1 UNO 2 DOS 3 TRES 4 CUATRO 5 CINCO 6 SEIS
7 SIETE 8 OCHO 9 NUEVE 10 DIEZ 11 ONCE 12 DOCE
13 TRECE 14 CATORCE 15 QUINCE 16 DIECISEIS 17 DIECISIETE
18 DIECIOCHO 19 DIECINUEVE 20 VEINTE 21 VEINTIUNO 22 VEINTIDOS
After veinte, all the numbers will be made adding 1,2,3... (veintiuno, veintidos, veintitres etc.)
30 TREINTA 40 CUARENTA 50 CINCUENTA 60 SESENTA 70 SETENTA 80 OCHENTA 90 NOVENTA After 30 numbers are written in 3 words, but formed exactly the same: VEINTICUATRO (24) VEINTICINCO (25) TREINTA Y UNO (31) TREINTA Y SIETE (37) CUARENTA Y OCHO (48) CINCUENTA Y NUEVE (59) NOVENTA Y TRES (93) Now let´s see the hundreds, they also follow a pattern so they will be easy to form. 100 CIEN (when the number goes alone) 100 CIENTO... (when another number follows) 101 CIENTO UNO 104 CIENTO CUATRO 113 CIENTO TRECE 146 CIENTO CUARENTA Y SEIS 175 CIENTO SETENTA Y CINCO 100 CIEN 139 CIENTO TREINTA Y NUEVE 198 CIENTO NOVENTA Y OCHO 200 DOSCIENTOS 300 TRESCIENTOS 400 CUATROCIENTOS 500 QUINIENTOS 600 SEISCIENTOS 700 SETECIENTOS 800 OCHOCIENTOS 900 NOVECIENTOS The numbers in red are irregulars, remember them. 1000 MIL 2000 DOS MIL 3000 TRES MIL 4000 CUATRO MIL... The thousands are totally regular, but remember they don´t have plural 200 DOSCIENTOS IS CORRECT 2000 DOS MILES IS WRONG (Dos mil is right) 1,000,000 UN MILLóN (remember LL is read like in John or James) 2,000,000 DOS MILLONES 3,000,000 TRES MILLONES...EXAMPLES (EJEMPLOS)
45.007 CUARENTA Y CINCO MIL SIETE
322.515 TRESCIENTOS VEINTIDOS MIL QUINIENTOS QUINCE
One last thing. The European billion is the equivalent to one million of millions, have it in mind when you translate an ammount of money from english.
This is all there is to know about numbers. Notice when the numbers go separate or together.
LESSON SIX ADJECTIVES
Contento = Happy (Glad) Triste = sad
Fuerte = Strong Debil = weak
Alto = high/tall (people and things) Bajo = short/low
Grande = Big Peque ño = small/little
R ápido = fast Lento = slow
Interesante = Interesting Aburrido = boring
Guapo = handsome/pretty Feo = ugly (things/people)
Bonito = pretty/beautiful (for things)
Agradable = nice/agreeable Desagradable = Disgusting
Simp ático = nice/funny Antip ático = Antipathic/rude
Gordo = Fat Delgado = thin/slim
Rico = rich Pobre = poor
Enfermo = ill/sick Sano = healthy
Caro = expensive Barato = cheap
Ligero = light Pesado = heavy
Fácil = easy Difícil = difficult
Sencillo = easy Complicado = Complicated
Lleno = full Vacío = empty
Largo = long Corto = short
Listo = clever Tonto = fool/silly
Inteligente = intelligent
Claro = clear/light Oscuro = dark
Nuevo = New Viejo = old
We have seen already how the adjectives go after the name ( casa roja = right / roja casa = wrong). This will always be like this except with this 2 exceptions;
-In literary works, songs and poetry they use the adjectives first as an accepted resource, but it will be strange if we use in conversation lines taken from Don Quijote.
-With the adjectives Bueno = Good Malo = bad Nuevo= new (this can go before or after) the correct way is to put them first if they don't go with any adverb.
