Basic Vocabulary – with phonetics
¡Buenos días!bweh-nohs dee-ahs
Good morning! / ¡Buenas tardes!
bweh-nahs tard-ehs
Good afternoon!/Good evening / ¡Buenas noches!
bweh-nahs noh-chehs
Good evening! / Good night!
¡Hola!
oh-lah/
Hi!
*note the the ‘h’ is silent and not pronounced / Adiós.
ah-dee-ohs
Good bye. / Por favor.
por fah-bor
Please.
*’v’ is usually sounded as a soft ‘b’.
Hasta la vista / Hasta luego.
ah-stah lah bees-tah / ah-stah loo-eh-goh
See you / See you later. / Hasta pronto.
ah-stah prohn-toh
See you soon. / Hasta mañana.
ah-stah mahn-yahn-ah
See you tomorrow.
(Muchas) Gracias.
(moo-chahs) grah-see-ahs
Thank you (very much). / De nada.
day nah-thah
You're welcome. / Bienvenidos
bee-en-beh-nee-thohs
Welcome
¿Cómo estás?
koh-moh ay-stahs
How are you? (informal) / ¿Qué tal?
kay tahl
How are you? / Fenomenal
feh- nohm- ehn- al
Brilliant/great
Bien / Muy bien
bee-ehn / moo-ee bee-ehn
Good / Very good / Mal / Muy mal / regular / fatal
mahl / moo ee mahl /
/reg-oo-lar / fah - tahl
Bad / Very bad / so-so/ terrible / Sí / No
see / noh
Yes / No
* note accent on sí. Without accent - if
¿Cómo te llamas?koh-moh tay yah-mahs
What is your name? / Me llamo...
may yah-moh
My name is...
Mucho gusto. / Encantado/a.
moo-choh goo-stoh / en-cahn-tah-doh/ah
Nice to meet you. / ¿De dónde eres?
day dohn-day eh-rehs
Where are you from? (informal) / (Yo) soy de Escocia
yoh soy day ehs coth-eh-ah
I'm fromScotland
No tengo….
No tehn-goh
I don’t have… / ¿Cuántos años tienes?
cwahn-tohs ahn-yohs tee-ayn-ays
How old are you? / (Yo) tengo _____ años.
(yoh) tehn-goh _____ ahn-yohs
I am _____ years old.
¿Hablas español?
ah-blahs eh-spahn-yol
Do you speak Spanish? (f / ¿Hablas inglés?
ah-blahs een-glehs
Do you speak English? (informal) / (No) Hablo...
(noh) ah-bloh
I (don't) speak...
¿Entiendes?
ehn-tee-ehn-dehs
Do you understand? / (No) Entiendo.
(noh) ehn-tee-ehn-doh
I (don't) understand. / No lo sé./ No sé.
noh loh seh/ noh seh
I (don't) know.
¿Puede ayudarme?
pweh-deh ah-yoo-thar-meh
Can you help me?
*d is almost a ‘th’ sound. / Claro que sí
klah-roh kay see
Of course / ¿Cómo?
koh-moh
What? Pardon ?
¿Dónde está / Dónde están... ?
dohn-deh eh-stah / dohn-deh eh-stahn
Where is ... / Where are ... ? / Voy a pasar lista
Boy a pahsar leesta
I’m going to do the register / Aquí/presente
ah-kee/pray- sent-eh
Here./present
¿Cómo se dice ____ en español?
koh-moh seh dee- thay___ on eh-spahn-yol
How do you say ____ in Spanish?
No importa.
noh eem-por-tah
It doesn't matter. / ¿Qué pasa?
keh pah-sah
What's happening? / Ni idea.
nee- ee-deh-ah
I no idea.
Mi nombre es,,
Mee nom-bray ehs
My first name is / Apellido(s)
Apeh yee-thoh
Surname / ¿Cómo se escribe……?
Koh-moh say ehscree beh
How do you spell….
Hay
eye
There is / are / Soy hijo único
Soy ee-ch-o oon-ee-koh
I am an only child (male) / (No) me gusta(n)
Noh-meh goostah
I (don’t) like
Pronunciation - Castilian Spanish / Castellano
Spanish Letter / English Sounda / ah familia / Menorca
e / eh verde / café
i / ee pizarra / libro
o / oh frío / mirlo
u / oo cutre
ch / ch chorizo / mucho /
ll / y me llamo / caballo/ Valladolid
v / Usually a soft b vivir / Valencia / vacaciones
ñ / ny (as in canyon) niño
h / H is not sounded. hotel /
rr / rr a roll of the tongue. Difference between pero and perro
d / almost like a th when in between 2 vowels David / Madrid
Hard at beginning of a word but softer than English cansado/a
j / hard h or as the ch in loch jardín
g / g, sometimes a h or as the ch of loch inteligente / Gijón
qu / k que / quiosco
ay / Eye hay / mayo
z / Usually th sound lápiz / pizarra
accent / Accents are used to distinguish between two words or for emphasizing where the stress should be.
