The document provides an overview of the Spanish language and culture. It discusses topics like the Spanish alphabet and pronunciation, numbers, family members, colors, greetings, verbs and questions. It also gives some basic facts about Spain, highlighting the country's cuisine, landscapes, sports and importance of the Spanish language as a widely spoken one around the world.

1. Spanish (A1)
A Complete Guide for Beginners
By – Shreya K Chopra

2. All About Spain
Todo Sobre España
• The official language of Spain is Spanish, though it is often referred to
as "castellano" in Spain.
• Spain is known for its unique cuisine, which includes foods such as
paella and sangria. Food is always made in Olive oil.
• It has beautiful beaches, historic monuments and buildings, and varied
landscape that includes rugged mountains and evergreen estuaries.
• Ibiza island is a famous party destination.
• Spanish music and dance is often considered abroad to be
synonymous with flamenco.
• Football had been played in Spain as far back as Roman times. Rafael
Nadal is the leading Spanish tennis player.
• Bullfighting is the national sport of Spain, Called the corrida de toros.
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3. Importance of Spanish Language
• The Spanish language is the most widely spoken language, both in
terms of number of speakers and the number of countries in which
it is the dominant language.
• It is also known as Romantic language.
• There are more than 400 million Spanish speakers worldwide.
• The Spanish-speaking population is one of the fasting growing
segments in the world.
• The Spanish-speaking segment constitutes a huge community that
shares products, services, and culture, offering businesses and
institutions a truly unique growth opportunity.
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4. • Here are some important facts regarding the Spanish language:
- Spanish, the official language in twenty-one countries, is the third
most widely-spoken language in the world, after English and
Mandarin.
- More than 400 million people speak Spanish worldwide.
- Experts predict that by the year 2050, there will be 530 million
Spanish speakers, of which 100 million will be living in the United
States.
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5. Interesting Reasons to Learn Spanish
• Learning Spanish is necessary to keep pace with popular culture.
Learning Spanish will enable you to keep pace with Hispanic
influence on culture which is strong and getting stronger. Ex. –
Bollywood Songs in Spanish (Senorita), Taco Bell ad with the
caption “Yo Quiero Taco Bell”.
• Learning Spanish is actually a medical device!Research indicates
that knowing and using two languages reduces your chances of
developing dementia, including Alzheimer’s Disease.
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6. • For many, learning Spanish is rapidly becoming a business
necessity.Spanish is becoming more and more important with
regards to business. Learning Spanish will enable you to better
communicate with Spanish speaking employees or co-workers.
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to offer your product or service to
the 350 million people whose mother tongue is Spanish?
• Learning Spanish will (truly) expand your universe. As the Hispanic
population continues to grow at a disproportionate rate, it
becomes more and more likely that you might marry into a Spanish
speaking family, have Spanish speaking neighbors or encounter
Spanish speaking people in your daily rounds. No longer are the
Spanish speakers in the US confined to the border states and big
cities.
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7. • Knowing Spanish will completely transform your travel
experience.While it is certainly possible to travel to a Spanish
speaking country without knowing any Spanish, your trip will in no
way compare with the incredible adventure that awaits the traveler
who speaks Spanish.
• Knowing how to speak Spanish will enable you to help others.If you
are the type of person who likes to help others, learning to speak
Spanish will put you in a postion where you can help both Spanish
speakers who don’t speak English and English speakers who don’t
speak Spanish. Now that’s what we like to call a “win-win”
situation.
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8. • Learning Spanish is fun!Learning Spanish opens up lots of
opportunities to have more fun. Who doesn’t enjoy reading a good
book or watching a good movie? Music? You bet! Food? The best!
The satisfaction of accomplishment? It’s there waiting for you to
grab it! For all of the reasons mentioned above, and a whole lot
that haven’t been mentioned, learning Spanish can be one of the
most enjoyable things you will ever do. Whether your motivations
are practical, intellectual or sentimental, learning Spanish is
something that will benefit you for the rest of your life!
