Class Videos
Class 2
Additional Class Notes (A2)
To say "Welcome" we have 4 options
these are based on gender and plurality.
Bienvenido = Welcome (To a Man)
Bienvenida = Welcome (To a Woman)
Bienvenidas = Welcome (To a Group of Women)
Bienvenidos = Welcome (Men or Mixed Group)
In French you may have seen Bienvenue
Notice the shared Latin Root
Qué Tal?
This is like asking "What's Up?" - It's very casual
The response is not "nothing much"
like the boring response in English
The response is more as if someone
had asked "How are you?"
So something like, "Estoy bien" or "Todo bien"
and add... "Y tu? Qué Tal?"
Qué Onda?
Similar to Qué Pasa? (What's Happening)
Since Onda is an invisible wave,
the question is like "what's the vibe"
Though there is a word "vibra" = vibe
Qué Onda? Is super casual.
It's surfer language.
And the response is also as if someone
had asked you "How are you?"
Try "Todo Hasta Cien" (Everything's 100)
As a good response. You can also say "Todo Bien"
Microondas = Microwave
Micro = Micro
Ondas = Invisible Waves
Olas = Waves from the ocean
Pronounce both O's in Microondas
It's not like English where the sound would be
similar to pool, tool or boob.
Even though Hasta Luego communicates
"See you later"
The literal translation is "Until later"
Hasta = Until
Desde = Since
Hasta Pronto
Literal "Until soon"
Real Use "See you soon"
A business might have Desde 1986
to indicate "Since 1986"
Hasta la Vista
Vista = View or Sighting
Una Buena Vista = A Good View
Nos Vemos
Literal = We see one another
Real Use = We'll see eachother
Nos vemos Sábado = See you Saturday
Linda Noche
Can be a hello in the evening
but more commonly a goodbye in the evening
Linda or Lindo = Pleasant, Cute
Qué Lindo = How Cute, How Nice
Notice the days of the week are planetary
Lunes (Monday) = From Moon (Luna)
Martes (Tuesday) = Mars
Miércoles (Wednesday) = Mercury
Jueves (Thursday) = Jupiter
Viernes (Friday) = Venus
Sabado (Saturday) = Saturn
Domingo (Sunday) = Dominion
The odd man out. Religious themes.
Notice that Martes (Tuesday)
is like Mardi from French
Mardi Gras = Fat Tuesday
Fat (In Spanish) = Grasa
Fat (as an adjective) = Gordo, Gorda
En = On, In
Estoy en la playa
I am on the beach
I am (at) the beach
Noche = Night
Anoche = Last Night
Antier
A word we don't have in English
"The day before yesterday"
Notice that "el" means "the" in Spanish
For things that are masculine ("la" for feminine)
ex. el libro = the book
ex. la mesa = the table
"él" means he/him
Use the context of the conversation to know.
You might not hear the accent
But it matters in the written form
ex. él está en el baño
He is in the bathroom
Remember that a double L or "LL"
Sounds like a "Y"
Puerto Va-yarta (phonetic)
Puerto Vallarta
Single L's sound like English L's
ex. lápiz (pencil)
Pronounced "la-peace" (phonetic)
Nosotros = We/Us
Ellos, Ellas = They/Them
Ustedes = You All
In Spanish, the verbs have the subject built in
but I encourage you to use the subject as well
You can say "cómo estás" but I'd prefer
you say "Tú, como estás"
or "Cómo estás tú?"
How are you?
Even though the subject use is a bit redundant
Spanish speakers do it all the time
and it helps give clarity in speaking
especially in your early days of using Spanish
Yo estoy bien gracias = I am well thank you
y tú? = and you
También = also, too, as well
También estoy bien = I am well also
y = and
(pronounced "eee")
o = or
donde = where
where is she = donde está ella?
where is the bathroom? = donde está el baño?
When selecting verbs for things that are
not human or inanimate (it), we use the same
verb form as the he/she.
con permiso = with permission
we use this when trying to pass someone
response - "adelante"
adelante = ahead, forward
atrás = back, backwards, behind
enfrente = in front
It is better to pronounce things slowly and
get it right, than too fast and get it wrong.
esta = this
está = he/she/it is
the accents matter!
lección = lesson
the "cc" sounds like an x
tú = you
tu = your
as in "your dog" = tu perro
the accent matters though may not hear it
This is more for the written form
In Spanish we have a casual "you" = tú
and a formal "you" (with respect) = usted
Notice that is not the same as ustedes (you all)
The verb form for Usted is the same as he/she/it
The same is true for the ownership language
Mi casa es tu casa
My house is your house
Casual
Mi casa es su casa
My house is your house
Formal (Usted)
contento/contenta = content
dormir = to sleep
durmiendo = sleeping
parque = park
Su perra = her dog/his dog
Sus perras = her dogs/his dogs
Su perra = Their dog/Y'alls dogs
Sus perras = Their dogs/Y'alls dogs
Su and Sus
Can mean his/hers or their/y'alls
You'll need to use context to differentiate
baño = bathroom
baño = bath
bañar = to bathe
