Chapter 6A

Choo-Choo

Translate: My orange night stand is small.

Mi mesita anaranjada es pequeña.

Translate: My television is good, but my brother’s television is the best in

the house. (Remember, no apostrophes in Spanish)

Mi televisor es bueno, pero el televisor de mi hermano es el

mejor en la casa.

What is on the Mexican flag?

An eagle perched on a cactus eating a snake.

Write your response in Spanish. What are the colors of the Mexican flag?

blanco, verde, y rojo

Translate: The sound system is the best thing I have.

El equipo de sonido es la mejor cosa que tengo.

Translate: We can read and sleep in our bedroom.

Podemos leer y dormir en nuestro dormitorio.

Translate: Can you (informal) sleep more in the winter?

¿Puedes dormir más en el invierno?

Translate: The purple rug is bigger than the yellow rug.

La alfombra morada es más grande que la alfombra

amarilla.

Translate: My yellow alarm clock is on top of my nightstand in my room.

Mi despertador amarillo está encima de mi mesita en mi dormitorio.

Translate: It is twelve o’clock and I can’t sleep.

Son las doce y no puedo dormir.

Conjugate dormir in order(no subject pronouns needed)

duermo dormimos

duermes dormís

duerme duermen

Conjugate poder (no subject pronouns needed)

puedo podemos

puedes podéis

puede pueden

What are luminarias?

They are outdoor lanterns usually made of paper bags with sand and a candle. They are

used to line walkways to welcome visitors and for special events. They are often used in

Mexico and the American Southwest.

Write your answer in Spanish: The opposite of big is _____________.

pequeño

Translate: I can sleep in my own bed.

Puedo dormir en mi propia cama.

Who is Salvador Dali?

A famous Spanish painter know for

his surrealist paintings.

Of what does the emblem of the Mexican flag tell the story?

How the Aztecs saw an eagle perched on a cactus eating a

snake and took it as a sign that it was where they should build

their capital city of Tenochtitlan.

The purple curtains are better than the green curtains.

Las cortinas moradas son mejores que las cortinas

verdes.

Translate: to the left

A la izquierda

Choose either poder or dormir and conjugate it correctly for the

following sentence.

Mis padres ______________ en el dormitorio a la izquierda.

Choose either poder or dormir and conjugate it correctly for the

following sentence.

Mi hermana no ___________ dormir si hay luz.

The big chairs are next to the pink wall.

Las sillas grandes están al lado de la pared rosada.

Translate: Miguel is intelligent but I am more intelligent than he.

Miguel es inteligente pero soy más inteligente que él.

Fill in the blank with the correct words.

- Me encanta la nieve.

- Para ti, _________ estación del año es el invierno.

la mejor

Translate: the rug

La alfombra

Translate: a nightstand

una mesita

Translate: far from

Lejos de

Write the second part of the definite indefinite article song.

Un y Una both mean a or anUnos, unas mean someThe indefinite articles

all come from the number one.

Conjugate the verb estar (in order)

estoy estamos

estás estáis

está están

Write out the first half of the definite indefinite article song.

Él y la, los y las, are the definite articles.

There are four forms of the word the

that are used before a noun.