Los Colores (The colours)

LOS COLORES - THE COLOURS
SPANISH - ENGLISH

rojo ---------red
naranja ------ orange
amarillo -------- yellow
verde ---------- green
azul ------------- blue
púrpura/morado ---purple
marrón --------- brown
negro ----------- black
gris ------------- grey
blanco ---------- white
rosa, rosado ------ pink
azul claro -------- light blue
celeste --------- pale blue, sky blue
azul oscuro -------- dark blue
dorado ------------ golden

plateado --------- silver

violeta --------- violet

Lesson 3 - Los Plurales

the plural is used for name two or more nouns of the same specie. Plurals in spanish are formed adding an "s" or "es" to the singular noun. here are the rules:

a) When the noun ends in a,e,o it's added an "s" at the end of the word for the plural.
Perro ---> Perros (dogs)
Gata ---> Gatas (cats)
mesa ---> mesas (tables)
Señora -----> señoras (ladies)
amigo -----> amigos (friends)

b) when a noun ends in i , it's added "es":
jabalí ---> jabalíes (wild boars)
israelí ---> israelíes (israelis)

c) when a noun ends in u, the plural could be with "s" or "es"
hindú ---> hindús, hindúes (hindis)
tabú ---> tabús, tabúes (taboos)

d) when the noun end in a consonant that is not it's added an "es"
Profesor ---> Profesores (teachers)
Señor ---> Señores (misters)
Televisión ---> televisiones (televisions)
Acción ---> acciones (actions)
compás ----> compases (dividers)

* note there's an accent in the last syllab, but the word ends in vowel, the accent is not written in the plural form.


e) when the noun ends in -z. the "z" is changed by an "c" and it's added "es" for the plural:
Lápiz ---> lápices (pencils)
Voz ----> voces (voices)

f) there are some nounes that end in -s or -x, that has no change to the plural:
tórax ----> tórax (torax)
tesis ----> tesis (thesis)


g) there's some special words which are singular words but give us an idea about a group of objects:
la gente (people, group of persons)
la jauría (group of dogs)
manada (group of animals)

*it's incorrect to say las gentes. You should say la gente.

Los animales (English- Spanish)

English-Spanish
ant ---------- hormiga
bear -------- oso
bee --------- abeja
bird --------- pájaro
bull ----------- toro
butterfly ------ mariposa
cat -------- gato
chameleon ------ camaleón
chicken ------- pollo
chimpanzee ------ chimpancé
cock -------- gallo
cow --------- vaca
crocodile ------ cocodrilo
dog --------- perro
dolphin ------ delfín
donkey -------burro
dove -------- paloma
duck ------- pato
eagle ------- águila
elephant ------ elefante
fish ---------- pez
fox --------- zorro
frog -------- rana
giraffe -------- jirafa
hen ----------- gallina

horse -------- caballo
lion ----------- león
mouse --------- ratón
parrot -------- loro
pig ----------- cerdo
rabbit ---------- conejo
rat ----------- rata
shark --------- tiburón
sheep -----------oveja
snake --------- la serpiente
spider -------- araña
tiger ----------- tigre
turkey ---------- pavo
turtle ----------- tortuga
wolf ------------- lobo
zebra ------------ cebra

Lesson 2 - Los sustantivos

The nouns in spanish could be masculine or femenine:

Masculine nouns: All nouns in masculine have a -o, -e, -i ending, the nouns which end in a consonante are also masculines:
libro (book)
perro (dog)
gato (cat)
elefante (el)
cuaderno (notebook)
piso (floor)

Femenine Nouns: femenine nouns have an -a ending:
- camisa (shirt)
- mesa (table)
- silla (chair)
- madera (wood)

Nouns refered to persons can change from masculine to femenine depending of the person you are talking about:

Comparison:
MASCULINO FEMENINO
profesor profesora
niño niña
señor señora


*it could be used with animals wich masculine noun end with -o like:
perro ---¨perra
gato ---- gata
elefante (it's the same for both genders)

there some special nouns that are different between their masculine and femenine form:
hombre -- mujer (man - woman)
caballero -- dama (gentleman - lady)
macho --- hembra (male - female)

Note:
words wich end in -ista. could be masculine or femine depending of the context, but içthey will never change:
periodista (journalist ) could be a man or a woman depending of the context.

Los números III

Learn the next numbers:

100 cien
200 doscientos
300 trescientos
400 cuatrocientos
500 quinientos
600 seiscientos
700 setecientos
800 ochocientos
900 novecientos
1000 mil

101 ciento uno
102 ciento dos
103 ciento tres
110 ciento diez
120 ciento veinte
121 ciento veintiúno
122 ciento veintidos
130 ciento treinta
146 ciento cuarenta y seis
157 ciento cincuenta y siete
382 trescientos ochenta y dos
571 quinientos setenta y uno

For the next numbers you use the same logic we learnt in the section before.

