SPAN 100 AMU Week 3 lesson Spanish I American Military University assistance is available on Domyclass
Lesson Overview
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This week students will continue to practice and reinforce previous vocabulary and concepts through visual, written, auditory, and verbal practice.
Students will be exposed to vocabulary for greetings and introductions, family relationships, and build on their vocabulary of numbers. Students will learn how to state their age and the age of others, use prepositions of place, use vocabulary for “family at home,” location, and ownership.
Students will be able to:- Students will demonstrate proficiency with previously studied and practiced content through assessment quiz (word recognition, identification of correct word order and proper grammar use).
In this lesson, we will discuss:
Lifestyles of Spain: La Siesta
Compare and contrast the lifestyles and customs in Spain with your own customs.
- family relationships
- numbers to twelve, age
- prepositions of place
- family at home
- location and ownership
The following activities and assessments need to be completed this week:
- Assignment: Rosetta Stone Unit two, lessons one and two
- Forum: Spanish Lifestlyes
- Quiz #2
- Journal Entry Three
- Students will demonstrate proficiency with previously studied and practiced content through assessment quiz (word recognition, identification of correct word order and proper grammar use).
Topics to be covered include:
- Greetings and introductions
- Family relationships
- Numbers 7-12
- Ages
- Prepositions of place
- Family at home
- Location
- Ownership
In this lesson, you will learn how to greet someone, as well as how to say goodbye. You will also learn about family relationships. You’ll also extend your ability to count up to 12. You will learn how to use the different indicators of placement by using prepositions. Furthermore, you’ll learn how to conjugate the verbs tener, ser and estar. You will also learn how to use the verb tener in context with one’s age. Lastly, you’ll learn how to express ownership in Spanish.
Greetings
We will begin this lesson by introducing greetings in Spanish, how they are used, and their meaning.
| GREETING | ENGLISH MEANING/USAGE |
| Bienvenidos | Welcome |
| Hola1 | Hello |
| Buenos días | Good morning/Good day |
| Buenas tardes | Good afternoon |
| Buenas noches | Good night |
| Hasta1 luego | See you later |
| Hasta1 mañana | See you tomorrow |
| Adiós | Goodbye |
| Chao | Bye |
1Denotes a word that begins with a silent h
Introductions
Once you have greeted someone in Spanish, the following introductions then take place, as in the natural flow of conversation. In order to promote conversation, the following dialogues between Paco and María will be first presented in Spanish, then in English:
| PACO: | Buenos días, María. ¿Cómo estás hoy? | Good morning, María. How are you today? |
| MARÍA: | Bien, gracias, ¿y tú? | Good, thanks and you? |
| PACO: | Muy bien. | Very good. |
The following is a dialogue between two people meeting for the first time, referred to as Amigo and Amiga at first until the names are established to illustrate how this type of introduction is done:
| Amigo | Hola. ¿Cómo estás? | Hi! How are you? |
| Amiga | Estoy bien, gracias. | I am well, thank you. |
| Amigo | ¿Cómo te llamas? | What is your name (do you call yourself)? |
| Amiga | Me llamo Ana. | My name is Ana (I call myself Ana). |
| Amigo | Mucho gusto, Ana. Me llamo Pablo. | Pleased to meet you, Ana. My name is (I call myself) Pablo. |
| Ana | Mucho gusto. | Pleased to meet you. |
You can watch these videos to practice greetings: Learn Spanish Greetings and Spanish greetings, feelings, and locations with Basho and Friends – ¿Cómo te llamas?
