GL Spanish 101

[Huey]

Hola chicos, me llamo Huey, y soy tu professor de espanol.
hello guys and gals, my name is Huey and I am your spanish teacher



Please take a seat ...

[Hitchhiker]

*tocando su asiento*

Buenas tardes, profesor. Me gusta mucho tu clase.

[Huey]

First lesson.

Numbers

uno ..... one
dos ..... two
tres ..... three
cuatro ..... four
cinco ..... five
seis ..... six
siete ..... seven
ocho ..... eight
nueve ..... nine
diez ..... ten.

useful phrases

Buenos dias ...... Good morning
Buenas tarde ...... Good afternoon
Buenas noches ..... Good evening
Como esta? ........ How are you?
Me llamo es ....... My name is ...

verbs
Ser ..... to be
Ir ...... to go
Hablar .. to talk
Hacer ... to do

vocab
el/la ..... the
la casa ..... house
la escuela ..... school
Bien ..... good/well
el dia ..... day
la noche ..... night



[This message has been edited by Huey (edited 12-28-2002 08:53 PM).]

[Huey]

yay.

HitchHiker, do you speak spanish fluently?

[Huey]

tocando su asiento = takes a seat.

tocar = to take, to touch, to play (musical instrument)
asiento = seat

[Huey]

Buenos tardes senorita bonita, como esta usted?

[Huey]

some concepts:

all nouns in spanish are either feminine or masculine. In most cases, a noun ending with "a" (e.g. 'casa') is feminine, but not always (e.g. 'dia')

El = "the" for masculine nouns
La = "the for femine nouns

por ejemplo.

La casa y el hospital son edificios.
The house and the hospital are buildings.

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[Huey]

verbs in spanish changes depending on the subject who is committing the action.

Por ejemplo:

the verb hablar (to talk) has the following conjugation:

Yo Hablo ..... I talk
Tu Hablas ..... you talk
él Habla .... he talks
Ellos Hablan ..... they talk
Nosostros Hablamos ..... we talk

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[Hitchhiker]

Estoy bien, gracias, ¿y usted?

(No, no hablo mucho, solo un poco.)

[Huey]

muy bien gracias. (I was hoping I could find someone who know spanish to help me out).

Now, will someone conjugates this verb:

amar (to love)

Yo ...
Tu ...
ella ...
ellos ...
nosotros ...

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[VinnyQ]

Yo Yo Yo!
(me me me)!)

Yo ... amor
Tu ... amas
ello ... ama
ellos ... aman
nosotros ... amarmos?

Yo muy muy smarto!!!!

[Huey]

es incorrecto. *takes out whip*

...someone else wants to try?

[Ningal]

amo, amas, ama, amamos, [either amais or amades or something similar (not sure), but then you didn't ask for this], aman

[VinnyQ]

You soy aman!

Hahahhahhahahahhahahhahahha!

[Huey]

good job Ningal. Amais would be (you love) but is seldom used. (only in Spain I think).

[VinnyQ]

Why would you give such a hard verb to start with? You trick me, punk.

[VinnyQ]

Huey esta un gordo.

[monique]

Que es 'Te lo pido'? I heard it in a song, but I don't know what it means.Lo escucho en un cancion, pero no lo sabes.(Is that the right translation?)

[Ningal]

"I ask you for it" or "I beg you" or something sort of like that. IIRC.

(Note that I'm not an actual Spanish speaker, so all advice and answers of mine here are highly likely to be wrong.)

[monique]

Que es 'IIIRC'? Que es gordo?? Aw, I'm all confused... *pouts*

[mathgrant]

<<Blastoise>> en Español es <<Blastoise>>

Examen:

1. La madre de mi madre es mi:

a) Abuela
b) Tia
c) Novia
d) Dolor de cuello

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GL DPWestley: I had my backspace key removed and a beverage dispenser pur in it's place. See? I can't go back and fix "put."
GLmathgrant: I once was banned from a M:TG tourney for bringing over 50 banned cards! They were Ace of Clubs, Ace of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts, Ace of Spades, 2 of Clubs. . .

[Lucky Wizard]

monique: Actually, "IIRC" is English. It's a common Internet abbreviation that stands for "If I Recall Correctly". Oh, and "gordo" means "overweight".

mathgrant: Abuela, and I knew that on my own.

[Ningal]

(Oops, missed this earlier.)

Originally posted by monique:

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Lo escucho en un cancion, pero no lo sabes.

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"I hear it in a song, but you don't know it". Is this what you intended to say?

(By the way, I think "canción" is feminine.)

[MatthewV]

ÁLeo Dilberto en Espa–ol!
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/spanish/index.html

Yo tengo uno y media a–os de espa–ol.

In your fist lesson...I wouldnt recommend showing ser and ir without all their form!

[mathgrant]

Sí, Lucky Wizard.

