Read and listen to the following three conversations:
Listen to the conversations again and write the missing words.
Try not to refer to the above text:
Check your answers with the original conversations above.
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GREETINGS:
¡Hola! - hello / Buenos días - good morning /
Buenas tardes - good afternoon / Buenas noches
- good night/ ¿Qué
tal? - How´s it going?/ What´s up?
GOODBYES:
Adiós - goodbye/ Hasta luego - see you
later / Hasta otra, Hasta la
vista - see you soon
EXPRESSING
THANKS:
'Gracias' - thanks
'Muchas
gracias' - Thank you very much. The response is 'De nada'
- you´re welcome Gracias por el café
De nada = Thanks for coffee
you´re welcome
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Listen and repeat the expressions.
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·I am Spanish.
·You are English.
·You are English (formal).
·He is Italian.
·She is a secretary.
·We are English.
·You are French (masculine plural)
·You are French (feminine plural)
·You are German (formal)
·They are Spanish (masculine)
·They are English (feminine) |
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Yo soy
= I am
Tú eres
= You are
Él es =
He is
/Ella es
= She is
Nosotros somos
=
We are
Vosotros sois =
You are (plural)
Ellos son
= They are (masculine)
Ellas son
= They
are (feminine)
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Usted es
=
You are (formal)
Ustedes son
= You are (formal plural)
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Listen and repeat.
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Very
often, the personal pronouns in Spanish (Yo - I, tú -
you, él
- he, nosotros - we, etc.) do not accompany the verb.
However, when using the formal 'usted' forms, it is common
to use the pronoun.
- Soy español. (yo) - I am Spanish.
- Somos
americanos. (nosotros) - We are Americans.
- Son
bomberos. (ellos) - They are fireman.
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Ustedes son bomberos. You (formal) are firemen.
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Complete the following sentences. Use the above table if you
need help:
Check your answers
Where are they from? Choose the nationalities of the following
famous personalities. Choose from the list below and follow the
example:
argentino / brasileño /
estadounidense
/ italiana / españoles / inglesa
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In
contrast to many other languages, nationalities are not
written with a capital letter; Italian = italiano (m) /
italiana (f), English =
inglés (m) / inglesa (f)
To
change from singular to plural, when the singular ends in a
vowel, just add an 's'.
Italia italiano,
italianos
México mexicano,
mexicanos
Italy Italian,
Italians Mexico Mexican,
Mexicans Add 'es' if
the singular ends with a consonant.
Españaespañol,
españoles
Franciafrancés,
franceses
SpainSpanish,
Spanish
FranceFrench,
French
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