Los estudiantes y sus actividades viernes, el 30 de enero

Los estudiantes y sus Los estudiantes y sus actividadesactividadesviernes, el 30 de enero

¿Qué vamos a hacer hoy?¿Qué vamos a hacer hoy?

1. Review the Preliminary Chapter2. Review definite and indefinite

articles3. Review adjectives4. Review describing your classes5. Introduction to verbs (-AR verbs)6. Learn how to talk about student

activities

You already know how You already know how to…to… Introduce yourself to others

Ask for someone’s name and share yours Ask someone where they’re from and say where you’re

from Greet someone Say goodbye Ask how someone is doing and tell someone how you’re

doing Name some objects in the classroom Talk about the days of the week, months of the year,

and the date Talk about the weather Spell things in Spanish Describe peoples’ personalities and ask what people are

like Use prepositions to describe the relative location of

things Count up to 99 Ask for and tell time

So let’s review a little!

Definite ArticlesDefinite ArticlesDefinite articles name particular

nouns.In English, we have one definite

article: theSpanish has four. They express

masculine or feminine, as well as singular or plural◦el (masculine singular)◦los (masculine plural)◦la (feminine singular)◦las (feminine plural)

el libro los libros la mesa las mesas

Definite ArticlesDefinite ArticlesTake 30 seconds to fill out

questions 1-10 about definite articles on your worksheet!

Indefinite ArticlesIndefinite ArticlesIn English, we have three indefinite

articles:◦a, an, some

Spanish has four. They express masculine or feminine, as well as singular or plural◦un (masculine singular)◦unos (masculine plural)◦una (feminine singular)◦unas (feminine plural)

un libro unos libros una mesa unas mesas

Indefinite ArticlesIndefinite ArticlesTake 30 seconds to fill out

questions 1-10 about indefinite articles on your worksheet!

Definite and Indefinite Definite and Indefinite ArticlesArticlesel libro the book

los libros the booksla mesa the tablelas mesas the tablesun libro a bookunos libros some

booksuna mesa a tableunas mesas some

tables

GenderGenderSometimes the gender of the noun reflects

the gender of that noun◦ la profesora female professor◦el profesor male professor

Sometimes, the gender of a noun is arbitrary◦el lápiz ◦ la computadora

In the above examples, it isn’t a “boy pencil” or a “masculine pencil”, but just a pencil. Nor is it a “girl computer” or a “feminine computer”; simply a computer.

That’s it for definite & indefinite That’s it for definite & indefinite articles! articles! Pretty simple, huh?When you use adjectives to describe

nouns, look for the article to choose the form of the adjecive that agrees in gender and number

Don’t know if a word is masculine or feminine? Let’s learn a couple hints…

Feminine Feminine words typically words typically end withend with

-o◦el libro◦el diccionario

-ma◦el problema◦el poema

–ala mesa

-dadla

universidad-ción

la lecciónsión

la televisión

Masculine Masculine words words typically end typically end with:with:

Los adjetivosLos adjetivosAdjectives are words that describe

nouns (things)In Spanish, adjectives typically appear

AFTER the noun they describe◦el estudiante cómico◦el actor extrovertido

In Spanish, adjectives must agree with the noun it modifies in number and gender.

Los adjetivos: Agreement in Number Los adjetivos: Agreement in Number and Genderand Gender

The adjective must agree with the gender of the noun it modifies.◦el estudiante serio◦los estudiantes serios◦la estudiante seria◦las estudiantes serias◦un profesor nervioso◦unos profesores nerviosos◦una profesora nerviosa◦unas profesoras nerviosas

Take a moment to translate the 10 words on the bottom of your worksheet. When you’re finished, add adjectives to describe the nouns.

(You can use the same adjective for each word, I just want to see that you know how to change the form of the adjectives to agree with the noun!)

Aburrido/a(s)

Bueno/a(s)Difícil(es)Excelente(s)Favorito/a(s)Fácil(es)Malo/a(s)

On a scale from two thumbs On a scale from two thumbs down to two thumbs up, how down to two thumbs up, how confident do you feel about confident do you feel about articles, adjectives, and articles, adjectives, and agreement in gender and agreement in gender and number?number?

