Día de Acción de Gracias – Thanksgiving Day

Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias!

Do you know how to say “turkey” and other Thanksgiving words in Spanish?

Thanksgiving Day	Día de Acción de Gracias
Black Friday	Viernes Negro
autumn (US), fall (GB)	otoño
colony	colonia
corn	maíz
cranberry	arándano
feast	banquete
football	fútbol americano
grateful	agradecido
gravy	salsa de la carne asada
harvest	cosecha
harvest festival	festival de la cosecha
horn of plenty	cuerno de la abundancia
mashed potatoes	puré de papas/patatas
native American	indígena norteamericano
parade	desfile
pilgrim	peregrino
pudding	budín
pumpkin pie	pastel de calabaza
settler	colonizador
stuffing	relleno
tradition	tradición
turkey	pavo
yam	ñame, batata

El verbo IR

The verb IR is one of the Spanish irregular verbs, let’s learn its conjugation.

This is a difficult conjugation, isn’t it? You may need to practise here and also learn about contractions a + el = al.

Spanish I – The Fashion Show Project

The students of Spanish 1 have been working on the Fashion Show Project this week.

It has been fun and they did a very good job!

Los materiales escolares y la ropa

Click on the images to review  the vocabulary.

Then, review shopping expressions while playing battleship and a memory game.

Likes and dislikes

To say we like something in Spanish, we use the verb GUSTAR.

The structure of the sentence is different than in English, it is backwards, we could translate it literally as “something is pleasant to me”.  Ejemplo: Me gusta el tenis (Tenis is pleasant to me), Me gustan los gatos (Cats are pleasant to me).

For the negative sentence, just write “no” at the beginning of the sentence. Ejemplo: No me gustan las zanahorias (I don’t like carrots).

Use GUSTA when:

• the thing you like is an action: Me gusta montar a caballo (I like riding horses)
• the thing you like is singular: Me gusta mucho el café (I like coffee very much)

Use GUSTAN when:

• the thing you like is plural: Me gustan los gatos.

Are you sure you understand verb gustar and the structure of the sentence?

Automatic translators

Do you use software translators?

Software translators are far from natural language. A machine won’t distinguish between the various senses of the same word; if you use online translators, your text will be scrambled and it may not have much sense.

Ser o Estar

Both verbs mean “to be” but when do we use them?

Do you know how to ask about people’s feelings using verb ESTAR?

Check your knowledge about the different uses of SER and ESTAR:

Columns.

Matching and memory game.

Rags to riches.

Presente de los verbos acabados en -AR

There are three groups of verbs in Spanish: those ending in AR, those ending in ER and those ending in IR.

Let’s learn how to conjugate the present tense of the first group, the AR verbs.

First, you have to drop the ending of the infinitive (drop -AR) and then, add the endings for each subject.

I’m sure you will better understand how this works if you watch this video.

¡Vamos a jugar!

Concentration and memory game.

Battleship.

El verbo SER

SER is one of the two verbs we have in Spanish to mean  “to be”.

It is used to express permanent characteristics like someone’s character and appearance (Ella es simpática, Tú eres alto), nationality (Yo soy española), origin (Él es de Estados Unidos) and profession (Tú eres profesor).

As you know, in Spanish each subject has a verb form, so let’s learn the conjugation of verb “ser”.

Now, practice these games:

Rags to riches.

Hangman.

Battleship.

Don’t forget this verb it is a very important verb and we use it a lot!

Subject pronouns

What is a pronoun? It is a word that replaces a noun.

We are going to study those pronouns that act as subject in a sentence.

Now let’s look at the subject pronouns in English and in Spanish:

Practica en estos enlaces:

Flashcards and memory game

Match items in columns

Concentration: pronouns and articles