Señor Café

Información por las clases de español de Señor Café

Saber & Conocer

Posted by Tim on October 19, 2010

SABER- CONOCER (p. 83 SP2)

Saber & Conocer both mean – to KNOW

Saber is used for knowing

            1. INFORMATION (yo sé español- I know Spanish)

           2.FACTS (yo sé cuántas personas vive en Savannah- I know how many people live in Savannnah)

         3. How to do something (ie. Yo sé bailar means I know how to dance)

Conocer is used for

            1. AWARNESS

           2. OF PEOPLE (yo conozco a mi mamá- I know my mamma)

          3. PLACES (yo conozco KFC- I know KFC)

        4. THINGS (yo conozco iPod- I know what an iPod is)

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Country Report Ceiling Tile Project

Posted by Tim on February 3, 2010

1. Choose a Spanish speaking country

2. Buy a 2×2 acoustic ceiling tile ($2.06 at Home Depot)

3. Decorate the ceiling tile with the following information

a. The Spanish name for the country. Make sure to spell it correctly including any accent marks. Make sure the name is written large and bold.

b. Paint or cut and paste a map of the country on the tile

c. Paint the name of the capital city on the tile and indicate where it is on the map.

d. Paint the names of the 3 largest cities in the country and indicate where they are on the map

e. Find out what the major export of the country is and paint or paste something on the tile that represents this export.

f. Find what at least 2 cultural items (dance, song, costume, etc…) that represent the country are. Paint or paste something representing these things on the tile.

6. Make sure your name is on the back of the ceiling tile.

7. Tiles are due on Tuesday, Feb. 16.

THIS ASSIGNMENT COUNTS AS A TEST GRADE!!!

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I Was Doing Something When…

Posted by Tim on December 2, 2009

In Spanish there are 2 ways to talk about something in the past.

1. If we are talking about something that happenED at a certain time, we use the PRETERITE tense

2. If we are talking about something that was happening in the past without specifying the time, we use the IMPERFECT TENSE

PRETERITE TENSE

.                           AR                 ER/IR

yo                      HablÉ             ComÍ

Tú                     HablASTE     ComISTE

él                      HablÓ             ComIÓ

ella                  HablÓ               ComIÓ

Usted             HablÓ              ComIÓ

Nosotros        Hablamos       ComIMOS

Ellos                HablARON      ComIERON

Ustedes         HablARON      ComIERON

IMPERFECT TENSE

.                            AR                             ER/IR

Yo                        HablABA                    ComÍA

Tú                        HablABAS                   ComÍAS

Él                         HablABA                      ComÍA

Ella                     HablABA                      ComÍA

Usted                 HablABA                     ComÍA

Nosotros          HablABAMOS           ComÍAMOS

Ellos                   HablABAN                 ComÍAN

Ustedes            HablABAN                  ComÍAN

To say  ´I was eating at Taco Bell when I ate a taco´ I would say…

Yo comÍA en Taco Bell cuando comÍ un taco

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I’m Going To Do Something…

Posted by Tim on December 1, 2009

To say I am going to do something I need 3 things

1. The verb IR

2. A

3. another verb

IR + A + verb

IR changes depending on who is doing the action

Yo VOY A comer= I am going to eat

Tú VAS A comer- You are going to eat

ÉL VA A comer- He is going to eat

ELLA VA A comer- She is going to eat

USTED VA A comer- You are going to eat

NOSOTROS VAMOS A comer- We are going to eat

ELLOS VAN A comer- They are going to eat

USTEDES VAN A comer- Y´all are going to eat

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Months and Dates

Posted by Tim on October 27, 2009

Los Meses- The months

Enero
Febrero
Marzo
Abril
Mayo
Junio
Julio
Agosto
Septiembre
Octubre
Noviembre
Deciembre

When writing the date, you use the following format,

El _(number)_ de _(month)_

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TENER

Posted by Tim on October 20, 2009

Here is the conjugation of the verb TENER- to have

Yo TENGO

Tú TIENES

Él-Ella TIENE

Usted TIENE

Nosotros TENEMOS

Ellos(as) TIENEN

Ustedes TIENEN

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Tests

Posted by Tim on October 15, 2009

Spanish 2 has a test on Friday, October 16

The test will cover…

1. Past tense verbs

2. GAR, CAR, ZAR verbs

3. Irregular past tense verbs (Ir, Ser, Dar, Ver, & hacer)

4. Travel vocabulary

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TESTS

Posted by Tim on October 15, 2009

Spanish 1 has a test on Thursday, October 15.

The test will cover…

1. Adjective/noun agrement

2. The 4 “THE”s

3. The 4 “A”s

4. Vocabulary from page 69.

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Adjectives

Posted by Tim on October 12, 2009

There are 2 rules for using adjectives in Spanish…

1. The adjective comes AFTER the thing it describes

The black dog

El perro negro

2. The adjective must agree with the thing in gender & number

Gender

El perrO negrO

La faldA negrA

Number

Los perrOS negrOS

Las fladAS negrAS

But what about adjectives that don´t end in O or A????

They only have to be changed for number

El perro marrón

La falda marrón

Los perrOS marronES

Las faldAS marronES

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GAR, CAR, ZAR verbs

Posted by Tim on October 12, 2009

Some verbs just don’t sound right in the past tense. When we add the é to the end of them to indicate the yo form, it changes the sound. So we have to change the spelling to keep the sound. The change only happens in the YO form. All other forms are normal. These verbs end with -GAR, -CAR, & -ZAR and they look like this…

JUGAR- to play

Yo jugUÉ

Tú jugASTE

SACAR- to take

Yo SaQUÉ

Tú sacASTE

EMPEZAR

Yo empeCÉ

Tú empezASTE

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