicaragua CostaRica

Nationality espaol,espaola mexicano,mexicana guatemalteco,guatemalteca cubano,cubana nicaragense costarricense

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Pronunciationtip

Didyounoticethatthe'x'in'mexicano'is pronouncedas'h' While'x'isusuallypronouncedas'x'in 'flexible'itispronouncedasathroaty'h'inthe wordsMxico,mexicanoandOaxaca(astate inMexico)

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Pronunciationtip

Didyounoticethesymbolon'u'innicaragense? 'g'whenfollowedbyanothervowellikein 'ge',ispronouncedlike'Gw'inGwen (eg:nicaragense>nicaragwense)

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Grammartip
Haveyounoticedthatsomenationalities havetwodifferentendings? Weusedifferentendingsformasculine(usually endwith o)andfeminine(usuallyendwitha)objects argentino=masculine|argentina=feminine argentinos=masculine,pl.|argentinas= feminine,pl. Forpluralform,wejustaddan's'
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Pronunciationtip

'argentino'ispronouncedas'arhentino' InSpanish,'g'whenfollowedby'e'or'i', ispronouncedlikeathroaty'h'

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Grammartip
Youmayhavenoticedthatnationalities arenotcapitalizedinSpanish(eg:argentino)? ThatsbecauseinSpanish,althoughnamesof countries andcitiesarecapitalized,wordsderivedfrom them(languages,nationalities)arenot Sowhilethe'e'inEspaaiscapitalized,the'e'in espaolwouldnotbe

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Movingon...
Great!sonowyouknowsomekey pronunciationandgrammarpeculiarities! Remembertheseastheywouldhelpyou understand theSpanishaccentandthelanguage Let'snowmoveontosomedelightfulgreetings inSpanish...

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Greetings

Hi!

Hola!

HisalwayssilentinSpanish(Ohlah)

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GrammarTip:doubleexclamations!
Didyounoticetheinvertedexclamationpoints withHola!? Theupsidedownorinvertedexclamation!points areuniquetoSpanish Thisistoensurethatwhenyou'rereading,you can telllongbeforetheendofasentencewhether you're dealingwithanexclamation!
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Movingon...

Now,let'slookatGoodmorning! Good=Buen day=da Although'da'literallytranslatesto'day',itis usedas'morning'inthegreeting'goodmorning'

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Grammartip
InSpanish,nounstakeupeithermasculineor femininegender,forexample'Da'ismasculine Theadjectivesdescribingthesenounstherefore alsoneedtoreflectthesamegender Since'Da'ismasculinewewillusethemasculine formof'good' Hencewewilladdan'o'attheendand makeit'Bueno'

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Didyounotice?

Dahasan'i'markedwithanaccent('') Ifawordismarkedwithanaccent,then thatsyllablereceivesthestress

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Greetings

Goodmorning!

Buenosdas!

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Grammartip

GreetingssuchasGoodmorningandGood afternoonetc.alwaystakeuppluralforms inSpanish.Henceweaddan's'afterboth 'Bueno'and'Da': Goodmorning!=Buenosdas!

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Greetings

Goodafternoon! Goodevening!

Buenastardes!

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GrammarTip
Goodmorning!=Buenosdas! (masculine) But Goodafternoon!=Buenastardes! (feminine) Welearntthatadjectivestakemaleandfemale formsdependingonthegenderofthesubject SincedasismasculineweusedBuenosand tardesisfemininehenceweuseBuenas
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Soremember!

Goodmorning!=Buenosdas! Goodafternoon!=Buenastardes! Bothdasandtardesare pluralhencean's'isadded

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CulturallySpeaking

Allthroughyourlessons,wewillgivesome keytipstoensureyounevermakea culturalfauxpas!

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CulturallySpeaking
Goodafternoon!=Buenastardes! Isusuallyusedfrom3PM7PM However,itisnotreallytimebound,good afternoon isusuallyusedfromlunchtimetillitgetsdark Expectlunchhourtobearound2or3PM!

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Greetings

Goodnight!

Buenasnoches!

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CulturallySpeaking

Goodnight!=Buenasnoches! JustlikeinEnglishwhereweoftenuse 'goodnight'tobidfarewell,'Buenas noches'canalsobeusedtobidfarewell Remember!Nochesisfeminineandplural

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CulturallySpeaking:Greetingnorms

Informally:justasmileand'Hola!', sometimesahandshakeifits abitmoreformal Alighthugandakissortwoarecommon forfriendsandfamily,especially amongwomen

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CulturallySpeaking:Greetingnorms

Generally,shakinghandsisconsidered formalandisbettersuitedfor businessmeetings

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Doyouremember?

English Hi/Hello! Goodmorning! Goodafternoon/evening! Goodnight!

Spanish Hola! Buenosdas! Buenastardes! Buenasnoches!

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Cultureleaf
Acultureleafeachlessontogiveyouatasteofthe peculiarities,eccentricitiesandtraditionsthatare the bearersofthatculture Wehopethatyoublendintheirenvironmentand soakinalltheirgoodness! Happylearning!

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Cultureleaf:Soccer!
Socceristhemost importantsportprettymuch likeareligioninSpain Thetwosuccessfulfootballteams fromSpain:FCBarcelonaand RealMadridarealso fiercecompetitors

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Barcelona http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F.

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Whatsnext?

Inthenextlessonwecontinuetolearnmore greetingsandbuildourvocabulary!

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Content TeamCultureAlley, OkairyZuniga,TomasaMerinoMartin Voiceover JorgeGarciaRay AboutSpanish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language Images http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Totfutbol
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