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Viva Unit 1

Word for word is bad for you. if you translate Spanish word for word is doesnt always make sense. Me llamo Ian. myself (I) call

Ian!!. Learn the phrases without trying to translate them into English.There are two words in Spanish foryou. Usted (Vd) & t. Usted is formal, and safe. T is for people you know well friends, and

younger people. People that you dont have to show formality to. This is common throughout Spanish. Eg. Usted es aqui? eres

aqui? (less formal).

Spanish has all the words forI/he/she/ you.etc., but are often missed out.

De dnde eres? where are you from?

After identifying the person title is not needed again unless it's for emphasis.Alfonso es de Valencia, pero yo soy de Alicante.

Words in Spanish have different endings if they are masculine or feminine. O for masculine and A for feminine

generally! This alters the preposition the word infront of the split gender word.

The Spanish split the day into sections as English, but they say buenos das good day up until about 1.00,

and then buenas tardes until about 9.00. Then buenas noches, you can say good night to people when you

are meeting them at night aswell as when you are leaving. The Spanish shorten these to buenas when you are

known well. (or if they can't be bothered!)

Spanish vowels are easier to deal with than English there is only one sound for each of them. These dont

change, and generally the Spanish pronounce every letter although H is always silent!

The vowels are:A as in cat

E as in get

O as in pot.

English chocolate (choclit) would be choc-co-la-te (chok-ko-lar-tay) in Spanish.

How would you reply in each case?

Hola! Hola, buenos das.

Cmo se llama usted? Me llamo Ian.

Es usted de Ambridge? No, soy de Blackpool.

Eres espaol? No, soy de ingls.

Cmo te llamas? Me llamo Ian.

Eres de aqui de Valencia? No, no soy de Valencia. Soy de Blackpool.

Note that the Spanish dont give a capital letter for a country and yet they do for a town or city!!

Note the different types of greeting in this interview.

Interviewer Hola, buenos das. cmo te llamas?

Pablo Hola, me llamo Pablo (a man younger than the interviewer)

Interviewer Y de dnde eres?

Pablo Soy de Vitoria

Interviewer Y t, de dnde eres? (to a young girl a seorita)Beatriz Soy de Sevilla y me llamo Beatriz.

Interviewer Buenos das, seora. De dnde es Usted? (to a woman who is older)

Montse Soy de Barcelona.

Interviewer Y cmo se llama?

Montse Me llamo Montse.

Interviewer Y usted seor, cmo se llama? (to a man much older)

Carlos Me llamo Carlos, y soy de Madrid.

Lo tipico

The following phrases are of things found in Spain. Can you tell what they are?

Es una fruta tipicamente espaola, se llama naranja. Sobre todo es de Valencia, en el este de Espaa.

An orange.

Es una inglesia, casi una cathedral. Se llama La Sagrada Familia en Barcelona. Es una obra en constuccin.

A cathedral.

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Los molinos de viento son de La Mancha, en el interior de Espaa. La Mancha es la regin de Don Quijote.

A wind mill.

Es una playa muy bonita. Se llama La Concha y est en San Sebastin, en la costa norte de Espaa.

A beach.

Es un vino tipico del sur de Espaa. Es un tipico de jerez y se llama fino.

A wine.