​There are a lot of words that are the smae in Spanish and English. They are pronounced differently, but they are spelled the same way and have exactly the same meaning.

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​Lets look at some of them and pronounce htem in Spanish.

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​adorable, artificial, criminal, cruel, extra, horrible, natural, popular, probable, sociable, terrible, tropical.

​El actor, el animal, el cable, el celular, el cereal, el color, el chocolate, el doctor, el hotel, el mosquito, el motor, el piano. la banana, la base, la idea, el honor, la plaza, la radio.

​Here are some Spanish words that look almost like English words. THis sound smiliar an dlook similar but are not written exactly the same way.

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​delicioso, diferente, excelente, famoso, gigante, importante, inteligente, interesante, moderno, necesario, ordinario.

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​el accidente, el calendario, el diccionario, el elefante, el garaje, el plato, el profesor, el programa, el restaurante, el tigre, el tren, el vocabulario.

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​la ambulancia, la aspirian, la bicicleta, la clase, la computadora, la familia, la frase, la foto, la gasolina, la hamburguesa, la medicina, la motocicleata, la rosa, la secretaria, la sopa.

​​Here are words that are different from English, but you'll probably be able to figure out the meanings.

​But of course there are words that are spelled completelly different and do not sound anything like an English word, but we memorize them by using them!

​So much for vocabulary.

​Did you notice the words "el" and "la" in front of the nouns? These 2 words are Spanish words for "the". The reason is htat ALL Spanish nouns , unlike English nouns, have GENDER. Nouns are either MASCULINE or FEMENINE.

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~ "el" is used for masculine nouns (in singular)

​~ "la" is used for femenine nouns (in singular)

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​In Spanish Neutrals do not exist. EVERYTHING is male or female, including items.

​How do we tell which words are masculine and wich words are femenine in the Spanish Language?

​Look at thei two groups pf n​ouns:

​El muchacho / El libro / El sombrero

La muchacha / La pluma / La casa

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​In what letter od the words in the first group end? ​What about the second group? ​So what do you think the rule is?

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With nouns that end in other letters (el tigre, la leche), THere is no way of determining whether we use "el" or "la". This is why we need to learn the article when you learn each new word.

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​​When the NOUN ends in -o, the word for "the" is "el"

​When the noun ends in -a, the word for "the is "la"

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​Like everything, there are a few exceptions. For example.

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​Mano end in -o but in is feminine (La mano)

​Mapa ends in -a but it is masculine (El mapa)

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​Now is your turn, ​Add the appropiate articel (word for "the") ---->

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​_____ escuela _______ teatro

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​_____ banco ________ fiesta

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Listen and see if you can figure out the mining of the following sentences!

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​Becareful with "el" and "la"

​See if words sound like English words.

​Use the pictures to help you.

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​You probably noticed that there is a word that appeared in all the sentences: "es", which means "is"

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​Listen and try to see if you know what the sentences on this page man.

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​Now that you ahve learned some Vocabulary, Let's learn some some greetings and common expressions. Listen then practice with a partner.

​Listen to the following reading and learn a little about the origin of Castellano (another word for "Spanish" ). Then look at the map of Spain on the next Slide

​Look at this map of Spain. It shows all the different languages spoken within the country.

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​Try to answer the quesitons.

​Practice saying your vocabulary word. Listen to them and try to repeat them.

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