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9. The Alphabets
Alfabetos
• We will be learning:
- The letters of the Spanish alphabet.
- How to spell words.
- How to pronounce letter sounds
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10. Alphabet Pronunciation in Spanish
A Ah
B Bey
C Seh
Ch Chay
D Dey
E Eay
F Effey
G Hay
H Achay
I Ee
J Hotah
K Kah
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11. Alphabet Pronunciation in Spanish
L Ellay
M Emmay
N Ennay
N~ En-yay
O Oh
P Pey
Q Koo
R Erray
S Essay
T Tey
U Ooh
V Ooveh
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12. Alphabet Pronunciation in Spanish
W Ooveh Dobley
X Ekeiss
Y Ee Gree-yega
Z Zeta
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13. Now, How Will You Spell A Word?
¿cómo se escribe?
• Word = M-A-R-I-A
• Pronunciation = Emmay-Ah-Erray-Ee-Ah
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• Word = N-I-N~-O
• Pronunciation = Ennay-Ee-Enyay-Oh
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14. Spanish Accent
Tildes
• Spanish accents (tildes) can only be written over the five vowels (a,
e, i, o, u), and the accent is written from lower left to upper right: á,
é, í, ó, ú.
• It’s a visual way to indicate which is the accented syllable in the
word. For example: in cantó (he/she sang), the tilde in the o you
know that the stressed syllable is “tó”. And that makes the word
different from “canto” (song), where the stressed syllable is “can”.
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15. Numbers
Los Numeros
Numbers Numbers in Spanish
0 Cero
1 Uno
2 Dos
3 Tres
4 Cuatro
5 Cinco
6 Seis
7 Siete
8 Ocho
9 Nueve
10 Diez
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16. 11 Once
12 Doce
13 Trece
14 Catorce
15 Quince
16 Dieciséis
17 Diecisiete
18 Dieciocho
19 Diecinueve
20 Veinte
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17. 21 Veintiuno
22 Veintidós
23 Veintitrés
24 Veinticuatro
25 Veinticinco
26 Veintiséis
27 Veintisiete
28 Veintiocho
29 Veintinueve
30 Treinta
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18. 31 Treinta y uno
Continues… Continues…
40 Cuarenta
50 Cincuenta
60 Sesenta
70 Setenta
80 Ochenta
90 Noventa
100 Cien
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19. Grammatical Facts
• All Spanish nouns are either masculine or feminine, although there
are a few that are ambiguous, meaning that Spanish speakers are
inconsistent in which gender is applied to them.
• The grammatical significance of gender is
that adjectives and articles referring to nouns must be of the same
gender as the nouns they refer to.
• Things associated with females can be masculine (for example, un
vestido, a dress).
• And things associated with males (for example, virilidad,
masculinity) can be feminine.
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20. • The words for man and woman,hombre and mujer, respectively, are
the gender you'd expect, as are words for girl and boy, chica
and chico.
• But it is important to remember that the gender of a noun attaches
to the word itself rather than to what it refers.
• So persona, the word for person, is feminine regardless of who it
refers to, and the word for baby, bebé, is always masculine.
• Most if not all of these are used for referring to people or animals.
• In most cases for singular nouns and adjectives, the feminine form
is made by adding an a to the masculine form or changing an
ending e or o to a.
• Ex – Amigo (Male friend) and Amiga (Female friend).
• The article for male is el and the article for female is La.
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21. The Article
Los Artículos
• This is the word that goes before the noun, like a/an or the in
English. Articles may be definite or indefinite, and feminine or
masculine, and singular or plural.
The Indefinite Article
• As in English, we use the indefinite article when we are talking
about someone or something without specifying precisely which
person or thing, e.g. "Do you have a pen (any pen)?"