All letters are sounded apart from the letter ‘h’.
C in front of ‘i or ‘e is pronounced as a ‘th’ sound’ in Spain apart from some areas where they use the South American ‘ s’ sound instead e.g gracias / Barcelona.
Stress: Spanish stresses a certain syllable in a word. If a word ends in a consonant, except n or s, the stress is on the last syllable. If a word ends in a vowel, or s or n, the stress is on the second-to-last syllable. For words that do no follow these rules, an accent is written over the vowel so that you will know to stress that syllable, as in el pájaro (bird)
The Real Academia, the governing body for the use of language and spelling in Spain, no longer considers the ch, ll or rr to be separate letters of the alphabet. These letters will still appear separately in older dictionaries.
Similarly, there have been a number of rulings on spelling which have helped to simplify the language. E.g. psicólogo now sicólogo, septiembre now setiembre. However, both spellings are still deemed as correct.
Please Note. Days of the week, months of the year and nationalities do not have capital letters except at the start of a sentence.
Helping them to SUCCEED
You may find a few things may have changed since you were at school.
As we all know, being a parent, carer or guardian, can be a daunting challenge at times, particularly when dealing with teenagers. And even more so when trying to get them to study or do their homework.
Being available, supportive and encouraging will go a long way to help build their confidence and contribute to alleviating any worries, concerns or anxieties they may have as they come to terms with Secondary school.
There are no quick fixes, just hard work on your part to get them to establish some good study habits.
So How Can I Help?
Start by getting them organised. This is a vital area.
· Discuss with your child how he/she intends to organise their homework for Spanish.
· All pupils should learn vocabulary and grammar points as a matter of routine. Therefore, no child can claim to have no homework.
· Check their student planner and their jotter for teacher’s comments.
· Test them on their vocabulary.
· Access to a good Spanish dictionary at home, would certainly be advantageous.
· Ask them to explain to you what they have learned so far in Spanish.
· The following link offers some advice on the study of a foreign language and the contribution that parents or carers can make in the pupil’s overall development:
· http://www.suite101.com/content/how-parents-can-help-children-learn-another-language-at-home-a258642
Routines are half the battle.
In addition to their language work, the pupils are expected to complete an investigative project to enhance their knowledge and understanding of life in other countries. The research, planning and compiling of the report is undertaken throughout the whole session and is linked to the relevant themes and topics in the schemes of work.
Pupils may work independently or in pairs or groups.
In line with the ‘Curriculum for Excellence’ the Department recognises that it has an important role to play in fostering and developing a knowledge, understanding, sensitivity and tolerance of different cultures and backgrounds, preparing pupils for citizenship and international mobility within the context of an ever-increasing global society.
S1 Homework Project
FIESTAS AND FESTIVALS IN SPAIN
The project must be presented in the following way:
· A front cover page with illustrations, a heading, your name and class
· A contents page
· An introduction
· The main body of the project which should include lots of pictures or drawings
· A conclusion
· Your evaluation of your work, how you feel about it, what you enjoyed, learned, what you might do differently the next time.
The project must not be plagiarised from books or the internet: It must be written in your own words.
You can work with a partner if you wish but the project must be done in your own time.
YOUR TEACHER WILL ADVISE YOU AS TO THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION.
Checklist: Front cover sheet; contents page; conclusion- what did you learn.
Remember, you can use photographs, pictures, drawings, maps etc. to highlight or explain any part of the project.
You must provide a minimum of ten pages if working on your own. Copying and pasting sheets from the internet is unacceptable. Do it in your own words as far as possible.
