Mrs. Akers'
Spanish- 2 years
Alphabet
In English the alphabet is:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
In Spanish, the pronunciations are different, and you add a few more letters and are pronounced like:
A: ah
B: bay
C: say
Ch: chay
D: Day
E: eh
F: ef-ay
G: hay
H ache
I: ee
J: hota
K: kay
L: el-lay
LL: el-yay
M: em-ay
N: en-ay
Ñ: en- yay
O: oh
P: pay
Q: coo
R: erray
RR: erray(roll tongue)
S: es-say
T: tay
U: ooh
V: uve
W: dobla-va
X: equis
Y: e-griega
Z: zeta
Colors
Spelling out a word using phonetic sounds.
Yellow: Amarillo
ah-mar-e-yo
Silly: Tonto
Tay-on-tay-oh
Home: Casa
kah-sah
Azul
Blue
Verde
Green
Amarillo
Yellow
Negro
Black
Blanco
White
Red
Rojo
Morrón
Brown
GrÃs
Grey
Anaranjado
Orange
Rosa
Pink
Morado/
violeta
Purple/ violet
Torquesa
Turquoise
Plateado
Silver
Dorado
Gold
Numbers
The numbers have different pronunciations. Here is one through twenty, then by tens to one hundred. First in English, then in Spanish
1: one, uno
2: two, dos
3: three, tres
4: four, cuatro
5: five: cinco
6:six, seis
7: seven: siete
8: eight: ocho
9: nine, nueve
10: ten, diez
11: eleven, once
12: twelve, doce
13: thirteen, trece
14: fourteen, catorce
15: fifteen, quince
16: sixteen, dieciséis
17: seventeen, diecisiete
18: eighteen: dieciocho
19: nineteen: diecinueve
20: veinte
As you can see, 21-29 change. Instead of saying veinte y uno (twenty and one) you just change the -e and y to and i to combine the two, to get you veinteuno. you do this when you conjugate 31-39, 41-19, and so on, too.
21: twenty one, veintiuno
22: twenty two, veintidos
23: twenty three, veintitres
24: twenty four, veinticuatro
25: twenty five, veinticinco
26: twenty six, veintiséis
27: twenty seven, veintisiete
28: twenty eight, veintiocho
29: twenty nine, veintinueve
30: treinta
40: cuarenta
50: cincuenta
60: sesenta
70: setenta
80: ochenta
90: noventa
100: cien
The banana is yellow. The banana in spanish is el plátano, because you are being specific as to what banana and it is masculine. Yellow is amarillo. El plátano es amarillo.
The orange is orange. In Spanish the food orange is a different word than the color. The food orange is naranja. Sine it is specifically saying what orange, you would use la because orange is also feminine. La naranja es anaranjado.
My mom is fourty-four. My mom is mi madre. forty in spanish is cuarenta, so you would change the a to i and add four(cuatro). Mi madre es cuarenticuatro.
Tom is twenty. Twenty is just veinte, so you would leave it that. Tom es veinte.
Another way to tell age, is to say I have 16 years. Have is tener and since the subject is I, it gets conjugated in the first box, but it is a "go" verb. Also, sixteen is dieceiséis, and when putting six in a number, you add an accent, where the regular six does not have an accent. Yo tengo dieciséis años.