• Although in English the indefinite article is always a/an, in Spanish
the choice of indefinite article has to agree with the gender of the
noun being referred to: un hombre, una donna, un coche, una casa.
• The equivalent of the English 'some' as in I met some friends is unos
(masculine) and unas (feminine).
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22. The Definite Article
• The definite article is used when we are talking about a particular
person or thing, e.g. "Do you have the tickets (the tickets for the
theater show that we are going to now)?"
• In English, the same definite article is used with all nouns,
masculine, feminine and others: the man, the woman, the car, the
house.
• In Spanish, a different definite article is used depending on
gender: el hombre, la mujer, el coche, la casa.
• In English, the same definite article is used with all nouns, singular,
plural, and uncountable/mass nouns: the man, the men; the
woman, the women; the house, the houses; the rice; the fear.
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23. • In Spanish, a different definite article is used with singular and
plural nouns: el hombre, los hombres; la mujer, las mujeres; el
coche, los coches, la casa, las casas.
• When something is mentioned for the first time, we often use an
indefinite article; when we mention the same thing later, we often
use a definite article.
• Example: Estaba sentado en una silla. La silla se rompió. (He was
sitting on a chair. The chair broke.)
The Neutral Article
• In Spanish, a neutral article is placed before an adjective which is
being used as a noun.
• Ex - Lo raro es ... (The strange thing is ...).
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24. Family
Mi Familia
Mother – La Madre
Father – El Padre
Brother – El Hermano
Sister – La Hermana
Grandfather – El Abuelo
Grandmother – La Abuela
Uncle – El tío
Aunty – La tía
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25. Daughter - La Hija
Son – El Hijo
Cousins – Los Primos
Father-in-law – El Suegro
Mother-in-law – La Suegra
Man - Hombre
Woman - Mujer
Amigo/Amiga – Friend (Male/Female)
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26. Colors
(Colores)
Amarillo
Rojo
Verde
Azul
Rosa
Naranja
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27. Negro
Blanco
Purpura/Morado
Marrón
Gris
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28. Days of the Week
(Dia de la Semana)
Days of the Week Dia de la Semana
Monday Lunes
Tuesday Martes
Wednesday Miércoles
Thursday Jueves
Friday Viernes
Saturday Sábado
Sunday Domingo
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29. Months of the Year
( Los Meses del Año)
Months Meses
January Enero
February Febrero
March Marso
April Abril
May Mayo
June Junio
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30. July Julio
August Agosto
September Septiembre
October Octobre
November Noviembre
December Diciembre
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31. Seasons of the Year
(Estaciones del Año)
El Calor
(Summer)
La Lluvia
(Rain)
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32. El Invierno
(Winter)
La Nueve
(Snow)
La Primavera
(Spring)
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33. Sentiments
(Sentimientos)
Feliz
(Happy)
Triste
(Sad)
Enojado
(Angry)
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34. Enfermo
(Sick)
Confudido
(Confused)
Aburrido
(Bored)
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35. Greetings
• Greetings are incredibly important in Spanish. As Latin American
culture is more formal, going through the ritual of greeting another
person is an important way of showing respect. In fact, in some
parts of Latin America, you are expected to greet every person
individually, even if they’re in a group. That means that if you’re
walking along the road in a village and pass a group of five people,
you’ll have to say, “Good morning,” five times!
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36. Greetings/Phrases Saludades
Hello Hola
Good Morning Buenos Días
Good Afternoon/Evening Buenas Tardes
Good Night Buenas Noches
Sorry Lo Siento
No No
Yes Sí
I Love You Te Amo
Until we see each other again Hasta la Vista
See You Soon Hasta Pronto
Later Hasta Luego
De Nada/Bienvenido Welcome
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37. Greetings/Phrases Saludades
Thank You Gracias
How are you? (Informal) ¿Cómo estás?
How are you? (Formal) ¿Cómo está usted?
I am fine Muy Bien
I am not fine Muy Mal
May I come in? ¿Se Puede?