Es un buen libro = It's a good book Es una mala película = It's a bad movie
Es un libro muy bueno= It's a very good book
When we add muy (very) is better to put the adjective "bueno" in the end because the phrase sounds more natural.
Notice how the masculine loses the O. Buen libro, Mal libro.
PRACTICAL PART
Here are some phrases, some of these words we have seen, some of them are new. Write the new ones in your notebook and notice how your vocabulary grows.
Hola, buenos días. Me llamo Jorge, tengo veintiocho a ños .
Me gustan las películas de acción. También me gusta conocer gente de paises diferentes.
Puedo hablar inglés y espa ñol .
Tengo que hablar con tu amigo Antonio, es muy importante. Mi coche está en su casa y no quiero ir en bus al trabajo.
El lunes hay una fiesta en casa de Mar ía. Me gusta María, es muy divertida, tambien es muy guapa. Pero hay un problema, ella no me conoce. No puedo hablar con ella... no es fácil hablar con una chica así.
¡ Hola Sergio ! Estoy en Washington. Me gusta la casa blanca. En el restaurante hay pollo con tomate.
Tengo veintiocho a ños = I am 28 years old (In spanish you "have" these 28 years)
De = of tambi én = also/too
gente = people (in spanish people is singular) la gente es Agradable (instead of la gente son )
Que = what/that (we will study this word later)
Muy = very IR = the verb TO GO in infinitive AL = contraction of A EL (to the)
Trabajo = work (verb and action) EN= IN EL LUNES= ON MONDAY
HAY= there is/there are Me conoce= knows me (we will see this later)
Don't worry if you didn't understand most of the text, right now we are only building our vocabulary.
When we have A + EL or DE + EL we contract into AL and DEL. Remember it.
LESSON SEVEN FIRST VERBS
SER = TO BE (for things that don't change) Yo soy = I am ESTAR =
TO BE (for things that change) Yo estoy = I am TENER =
TO HAVE (only for posession) Yo tengo = I have HABER =
TO HAVE (as an auxiliary I have gone) Yo he = I have COMER =
TO EAT Yo como = I eat BEBER =
TO DRINK Yo bebo = I drink QUERER =
TO WANT Yo quiero = I want GUSTAR =
TO LIKE (it's reflexive "It's liked by me") Me gusta = I like PODER =
TO CAN/ TO BE ABLE Yo puedo = I can CREER =
TO BELIEVE/ TO THINK (in opinions) Yo creo = I believe DORMIR =
TO SLEEP Yo duermo = I sleep NADAR =
TO SWIM Yo nado = I swim VIVIR =
TO LIVE Yo vivo = I live.
The verbs in Spanish have 3 posible endings, AR ER IR, if they are regulars they will follow the same conjugation depending of the ending.
PREPOSITIONS A = to
CONTRA = against DEBAJO = Under
DE = of / from CON = With
DESDE = from EN = in
ENTRE = between HACIA = towards
HASTA = until/till PARA = for
POR = by SEGúN = according to
SIN = without SOBRE = over/about
The infinitive of the verbs we can use with these expressions we know:
Me gusta (I like)
Quiero (I want)
Tengo (I have)
Debo (I must)
Me gusta comer = I like to eat
Quiero beber = I want to drink
Debo dormir = I must sleep
Tengo que nadar = I have to swim
In this phrase the word QUE is translated like THAT
We can also put the prepositions making already long phrases:
Me gusta ir a la playa desde mi casa para nadar = I like to go to the beach from my house to swim.
Quiero comer en una mesa grande y estar con mis amigos = I want to eat in a big table and be with my friends
Tengo que vivir en España y creo que el país me gusta = I have to live in Spain and I think I like the country.
Segun mi amigo, en mi casa no tengo puertas bonitas = According to my friend in my house I don't have beautiful doors. Estoy contento por el nuevo trabajo de Javier, Javier es muy simpatico = I am happy for the new job of Javier, Javier is very nice.
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