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Part 1 introduction
‘YO’ = I
Lesson 1: ‘Yo’ = I
‘Yo soy’ = I am
Lesson 2: ‘Yo soy’ = I am
‘Tú’ = You
‘Tú eres’ = You are
‘¿Quién eres tú?’ = Who are you?
‘¿Quién eres tú’ = Who are you?
‘ELLA’ = She
Ella = She
‘¿Quién?’ = Who?
¿Quién?
‘Él’ = he
‘Él’
‘Nosotros’ = We
‘Nosotros’
‘Nosotros somos’ = We are
‘Nosotros somos’
Nosotros somos to express name and nationality
‘Nosotros somos + nationality’
‘Ellos – Ellas’= They (male-female)
‘Ellos son – Ellas son’
‘Ellos son – Ellas son’ = They are (male – female)
‘Ellos son – Ellas son’
Use Spanish to introduce yourself!
Use Spanish to introduce yourself!
Express your nationality using Spanish!
Expressing personal information!
Expressing name, nationality and profession using Spanish!
Expressing personal information!
Spanish Cactus Part 2
Part 2 introduction
‘Llamarse’ (expressing the name) Part 1
Llamarse Part 1
‘Llamarse’ Part 2
Llamarse Part 2
‘Yo me llamo + name’ My name is…
Yo me llamo + name
‘Yo me llamo + name’ or ‘I am + name’
Yo me llamo
‘Tú te llamas…’ Your name is…
Tú te llamas…
‘Ellos – Ellas se llaman’ Their names are…
Ellas se llaman… Ellos se llaman…
‘Nosotros nos llamamos…’ Our names are…
Nosotros nos llamamos
‘Expreso mi edad’ I express my age
¡Expreso mi edad!
‘Tú expresas la edad’ You express age
You express age!
‘Nosotros expresamos la edad’ We express age
We express age!
‘Tú te llamas y tu edad’ Your name and your age
Your name and your age!
¡Te presento a mis amigos! I introduce my friends to you!
I introduce my friends to you?
‘Usa ‘llamarse’ para presentarte’ Use ‘llamarse’ to introduce yourself
Use ‘Llamarse’ for introducing yourself!
‘¡Expreso la edad!’ I express age!
I can express age!
¡Saludos! Greetings!
Greetings!
Spanish Cactus Part 3
Spanish Cactus Part 3 introduction
Y tú, ¿dónde vives?
Y tú, ¿dónde vives?
Yo vivo en + un lugar (I live in + a place)
Yo vivo en + (un) lugar / I live in a place.
Yo vivo en un barrio = I live in a neighborhood
Yo vivo en un barrio.
¿Qué hay en tu barrio? = What is there in your neighborhood?
¿En qué ciudad vives tú? What city do you live?
¿En qué ciudad vives tú? = What city do you live?
¿Qué hay en tu barrio? What is there in your neighborhood?
¿Qué hay en tu casa? = What is there in your house?
¿Qué hay en tu casa? What is there in your house?
¿Dónde viven ellos? = Where do they live?
¿Dónde viven ellos? Where do they live?
¿Dónde vivimos nosotros? = Where do we live?
¿Dónde vivimos nosotros? Where do we live?
¿Qué hay en su barrio? = What is there in his/her neighborhood?
¿Qué hay en su barrio? What is there in your neighborhood?
¿Qué hay en nuestro barrio? = What is there in our neighborhood?
¿Qué hay en nuestro barrio? What is there in our neighborhood?
¿Qué hay en nuestro apartamento? = What is there in our apartment?
¿Qué hay en nuestro apartamento? What is there in our apartment?
¿Qué hay en la casa de ellos? = What is there in their house?
¿Qué hay en la casa de ellos? What is there in their house?
‘Vivir’ = to live
¿Y tú dónde vives? Where do you live?
Using negative sentences with ‘vivir’ = to live
Vivir / Do not live
¡HAY! = there is / there are
‘HAY’ = there is / there are
¡Somos posesivos! = We are possessive!
¡Somos posesivos! We are possessive!
Spanish Cactus Part 4
Spanish Cactus Part 4 introduction
Claudia works! (Introducing the verb ‘work’)
Practice conjugating verbs with ‘ELLA’
¡Todo sobre Claudia! Describing someone’s routines
‘Trabajar’ conjugated with ‘YO’
¡La familia de Claudia! Describing members of a family!
Talking about Claudia’s family!
El esposo de Claudia (Describing a husband)
Talking about Claudia’s husband!
Raúl el electricista (Describing someone’s family and routines)
Talking about ‘ÉL’!