Bye Adiós/Chao
Happy Birthday Feliz Cumpleanos
Happy New Year Feliz Navidad
Please ¡Por favor!
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38. Article Related Sentences
Frases Relacionadas Artículo
• Su mujer es una dentista.
• Mi hermano es un periodista.
• El es un médico.
• Ella es una médico.
• Los chicos son altos.
• La escuela es buena.
• Las escuelas son buenos.
• El edificio es alto.
• Los edificio son altos.
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39. The Questions
Los Preguntas
• ¿Quién? (Who?)
• ¿Qué? (What? / Which?)
• ¿Dónde? (Where?)
• ¿Cuándo? (When?)
• ¿Por qué? (Why?)
• ¿Cómo? (How?)
• ¿Cuál? (Which?)
• ¿Cuánto? (How much/many?)
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40. Verb
Verbo
• Spanish verbs are one of the more complex areas of Spanish
grammar.
• Spanish is a relatively synthetic language with a moderate to high
degree of inflection, which shows up mostly in Spanish verb
conjugation.
• As is typical of verbs in virtually all languages, Spanish verbs express
an action or a state of being of a given subject, and like verbs in
most Indo-European languages, Spanish verbs
undergo inflection according to the following categories:
• Tense: past, present, or future
• Number: singular or plural
• Person: first, second or third
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41. • The modern Spanish verb system has sixteen distinct
complete paradigms.
• The fourteen regular tenses are also subdivided into seven simple
tenses and seven compound tenses.
• The seven compound tenses are formed with the auxiliary
verb haber followed by the past participle.
• Verbs can be used in other forms, such as the present progressive,
but in grammar treatises they are not usually considered a special
tense but rather periphrastic verbal constructions.
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42. Verbs based on person and Numbers
First person
• The grammatical first person refers to the speaker ("I"). The first
person plural refers to the speaker together with at least one other
person.
• (Yo) soy: "I am"
• (Nosotros/Nosotras) somos: "We are"; the feminine
form nosotras is used only when referring to a group that is
composed entirely of females; otherwise, nosotros is used.
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43. Second Person
• The grammatical second person refers to the addressee, the
receiver of the communication ("you"). Spanish has different
pronouns (and verb forms) for "you," depending on the
relationship, familiar or formal, between speaker and addressee.
Singular forms
• (Tú) eres: "You are"; familiar singular; used when addressing
someone who is of close affinity (a member of the family, a close
friend, a child, a pet). Also the form used to address the deity.
• (Vos) sos: "You are"; familiar singular; generally used in the same
way as tú. Its use is restricted to some areas ofHispanic America;
where tú and vos are both used, vos is used to denote a closer
affinity.
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44. • (Usted) es: "You are"; formal singular; used when addressing a
person respectfully, someone older, someone not known to the
speaker, or someone of some social distance. Although it is a
second-person pronoun, it uses third-person verb forms (and object
pronouns and possessives) because it developed as a contraction
of vuestra merced (literally, "your mercy" or "your grace").
Plural forms
• (Vosotros/Vosotras) sois: "You (all) are"; familiar plural; used when
addressing people who are of close affinity (members of the family,
friends, children, pets). The feminine form vosotras is used only
when addressing a group composed entirely of females;
otherwise, vosotros is used.
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45. • (Ustedes) son: "You (all) are"; formal plural where vosotros is used;
both familiar and formal plural elsewhere.
• Where it is strictly formal, used when addressing people
respectfully or addressing people of some social distance.
• Like usted, it uses third-person verb forms, for the same reasons.
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46. Third Person
• The grammatical third person refers to a person or thing other than
the speaker or the addressee.
Singular forms
• (Él) es: "He/it is"; used for a male person or a thing
of masculine (grammatical) gender.
• (Ella) es: "She/it is"; used for a female person or a thing of feminine
(grammatical) gender.