= I have no idea what’s going on = I am pretty confused

= I think I’m getting the hang of this= I could teach this to the class!

Los cursosLos cursos Las ciencias La antropología La contabilidad El calculo La arquitectura El francés El español El inglés

La estadísticaLa geografíaLa historiaLa

informática/la computación

La literaturaLa psicologíaLa sociologíaLas políticas

Aburrido/a

Bueno/aDifícilExcelent

eFavorito/

aFácilMalo/a

Los cursosLos cursosTo ask someone how many clases

they have use ¿Cuántas clases tienes?

To reply, use Tengo…[cinco clases]

To describe your classes to someone, use es◦La clase de español es excelente◦La clase de matemáticas es difícil.

¿Qué hacen los ¿Qué hacen los estudiantes?estudiantes?

tomar apuntes

¿Qué hacen los ¿Qué hacen los estudiantes?estudiantes?conversar (con amigos, con padres, con la

profesora)


mirar el televisor


caminar


bailar


estudiar


comprar $

$

$

$


escuchar música


trabajar


montar en bicicleta

¿Dónde los estudiantes hacen ¿Dónde los estudiantes hacen actividades?actividades?

montar en bicicleta en la plaza

*la plaza= town square, the quad


trabajar en el café


conversar con (amigos) en la cafetería

¿Dónde los estudiantes hacen ¿Dónde los estudiantes hacen actividades?actividades?comprar (libros) en la librería

FALSE COGNATE ALERT: LIBRERÍA ≠ LIBRARY


estudiar en la biblioteca

(Milner)


bailar en la discoteca


mirar el televisor en casa

Verbs!!Verbs!!In Spanish, the infinitive form of the

verb will always end in -AR, -ER, and –IRInfinitives in English are preceded by the

word “to”◦To run◦To study◦To work

Conjugating is what we do when we manipulate the -AR, -ER, and -IR endings of the words to express someone or something doing an action

Conjugation TablesConjugation TablesSingular Plural

First Person I we

Second Person you you all

Third Person he, she they

Singular Plural

First Person yo nosotros

Second Person tú vosotros

Third Person él, ella, Usted ellos, ellas, Ustedes

English ConjugationEnglish ConjugationSingular Plural

First Person I speak we speak

Second Person you speak you all speak

Third Person he, she speaks they speak

• As you can see, there is little variation in the form of the verb in English

• The only form that is different is the third person singular, “speaks”

• Let’s have a look at Spanish…

Conjugation Tables: -AR Conjugation Tables: -AR verbsverbs

Singular Plural

First Person I speak we speak

Second Person you speak you all speak

Third Person he, she speaks they speak

Singular Plural

First Person yo hablo nosotros hablamos

Second Person tú hablas vosotros habláis

Third Person él, ella, Usted habla

ellos, ellas, Ustedes hablan

Hablar = to speak 1. remove the –AR

2. Add the appropriate ending

Hablar = to speakHablar = to speakSingular Plural

First Person yo hablo nosotros hablamos

Second Person tú hablas vosotros habláis

Third Person él, ella, Usted habla

ellos, ellas, Ustedes hablan

1. remove the –AR2. Add the appropriate ending

All REGULAR verbs that end in –AR follow this pattern! Singular Plural

First Person -o -amos

Second Person -as -áis

Third Person -a -an

-o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an

VerbsVerbsIf this seemed like a lot, don’t worry!!

Your homework includes tutorials about verbs and conjugating verbs that end in –AR

I will go over verbs again in greater detail on Monday, along with -ER and -IR verbs

So if you want to work ahead and do Wednesday’s homework, feel free!

¿Que vamos a hacer ¿Que vamos a hacer lunes?lunes?

No homework this weekend!!!!! Review conjugating –AR verbsLearn how to conjugate –ER and –IR

verbs Learn about adverbs, to talk about

how frequently we do thingsHAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!!!

La TareaLa Tarealunes (2/2)

◦10 items. –AR verbsmartes (2/3)

◦1 item: voice recording about –AR verbsmiercoles (2/4)

◦16 items. –ER and –IR verbs, definite and indefinite articles (number and gender)

viernes (2/6)◦13 items. Conjugating “estar”, question

words

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Los estudiantes y sus actividades viernes, el 30 de enero