1,000 mil
2,000 dos mil
3,014 tres mil catorce
4,567 cuatro mil quinientos sesenta y siete

10,657 diez mil seiscientos cincuenta y siete
24,893 vienticuatro mil ochocientos noventa y tres
324,435 trescientos veinticuatro mil cuatrocientos treinta y cinco
1,000,000 un millón

Los números

This is a video for help you to prounce the numbers in spanish.

Spanish Sounds

This video shows some spanish words, for introduce the sounds of the spaniss letters in words, sound is very clear and it will give you a really good idea to know how to pronounce spanish in a right way. remember that spanish writting has a only one accent (´) called "tilde" the syllab which take the tilde, will be the stronger syllab of the word like fábrica FA-bri-ca

El Abecedario

This is a very interesting video, for help in the learning of the spanish alphabet. take into account thatin this video are mentioned to more letters ch (che) and ll(elle). they were part of the alphabet until some years ago, now words starting with these two letters are included in the "c" and "l" on the dictionaries.

ch sounds like the english ch (chinese)
ll you should pronounced like two "l" at the same time. for a better pronounciation you can practice saying ele-ele as faster as you can, trying to join this two sylabs.. in the case you cannot.. just pronounced it as a "y", there's a lot of native speakers that use to pronounce it as "y".. so don't be worried about it..

ñ is pronounces as an nh, in some regions people pronounce it as "enie" niño (ninio), it could be understood but it's incorrect.

Lesson 1 - The alphabet

El Abecedario



Here is the spanish alphabet (el alfabeto) or normally named as "el abecedario", remember that spanish vowels never change their pronuntiation.

a
b (be)
c (ce) remember that the syllabs ca,co,cu have a k sound (ka,ko,ku) and ce,ci have a
s souns
d (de)
e
f (efe)
g (ge) ga,go,gu, gue,gui are pronounce like the english g as gate. ge and gi are
pronounced as a j(jota =equivalent to the english h)
h (hache) spanish "h" has no sound.
i
j (jota) sound like the english h (hit)
k (ka)
l (ele)
m (eme)
n (ene)
ñ (eñe) has a nh sound
o
p (pe)
q (qu) it could combined just as que (ke) and qui (ki)
r (erre)
s (ese)
t (te)
u
v (ve/ ve labial)
w (be doble/ doble be)
x (equis)
y (ye/ i griega)
z (zeta) it has a "s" sound but with the tongue between the teeth, in latin america speaking there's no difference in the pronountiation of z,s, ce,ci.. all are pronounced with a "s" sound.

For more information about the spanish fonethic, please check the categorie "Fonética"

How To Speak Spanish: Greetings and Introductions

This is a useful video for learn how to say greetings in spanish, you can also learn some expressions about introductions and feelings that are very useful in the lifeday.. The sound of the "r" sound a bit strange because it's an american speaker, but besides of it there's no any problem with the pronunciation.

Los números II

In this section we will continue learning the numbers.

we've seen the numbers until 30. now we will say the decimal numbers:
10 diez
20 veinte
30 treinta
40 cuarenta
50 cincuenta
60 sesenta
70 setenta
80 ochenta
90 noventa
100 cien

we know how to say 21, 22... 29 in spanish, for the next numbers since 31.. we just had to add "y" between the numbers:
31 treinta y uno
32 treinta y dos
33 treinta y tres
34 treinta y cuatro
35 treinta y cino

46 cuarenta y seis
57 cincuenta y siete
78 setenta y ocho
89 ochenta y nueve
92 noventa y dos
99 noventa y nueve
100 cien

Los Números I

There's a list of the numbers in spanish from (0-30)
0- cero
1 - uno
2 - dos
3 - tres
4 - cuatro
5 - cinco
6 - seis
7 - siete
8 - ocho
9 - nueve
10 - diez

11 - once
12 - doce
13 - trece
14 - catorce
15 - quince
16 - dieciséis
17 - diecisiete
18 - dieciocho
19 - diecinueve
20 - veinte

21 - veintiuno
22 - veintidós
23 - veintitrés
24 - veinticuatro
25 - veinticinco
26 - veintiséis
27 - veintisiete
28 - veintiocho
29 - veintinueve
30 - treinta

Saludos y Palabras Cordiales

Hola .......... hi, hello
Buenos días . ....... good morning
Buenas tardes .......... good afternoon
Buenas noches ...... good night
adiós ....... goodbye
chau ...... bye (friendly word)

hasta luego ........ see you later
hasta pronto ......... see you soon

gracias ........ thanks
muchas gracias ............ thank you so much
de nada ............. you're welcome
por favor ........... please

bienvenido ............ welcome
mucho gusto ........ nice to meet you
que tenga un buen día ......... have a nice day
espero volver a verlo ...... i hope to see you again

Welcome!

Welcome everyone to my blog! My name is Mauricio i'm a peruvian student, and very proud of my native language El Español. The idea of this blog comes because of some friends and some people i met in the last years... foreign people who desire to learn or practice spanish, they ask me to help them whith their learning and maybe if i can recommend them a course online or a book, so this is for me a contribution to all these people who want to learn a bit more of spanish, practice, or interested in the latin culture.

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Mauricio