• (Ello) es: "It is"; used to refer to neuter nouns such as facts, ideas,
situations, and sets of things; rarely used as an explicit subject.
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47. Plural forms
• (Ellos) son: "They are"; used for a group of people or things that
includes at least one person or thing of masculine(grammatical)
gender.
• (Ellas) son: "They are"; used for a group of people or things that are
all of feminine (grammatical) gender.
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48. Conjugation of Verb
Conjugación de los Verbos
• Conjugation of the verb Ser and Estar
Verb = Ser (To Be) Present
Yo Soy
Tú Eres
él/Ella/Usted Es
Nosotros Somos
Vosotros Sois
ellos/ellas/Uds Son
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49. Verb = Estar(To Be) Present
Yo Estoy
Tú Estás
él/Ella/Usted Está
Nosotros Estamos
Vosotros Estáis
ellos/ellas/Uds Están
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50. Difference between Ser and Estar
• The verbs ser and estar both mean "to be", so what is the difference
between the two?? Ser is used to describe things that are permanent
or often unchangeable.
• For example, Yo soy de India.(I am from India).
• The form of ser used in the sentence is soy. You can not change where
you are from.
• Ser is also used to describe characteristics, professions, religions and
nationalities.
• Estar is used to describe things that are temporary.
• For example, Yo estoy en Florida para las vacaciones(I am in Florida for
vacation).
• I am vacationing in Florida, but I am not from there.
• Estar is used to describe emotions and locations.
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51. Most Common Verbs in Spanish
• Ser – To Be
• Estar – To Be
• Tener – To Have
• Hacer - To make or to do
• Hablar – To speak
• Decir - To say or to tell
• Ver – To see or to watch
• Ir – To go
• Comer – To eat
• Beber – To drink
• Poder – To be able to, Can
• Dar – To Give
• Continue . . . . . .
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52. Few Conjugations
Verb = Tener(To Have) Present
Yo Tengo
Tú Tienes
él/Ella/Usted Tiene
Nosotros Tenemos
Vosotros Tenéis
ellos/ellas/Uds Tienen
Ex. – Tengo dos coches (I have 2 cars)
Ex. - él tiene cinco casas (He has 5 houses)
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53. Verb = Ir(To Go) Present
Yo Voy
Tú Vas
él/Ella/Usted Va
Nosotros Vamos
Vosotros Vais
ellos/ellas/Uds Van
Ex. – Voy a la escuela (I am going to school)
Ex. – Ella va a Canada (She is going to Canada)
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54. Verb = Ver(To See) Present
Yo Veo
Tú Ves
él/Ella/Usted Ve
Nosotros Vemos
Vosotros Veis
ellos/ellas/Uds Ven
Ex. – Ven el autobus azul (They see the blue bus)
Ex. – Vemos la madre (We see the mother)
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55. Verb = Poder(Can) Present
Yo Puedo
Tú Puedes
él/Ella/Usted Puede
Nosotros Podemos
Vosotros Podéis
ellos/ellas/Uds Pueden
Ex. – Puedo ir a la supermercado (I can go to the supermarket)
Ex. – Pueden cantar una cancion (They can sing a song)
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56. Conversations
Conversaciones
Conversation between 2 strangers
• Speaker 1 - ¡Hola!
• Speaker 2 - ¡Hola!
• S 1 - ¿Cómo estás?
• S 2 – Muy Bien. Gracias!
• S 2 - ¿Y Tú?
• S 1 - ¡Bien, Gracias!
• S 1 - ¿Cómo te llamas?
• S 2 – Me llamo Shreya.
• S 2 – Y, Cómo te llamas?
• S 1 – Me Nombre es José, apellido es D’Souza.
• S 2 – Oh, Estupendo.
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57. • S 1 – ¿De donde eres?
• S 2 – Soy de India.
• S 2 - ¿Y Tú?
• S 1 – Soy de España.