La Familia: The Importance of the Family Unit to Spanish Life
The family is the center of life for Spanish-speaking people. In many households, there live extended families – grandparents, parents, children, and even cousins and grandchildren. Here is some vocabulary to introduce family members:
EL ÁRBOL DE MI FAMILIA – MY FAMILY TREE
| FAMILY MEMBER IN SPANISH | ENGLISH MEANING |
| Bis-abuelo, bis-abuela | Great-granfather, Great-grandmother |
| Abuelo, abuela | Grandfather, Grandmother |
| Madre | Mother |
| Padre | Father |
| Hijo1, Hija1 | Son, Daughter |
| Primo, Prima | Cousin |
| Tío, Tía | Uncle, Aunt |
| Bis-tío, bis-tía | Great-uncle, Great-aunt |
| Madrastra, padrastro | Stepmother, stepfather |
| Hermano, hermana | Brother, sister |
| Hermanastro, hermanastra | Stepbrother, stepsister |
| Sobrino, sobrina | Nephew, niece |
| Nieto, nieta | Grandson, Granddaughter |
| Bis-nieto, bis-nieta | Great-grandson, Great-granddaughter |
| Suegra, suegro | Mother-in-law, Father-in-law |
| Novio, novia | Groom, bride |
| Cuñado, cuñada | Brother-in-law, sister-in-law |
| Madrina, padrino | Godmother, Godfather |
| Esposo, Esposa | Husband, wife |
1Denotes that the ‘h’ is silent is not pronounced (hijo – ee-ho).
La Casa
The rooms in the house, some house vocabulary, and apartment vocabulary in the following chart describe the typical house:
| ROOM IN SPANISH | ENGLISH MEANING |
| La cocina | Kitchen |
| La cocina, la estufa | Stove1 |
| El horno | Oven |
| La mesa | Table |
| El comedor | Dining room |
| La sala, la sala de vivir | Parlor, Living room, den |
| La escalera | Stairs |
| La habitación | Bedroom |
| La terraza | Terrace |
| El cuarto | Room |
| El sótano | Cellar |
| El desván | Attic |
| El baño | Bathroom |
| La tiña de baño | Tub |
| El fregadero | Sink |
| El sofá | Sofa, couch |
| El balcón | Balcony |
| El tech | Roof |
| El patio | Patio, courtyard |
| El garaje | Garage |
| El pasill | Hallway |
| La ventana | Window |
| La pared | Wall |
| El aseo | Toilet |
| El suelo | Floor (as in ground) |
| El piso | Floor, flat (apartment) |
1The word “cocina” is the word for kitchen and stove in some Spanish-speaking countries.
Números
Let us now learn the numbers 7 to 12 and their pronunciation. For your review, numbers 0 to 6 are also included, but appear at the end of this chart.
| Los Números | Pronunciation | Numbers |
| 7 Siete | See-AY-teh | Seven |
| 8 Ocho | OH – cho | Eight |
| 9 Nueve | Noo – AY- bay | Nine |
| 10 Diez | Dee-ACE | Ten |
| 11 Once | OWN-say | Eleven |
| 12 Doce | DO-say | Twelve |
Review of numbers from 0 to 6
| 0 Cero | SAY-ro | Zero |
| 1 Uno | OO-no | One |
| 2 Dos | Dose | Two |
| 3 Tres | Trace | Three |
| 4 Cuatro | KWAH-tro | Four |
| 5 Cinco | SEEN-ko | Five |
| 6 Seis | SAY-ees | Six |
Using Numbers to Express Age
In Spanish, the verb TENER is used for expressing those items that can be physically held – concrete items that can be obtained and placed in one’s hand. TENER can also be used for expressing one’s age in Spanish. Much like a tree that has rings showing its age, we also show our age and the years that we have experienced. The verb TENER is used for this.
Let us first learn the various forms of the verb TENER. TENER is a boot verb. We call this verb a boot verb to easily illustrate that any root of the verb after removing the –er, changes from TEN (the remaining root after removing the –er) to TIEN. The endings are then applied according to the subject pronouns that you learned about in a previous lesson.
TENER – to have (to be in physical possession of)
| SINGULAR | PLURAL | ||
| Yo tengo | I have | Nostros tenemos | We have |
| Tú tienes | You have | ||
| Usted tiene | You (formal) have | Ustedes tienen | You all (formal) have |
| Él tiene | He has | Ellos tienen | They have |
| Ella tiene | She has | Ellas tienen | They have |
¿Cuántos meses tiene el bebé? How old is the baby boy?
El bebé tiene dos meses. The baby boy is two months old.