Basic Vocabulary
Numbers / Ordinals
0 / cero / theh-roh1 / uno / oo-noh / first / primero
2 / dos / dohs / second / segundo
3 / tres / trehs / third / tercero
4 / cuatro / cwah-troh / fourth / cuarto
5 / cinco / theen-koh / fifth / quinto
6 / seis / seh-ees / sixth / sexto
7 / siete / see-eh-tay / seventh / séptimo
8 / ocho / oh-choh / eighth / octavo
9 / nueve / noo-eh-bay / ninth / noveno
10 / diez / dee-ehth / tenth / décimo
11 / once / ohn-thay
12 / doce / doh-thay
13 / trece / tray-say
14 / catorce / kah-tor-theh
15 / quince / keen-theh
16 / dieciseis / dee-eh-thays ee seh ees
17 / diecisiete / dee-eh-thay ee see-ay-tay
18 / dieciocho / dee-eh-thay ee oh-choh
19 / diecinueve / dee-eth thay ee noo-eh-beh
20 / veinte / bayn-tay
21 / veintiuno / bayn-tay ee oo-noh
22 / veintidós / bayn-tay ee dohs
30 / treinta / trayn-tah
40 / cuarenta / Kwar ehn-tah
50 / cincuenta / theen-cwehn-tah
60 / sesenta / seh-sehn-tah
70 / setenta / seh-tehn-tah
80 / ochenta / oh-chehn-tah
90 / noventa / noh-behn-tah
100 / cien(to) / thee-ehn-(toh)
1000 / mil / meel
La fecha = date
The Spaniards do not tend to use ordinal numbers with dates except for the first. For example. Es el primero de mayo it is the 1st of May
Hoy es miércoles, veintinueve de abril Today is Wednesday 29 April
Hoy es el primero de mayo
Hoy es dos de mayo
Days of the Week
Monday / lunes / loo-nehsTuesday / martes / mar-tehs
Wednesday / miércoles / mee-ehr-coh-lehs
Thursday / jueves / jweh-bays
Friday / viernes / bee-ehr-nehs
Saturday / sábado / sah-bah-doh
Sunday / domingo / doh-meen-goh
the day / el día / el dee-ah
the week / la semana / lah seh-mahn-ah
the weekend / el fin de semana / ell feen deh seh-mahn-ah
today / hoy / oy
tomorrow / mañana / mahn-yahn-ah
my birthday / mi cumpleaños / mee coom-pleh-ahn-yohs
Months of the Year
January / enero / ay-nair-ohFebruary / febrero / feh-bre-roh
March / marzo / mar-thoh
April / abril / ah-breel
May / mayo / My - oh
June / junio / hoo-nee-oh
July / julio / hoo-lee-oh
August / agosto / ah-gohs-toh
September / se(p)tiembre / seh-tee-ehm-bray
October / octubre / ohk-too-breh
November / noviembre / noh-bee-ehm-breh
December / diciembre / dee-thee-ehm-breh
the month / el mes / el mes
the first of [a month] / el primero de [month] / el pree-mehr-oh deh_____
the year / el año / el ahn-yoh
spring / la primavera / winter / el invierno
summer / el verano / autumn / el otoño
En verano – in summer ; En invierno – in winter
Question Words
what / qué / which / cuál(es)who / quién(es) / how much / cuánto (-a)
how / cómo / how many / cuántos (-as)
when / cuándo / whom / a quién(es)
where / dónde / whose / de quién(es)
why / por qué
Examples
¿Dónde vives? Where do you live?
¿Vivo en Glasgow en el oeste de Escocia I live in Glasgow in the west of Scotland.
¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? When is your birthday?
Mi cumpleaños es el dos de octubre My birthday is the second of October
Family and Pets
family / la familia / grandfather / el abuelo / dog / el perroparents / los padres / grandmother / la abuela / cat / el gato
husband / el marido / grandson / el nieto / bird / el pájaro
wife / la mujer / granddaughter / la nieta / fish / el pez
father / el padre / uncle / el tío / horse / el caballo
mother / la madre / aunt / la tía / tortoise / la tortuga
son / el hijo / nephew / el sobrino / lizard / el lagarto
daughter / la hija / niece / la sobrina / snake / la serpiente
children / los hijos / cousin (m) / el primo / rabbit / el conejo
sister / la hermana / cousin (f) / la prima / guinea pig / el conejo de indias
brother / elhermano / relatives / losparientes / mouse / el ratón
Twins los gemelos
Mi hermano mayor = my older(big) brother
Mi hermana menor = My younger (little) sister
Tienes hermanos o hermanas? Do you have any brothers and sisters?
No tengo hermanos. Soy hijo único = I don’t have any brothers or sisters. I am an only child Soy hija única if you are a girl.
¿Tienes mascotas en casa? Do you have any pets at home?
MODERN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
Helping them to SUCCEED.
A Beginner’s Guide to Spanish
‘If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Nelson Mandela