• S 2 – Estupendo!
• S 2 – Me gusta el baile flamenco
• S 2 - Yo también quiero ir a Ibiza.
• S 1 – Bienvenida, Amigo!
• S 1 – También, me gusta la comida India.
• S 2 – Bienvenida a casa para la comida, Amigo!
• S 1 - ¡Gracias!
• S 1 – Me gusta Taj Mahal.
• S 1 – Es tan hermoso/bonito.
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58. • S 2 – Si, es hermoso.
• S 2 - ¿Cuál es tu numero de teléfono?
• S 1 - El movil numero es 66677700.
• S 1 - ¿Y Tú?
• S 2 – Es el 22559900.
• S 2 - Mucho Gusto José.
• S 1 – Egualmente Shreya.
• S 2 - Hasta Pronto
• S 1 – Si. Hasta Pronto
• S 2 - ¡Adios!
• S 1 - ¡Adios!
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59. Conversation at the restaurant
• Waiter - Buenos días, Señor.
Me llamo Carmen
¿Cuántas personas son?
• Señor - Gracias, Carmen.
Somos cuatro.
• Waiter - Muy bien.
¿le gusta esta mesa?
• Señor – Si. Perfecto.
• Waiter - Por favor, siéntense. (Please have a seat sir)
Aquí es la menu.
• Señor - Gracias Carmen.
• Waiter - ¿que te gustaria bebe?
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60. • Señor – Agua y bebida frio.
• Waiter – Así.
Y para comer?
• Señor – ¿Qué nos recomienda?
• Waiter - Enchilladas son buenos, Señor.
• Señor – Estupendo.
Por favor, enchilladas con salsa y tortillas.
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• Waiter – Aquí esta tu comida, Señor.
• Señor – Gracias, Carmen.
• Señor - Comida era deliciosa, Carmen.
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61. • Waiter – Gracias Señor.
¿Gustaria helado, Señor?
• Señor – Si. Vanilla helado por favor.
• Waiter – Ok Señor.
• Señor – La cuenta, por favor (Bill Please).
Gracias.
• Waiter – Bienvenido Señor.
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62. Essays
Essay on My Family
• Me llamo es Pablo.
• Tengo una familia grande.
• En mi familia, hay seis personas.
• Mi Madre, mi padre, mi hermana, mi abuelo, mi abuela y yo.
• Mi madre es profesora.
• Ella es muy hemosa.
• Ella tiene ojos azul.
• Mi padre es un ingeniero.
• El trabaja en una fábrica.
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63. • Mi padre es muy alto.
• Mi hermana estudio en la clase 8.
• Nosotros vamos a la misma escuela.
• Ella es muy inteligente.
• Mi abuelo es un hombre muy bueno.
• El siempre da el regalo para mi y mi hermana.
• Mi abuela va a la iglesia cada dia.
• Ella da de comer a los niños pobres.
• Yo estudio en la clase 6.
• Tengo muchos amigos.
• Nosotros comemos la cena juntos.
• Mis padres aman a mi y mi hermana.
• Amo a mi familia.
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64. Essay on my school
• Mi escuela es muy grande.
• El nombre de mi escuela es St. Thomas Convent school.
• Es una escuela muy buena.
• Hay clases desde la gaurderia a 12th
.
• Hay un grande patio de recreo también.
• Nuestra clase es muy grande.
• Tenemos una grande biblioteca también.
• Nuestra principal es la señor Antony Mathew.
• Tenemos cien profesores.
• Amo a mis escuela.
•Gaurderia = Nursery
• Patio de recreo = Playground
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65. Questions??
Preguntas
• Listen and try to understand various Spanish songs.
• Few Indian songs with Spanish lyrics are Señorita, Te amo etc.
• Watch serials with spanish sub titles.
• Tips & Tricks – Read the instructions on the product wrappers and
try to understand it.
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66. Gracias!!
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