Sustantivos

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Today we are going to study male and female nouns.

In Spanish a noun could be male or female.  Generally male nouns in Spanish end up with an o and female nouns end up with an a.  You can practice and keep on using the Spanish nouns to start learning whether they are male or female nouns.

Here there are some examples:

El libro

(The Book)

Un pañuelo

(A handkerchief)

La mujer

(The woman)

Una ensalada

(A salad)

For the plural forms you just have to add an s or 'es' when it ends with a

Los libros

(The Books)

Unos pañuelos

(Some handkerchiefs)

Las mujeres

(The women)

Unas ensaladas

(Some salads)

That’s it.  Keep on practicing French nouns and their genre.

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Showing Stress (Part I)

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In the following lessons we are going to start studying Spanish pronunciation.

Because Spanish is written just like it sounds, spelling is rarely a problem. The only issue that may pose some difficulty is the use of the accent mark (´).

Accent marks aren't arbitrary however. They're used to show which syllable should be stressed in words that don't follow the standard stress pattern. This pattern is easy to learn and can be described by two simple rules:

• If a word ends in a vowel, N, or S, it is generally stressed on the second to last syllable. For example:

CARTA

(LETTER)

MANCHAS

(STAINS)

CANTAN

(THEY SING)

• If a word ends in a consonant other than N or S, it is generally stressed on the last syllable. For example:

MERCED

(MERCY)

CANTAR

(TO SING)

METAL

(METAL)

The Verb haber and tener

Today we are going to study the verbs "haber" and "tener" in Spanish, both reunited in the verb "have" in english.  

First "Tener" which makes reference to possessions, owning something or someone  

SPANISH	ENGLISH
YO TENGO	I HAVE
TÚ TIENES	YOU HAVE
ÉL/ ELLA TIENE	HE/ SHE HAS
NOSOTROS TENEMOS	WE HAVE
USTEDES TIENEN	YOU HAVE
ELLOS/ ELLAS TIENEN	THEY HAVE

TIENE NOVIO

(SHE HAS A BOYFRIEND)

TENGO UN CARRO NUEVO

(I HAVE A NEW CAR)

TIENES DOS HERMANOS

(YOU HAVE TWO BROTHERS)

The other verb that can be translated as "To Have" in Spanish is "Haber" but this last verb is used for past participles

SPANISH	ENGLISH
YO HE	I HAVE
TÚ HAS	YOU HAVE
ÉL/ ELLA HA	HE/ SHE HAS
NOSOTROS HEMOS	WE HAVE
USTEDES HAN	YOU HAVE
ELLOS/ ELLAS HAN	THEY HAVE

ES MEJOR HABER AMADO Y PERDIDO QUE NUNCA HABER AMADO

(IT'S BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST THAN NEVER LOVE AT ALL)

CUANDO ESTABA EN EL CENTRO HE VISTO A TU PRIMA

(WHEN I WAS IN THE CENTER I HAVE SEEN YOUR COUSIN)

NO QUIERO CENAR PORQUE YA HE COMIDO

(I DON'T WANT TO HAVE DINNER BECAUSE I HAVE EATEN YET) 

Los números 100-

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Today we are going to study the numbers from 100 to 1000.  Remember that, in order to write any number in Spanish you just need to use a combination of these numbers and the rest of the rules you have already known from the previous lessons:


100- Cien
200- Doscientos 
300-  Trecientos
400- Cuatrocientos
500- Quinientos
600- Seiscientos 
700- Setecientos 
800- Ochocientos
900- Novecientos 

305- Trescientos cinco

544- Quinientos Cuarenta y Cuatro 

1000- Mil  
2000- Dos Mil
3000 Tres Mil 
etc. 

3500- Tres Mil Quinientos

1000000 Un Millón 
2000000 Dos Millions
etc.

3.256.782. Tres Millones Doscientos Cincuenta y Seis Mil Setecientos Ochenta y Dos

Adiós amigos, que tengan un buen día 

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