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Hola! Lesson 3 on Basic Spanish!

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English Hi! / Hello! Good morning! Good afternoon!/evening! Good night!

Spanish Hola! Buenos das! Buenas tardes! Buenas noches!

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English Welcome Sorry Excuse me (begging pardon) Perdn/ !Perdneme! Fine, thank you Bien, gracias Spanish Bienvenido(s)/Bienvenida(s) Lo siento English Bye! Thank you Spanish Adis! Gracias

Excuse me! (seeking attention) Please

Disclpeme! Por favor

You're welcome

De nada

Nice to meet you Mucho gusto

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What's in store today?

For learning useful and interesting conversations in Spanish, it is essential that we learn some basics which will help us with conversations in future...

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Lesson objectives

Personal pronouns and their usage

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Personal pronouns

Today we will look at personal pronouns (like I, she, he, you etc.) and their forms in Spanish these would act as a foundation for us to move on to conversational lessons Let's start with 'I'

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Personal pronouns

Singular (I) I/We Yo

Plural (We) Nosotros/as

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Pronunciation tip

The 'y' in 'Yo' is pronounced like the English 'y' in some areas, sounding just as it would in English, while in others, it takes up the sound of the English letter 'j'

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Personal pronouns

Singular You(Informal) You(Formal) T Usted

Plural Vosotros/as Ustedes

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Culturally speaking
In Spain and Argentina, the informal forms t or vosotros/as are used more often instead of the formal forms like usted Although the formal forms are commonly spoken in Latin American Spanish speaking countries

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Culturally speaking : When to use T

Usually, the singular informal t is used when speaking with family members, children, friends or close acquaintances While usted is used otherwise

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Culturally speaking : When to use T

If you're uncertain which one to use, it is usually better to use usted, unless the other person starts speaking to you using t, in which case it is usually OK to reciprocate Le puedo tutear? (Can I address informally with t?) is often used to seek permission to start using t

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So do you remember?

Singular You(Informal) You(Formal) T Usted

Plural Vosotros/as Ustedes

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Personal pronouns

Singular He/ They (male/mixed) She/ They (female) Ella l

Plural Ellos

Ellas

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Pronunciation tip

Did you notice the pronunciation of 'Ella'? In Spanish 'll' takes up the sound of 'y' in some areas and a soft 'j' in others So you'll hear both 'e-yah' and 'e-jah'

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Review: Which pronoun would you use?

Noun Ana

Correct pronoun Ella (She)

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Review: Which pronoun would you use?

Noun Ana y Luis (Ana and Luis)

Correct pronoun Ellos (Them, mixed group)

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Grammar tip

Did you notice the letter 'y' in Ana y Luis 'y' = and 'y' is pronounced same as the sound of the letter 'e' in English

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Review: Which pronoun would you use?

Noun Jos, Luis y Mark (Jos, Luis and Mark)

Correct pronoun Ellos (Them, male group)

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Pronunciation tip

Jos is pronounced as 'H-osay' with a stress on e (as it is accented) almost sounding like the the 'ei' in eight The letter 'J' sounds like 'H' in Spanish

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Review: Which pronoun would you use?

Noun Ana y Mara (Ana and Mara)

Correct pronoun Ellas (Them, girls group)

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Review: Which pronoun would you use?

Noun Mara y t (Mara and you (inf.))

Correct pronoun Vosotras/os (You, pl., informal)

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Did you notice?

Mara y t -> Vosotras/os We put the right option as 'vosotras' or 'vosotros' because 't'is informal Use of 'vosotros' or'vosotras' will depend on the gender of the group If it is all females we will use 'vosotras', otherwise we will use 'vosotros'

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Review: Which pronoun would you use?

Noun Mara y usted (Mara and You(for.))

Correct pronoun Ustedes (You, formal)

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So remember!

Mara y usted as a group would be treated formally because 'Usted'is formal Hence they are together referred to as'Ustedes'

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Let's review!
Noun (assume all males) Jos Jos y yo Jos y Carlos Jos, Carlos y yo Carlos y t Carlos y usted

Spanish Pronoun l Nosotros Ellos Nosotros Vosotros Ustedes

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Revision

Singular (I) I/We Yo

Plural (We) Nosotros/as

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Singular You(Informal) You(Formal) T Usted

Plural Vosotros/as Ustedes

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Singular He/ They (male/mixed) She/ They (female) l Ella

Plural Ellos Ellas

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Culture leaf

False friends, falsos amigos, are words which look or sound similar in two different languages but actually mean something else

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Culture leaf
For example, if youre embarrassed, you may feel tempted to say embarazado (man) or embarazada (woman) because they sound so similar to the word 'embarrassed'... However, that actually means Im pregnant, which in the case of a man especially would make you an instant scientific wonder!! The right phrase to say is me da vergenza
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Whats next?

In the next lesson we cover the most important building block for moving to conversations : the To-be verb along with examples for its usage Just a step away from starting to talk like you were Spanish!

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Credits

Content Team CultureAlley, Okairy Zuiga, Tomasa Merino Martn, Carmen Alcalde Aramburu and Maria J Bellido

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