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span style=”font-size: medium;”>Last time, the article I wrote focused on some basic Spanish stuff, such as the numbers, colours and the alphabet. I hope you studied them, because we will continue to use them in the lessons ahead. Today, we will do something more fun 🙂 , we will start to learn words so that on the next article we start making up sentences. For this lesson I will divide this article in two parts:
PART 1 I’ll give you a series of nouns with the pronoun in front so you know if the word is masculine or feminine. La is used for feminine words and El is used for masculine words, both are similar to The. When the nouns are plural usually they have an s in the end, and the article changes to Los (M) and Las (F). La Manzana – The Apple La Naranja – The Orange La Sandia – The Watermelon Carne – Meat Las Chuletas – The Pork chops Las Costillas – The Ribs Las Salchichas – The Sausage El Pescado – The Fish Los Camarones – The Shrimp Verduras – Vegetables La Zanahoria – The Carrot El Brócoli – The Brocoli Las Espinacas – The Spinach Las Patatas/Papas – The Potatoes Other El Arroz – The Rice La Ensalada – The Salad Bebidas – Drinks El Zumo/Jugo – The Juice El Agua – The Water La Coca or Coca-Cola – The Coke El Café – The Coffee El Te – The Tea La Cerveza – The Beer Practise Translating English-Spanish That’s right, now you will know the essential things to avoid going hungry or thirsty in a country where Spanish is spoken.
PART 2 – Pronombres (pronouns) Spanish Pronouns Type of Pronouns Use Examples in Spanish (English) Subject Replaces the subject of a sentence Yo (I), tú (you), él (he), ella (she), nosotros (we), ellos (they), ellas (they) Possessive Refers to something owned or possessed by someone. usually preceded by el/la/los/las Mío (mine), mía (mine), míos (mine), mías (mine), tuyo/a (yours), suyo/a (his, hers, theirs), nuestro/a (ours), Vuestro/a (yours) Reflexive Used when the direct object and indirect object of a verb refer to the same person. Used more often in Spanish. Me (myself), te (yourself), se (himself, herself, themselves), nos (ourselves), os (yourselves) Interrogative Used in questions Qué (what), quién (what), cuándo (when), cuánto (when) Demonstrative Replaces a noun while also pointing to it Éste (this one), ésta (this one), ésa (that one), aquéllos (those ones), aquél (that one over there) Indirect Object Pronoun They’re words that replace the indirect object, which is usually a person. Me (me), te(you), le (him, her, you (formal), nos (us), vos (you), les (them) Me da gusto ( it gives me pleasure). Te quiero (I love you) For next article we will start making up real sentences. With the Pronouns you know how to call yourself, people and things and by adding the nouns, next stop is learning the verbs and how to fit them in the sentence structure. Contributing Writer: Bi-monthly archived post. September 1, 2009
Mr Robert Padgett writes for AbroadLanguages.
