Saludos y despedidas:
Salude a su profesor/asistente, debe presentarse a sí mismo, y luego pregúntele al profesor cómo está y su nombre. Después, debe preguntarle el nombre de su mejor amigo/a, esposo/a etc.
Greet your language assistant/professor, you should introduce yourself, then ask your profesor how he/she is, and his/her name. Then, ask him/her the name of his/her best friend, spouse, child, and/or roommate.
Descripciones con ser:
Use el verbo “ser” para describirse, a su mejor amigo y a alguien importante en su vida – como un miembro de su familia o su compañero/a de cuarto. Debe estar listo/a para decir el nombre de la persona y cómo es. Después, debe preguntarle al profesor/asistente cómo es y también sobre alguien importante en su vida.
Using the verb ser, describe yourself, and your best friend, or someone important in your life, like a family member or roommate. Be prepared to tell your professor/assistant this person’s name, what they look like, and what their personality is like. You should then ask the professor/language assistant what he/she is like, and about someone important in his/her life.
Práctica oral: grabación
Below, you will see a long list of various words that incorporate the letters of the alphabet. Listen to these words, and practice repeating them. You are not responsible for knowing the meanings of these words, but do familiarize yourself with the pronunciations.
| a |  agua, año, árbol, arriba, arte |
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| b | bata, boca, Bogotá |
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| c | Cali, carta, casa, caza, cena, César, cigarrillo, Colombia, cuestión, curso |
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| ch | cucaracha, charro |
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| d | David, deuda, doña |
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| e | elefante, Elena, está |
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| f | fábrica, felicidad, ferrocarril, fútbol |
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| g | gato, gitano, gol, guitarra |
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| h | hermano, hija, hoja |
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| i | igual, introvertida |
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| j | Jesús, juzgar |
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| k | Karina, kilo |
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| l | largo, loma |
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| ll | llegar, lleno, llanto, ella |
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| m | maní, menso, México, muchacho, Muñoz |
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| n | nada, ningún |
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| ñ | Nuñez |
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| o | octavo, ojalá, once, otro |
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| p | papá, papel, Pedro, pez |
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| q | que |
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| r | radio, reto, reloj |
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| s | solo, subir |
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| t | tapas, tarde, taza, todo |
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| u | uvas |
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| v | vaca, vez, voto |
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| y | yo, ayer, muy, y |
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| z | zapatos, zorro |
You may have noticed a few different things as you listened to the alphabet and to the above words. As you can tell, the h in Spanish is silent. In other words, you don’t pronounce it. If you didn’t notice this, go back and listen to the words hija and hoja again.
As you heard in the words gato, gitano, the g does not always have the same sound. When g is followed by an a, o, or u, it has a hard sound, like in gato. When g is followed by an e or an i, it has a soft sound, like in the word gitano. The j in Spanish sounds very much like an English h. Go back and listen to the words Jesús and ojalá.
The letter c also represents two sounds. When c is followed by an a, o, or u, it has a k sound. When c is followed by an e or an i, it sounds like an s. (In most Peninsular Spanish dialects, it sounds as the th sound in the word “think.”)
One other thing you may have noticed is that the ll sounded a little different, depending on the voice that you heard. In the Rio de la Plata region of Latin America, which incorporates Argentina and Uruguay, many people pronounce the ll sound a bit differently than in other parts of Latin America and Spain. If you go back and listen to the words llanto and ella, you will hear an example of the Rio Platense ll. The words llegar and lleno will give you an example of the ll you will hear in other parts of Latin America and Spain. Both of these pronunciations are perfectly correct.
As you learn more and more Spanish, you will probably notice that you will not see the letters k and w in many words. These letters are used mostly in words that are borrowed from other languages.
Now that you have seen and heard the alphabet and many examples of words, try the following exercises.
Ejercicio:
En español, deletree las siguientes palabras. En adición, escoja 10 palabras de vocabulario de esta lección para deletrear. Las palabras deben ser grabadas usando la herramienta de grabación en Recursos para estudiantes en la introducción de este curso para grabar. Mándele a su profesor su grabación por correo electrónico. (In Spanish, spell out the following words. In addition, choose 10 vocabulary words from this lesson to spell.)
- ejercicio
- divorcio
- llamar
- cumpleaños
- familiarizar