2) ¿Que juego es? (Yo no se )

Juego

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Jugadore Dos Jugadore Uno

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GL DPWestley: I had my backspace key removed and a beverage dispenser pur in it's place. See? I can't go back and fix "put."
GLmathgrant: I once was banned from a M:TG tourney for bringing over 50 banned cards! They were Ace of Clubs, Ace of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts, Ace of Spades, 2 of Clubs. . .

[Huey]

Monique, "pido" is the yo form of perdir, which means "to ask, request, demand"
"lo" = him, it. (depending on the context of the sentence). Te lo Pido = "I ask you for it"


Lo escuche (how do I do the accent above the ;e'?) en una cancion, pero no lo comprendi.
I heard it in a song, but I didn't understand it.



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[Huey]

we'll get to past tense later.

Important verbs

Ser
Estar

Both of these verbs mean "to be", (am, is, are).

You use Ser when you're discussing the being of something,
You use Estar when you're discussing the condition of something.

One way to look at it, Ser is used with permanency, while Estar is used with changable stuff.

The conjugation of Ser and Estar
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Ser
Yo soy .... I am
Tu eres .... you are
Ella es .... she is
Ellos son ... they are
Nosotros somos ... we are

Estar
Yo estoy
Tu estas
él esta
Ellos estan
Nosotros estamos.

Examples:

Yo soy un hombre.
I am a man.

Ella esta enfermo.
She is sick.



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[Huey]

a little advice:

when learning any language, it is natural to automatically memorize and translate the foreign words to your native language. But you'd learn a lot quicker if you lose that habit, to use sights and sounds instead of sematics. So when I say "uno, dos, tres," don't translate it in your mind to "one, two, and three," instead, think of the numbers 1, 2 , and 3. When I say "gato" don't think of the english word "cat", pick a memory of a cat and have that flash in your mind instead.

This is very difficult when you first learn the language, and the process of translating foreign words to your own language is very helpful, and necessary. But as you advance and your vocabulary increases, do try to put away that habit. Eventually you can think and dream in the new language, that's the ultimate goal.

[Huey]

Who wants to give this a try?

Pick the correct verb (ser or estar) and conjugate it appropriately.

1. Tu ___ bonita y intellegente.
You are beautiful and intelligent.

2.Ella ___ muy contenta hoy dia.
She is very happy today.

3. Senor Internet Stranger no __ tonto.
Mr. Internet Stranger is not stupid.

[mathgrant]

1. Tu ___ bonita y intellegente.
You are beautiful and intelligent. -- eres, y muchas gracias!

2.Ella ___ muy contenta hoy dia.
She is very happy today. -- Está

3. Senor Internet Stranger no __ tonto.
Mr. Internet Stranger is not stupid. -- Muy muy falso

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GL DPWestley: I had my backspace key removed and a beverage dispenser pur in it's place. See? I can't go back and fix "put."
GLmathgrant: I once was banned from a M:TG tourney for bringing over 50 banned cards! They were Ace of Clubs, Ace of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts, Ace of Spades, 2 of Clubs. . .

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[Lucky Wizard]

Huey: To get the accent on the e, check to make sure Num Lock is turned on, then hold down the Alt key while typing 0233 on the number pad at the right. Which is how I got this: é

For any other special character, just do the same, and use trial and error to find out what to type. (It will be something in the range of 0000 to 0255.)

Real answer to the third question: es. But mathgrant's answer amuses me...

[Huey]

gracias senor. And Mathgrant gets a cookie.

[mathgrant]

Una galleta! Gracias!

[Ningal]

(Some other letters that might come in handy:

á - 0225
í - 0237
ñ - 0241
ó - 0243
ú - 0250
ü - 0252)

[monique]

Ooh *nod of understanding*. Muchas gracias a Lucky Wizard, Huey, y Ningal. Oh, and when do we get to future tense?

[Hitchhiker]

You can cheat, and copy and paste the accented letters from earlier posts -- that's what I do.

Perdóneme, Profesor Huey, but I think the 3rd-person masculine singular is él, not ello. The 3rd-person masculine plural is ellos.

Hola monique, ¿que pasa?

[monique]

Hola Hitchhiker,nada mucho con mí. Y tú? *ecstatic smile*

p.s. How do you do the upside down question mark?

[Huey]

oh yah, ha ha. Hitchhiker, Thanks for pointing that out. él = he, ella = she.
Tonto me.



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[VinnyQ]

FYI: Tonto me = My name is Huey & I AM A DOOFUS.

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[MatthewV]

or if you are smarter...
Ž,—,œ,ƒ,î,’ ect is made by option e, and the letter
– is option n, and then n
Ÿ, •, š, ‘, è, … is made by option u, and then the letter

hehe...i bet this guy could eat anything … or is that hair??