¡Raul habla mucho! Introducing ‘hablar’ to talk and new regular verbs
Using new verbs with ‘él’
Mi hijo (Describing someone’s son)
‘My son’
Nosotros somos los Ávila (A family tells you about them)
We are a family!
¿Qué hacen los Vallarino? Talking about a family (new regular verbs)
What do they do?
¿Y tú qué haces? Asking you in order to use the regular verbs studied
What do you do?
¡Comer y beber! Using new verbs: Eat and drink!
Comer y beber = eat and drink
¡Los Ávila aprenden! Using ‘learn’ and new regular verbs
They learn
Ellos hacen muchas cosas (Describing what they do using regular verbs)
Conjugating regular verbs!
The week, the days, the time!
Expressions of time!
Reviewing uses of ‘estar’ to be / ‘tener’ to have
‘ESTAR’ = to be / ‘TENER’ = to have
Verbs and more verbs! (Summary of the regular verbs studied in Part 4)
All the verbs from Part 4
Spanish Cactus Part 5
Spanish Cactus Part 5 Introduction
El cuerpo humano: on, under, inside the human body!
General parts of the human body!
El cuerpo, ¡todo un aparato! Talking about the body and its systems!
The systems of the human body!
El cuerpo parte por parte: Parts of the body!
The body part by part!
La cara y el rostro: Studying parts of the face!
The body has a face!
¡Tu cara tiene más partes! More parts of your face!
Your face has more parts!
¡Los sentidos en acción! Studying the senses
Senses in action!
La boca es todo un gusto: Parts of the mouth!
We can taste everything with our mouths!
Los dientes y las muelas: The names of teeth and molars
Teeth and molars!
El tronco es una caja: Studying what you have inside the human trunk!
The trunk is a box!
¡Extremidades superiores! Upper limbs!
Upper limbs!
Las manos: Study the hands and the names of the fingers
The hands!
Las extremidades inferiores: Lower limbs
Lower limbs!
¡El cuerpo es movimiento! Study verbs related to actions of the body
The body is movement!
Mi cuerpo de pies a cabeza, Reviewing parts of the body studied in Part 5
My body, from head to toe!
El cuerpo y el espacio: Studying the prepositions studied in part 5
My body and space!
Spanish Cactus Part 6
Spanish Cactus Part 6 introduction
¿Ser o estar? Deciding if I use ‘ser’ or ‘estar’ = to be
¿Ser o estar? (to be)
¡Usas ‘SER’ para describir! Describing using ‘SER’ = to be
Use ‘ser’ to describe!
¿Quién / cómo / qué? Using ‘SER’=to be for answering questions: who? what? how?
Who? How? What?
¡Somos esenciales! Using ‘SER’ = to be to express essential characteristics
We are essential!
¡Es el tiempo! Using ‘SER’ = to be to express time
It is the time!
¡Es tu origen y nacionalidad! Using ‘SER’ to express origine and nationality
It is your origin and your nationality!
¿Qué hacen/piensan/creen? Express profession, religion or political affiliation
What do they do / think / believe?
¡La gente es diversa! Using ‘SER’ to describe people
People are diverse!
Usando ‘ser’: When do we you ‘SER’ = to be?
Using ‘SER’!
¡Nuestra relación! Expressing family relationships with ‘SER’ = to be
This is our relationship!
¡Yo soy de carne y hueso! Using ‘SER’ to express what things are made of
I am flesh and blood!
‘SER’ para describir: ‘to be’ for describing
‘SER’ to describe!
¡Esto es mío! ‘SER’ to express property: This is mine!
This is mine!
Reviewing uses of ‘SER’ = to be
Uses of ‘SER’!
Reviewing ‘SER’/to be to express relationships and possession
‘SER’ to be in contact!
Spanish Cactus Part 7
Spanish Cactus Part 7 introduction
¿Dónde estás? Using ‘ESTAR’/ to be, to express location. Contrasting with ‘SER’.
And, where are you?
¿Cómo estás? Using ‘ESTAR’ = to be to express how you are!
How are you?
Ubicación – Posición (Using ‘ESTAR’ = to be, to express location/position)
Location! Position!
¡Exprésate con ‘ESTAR’! Study some idiomatic expressions with ‘ESTAR’ = to be
Express yourself with ‘ESTAR’!
Estamos, sentimos, expresamos (Using ‘ESTAR’ = to be, to express feelings)
We are / feel / express!
¿Qué estás haciendo?(Using ‘ESTAR’ = to be to express actions still in progress)
What are you doing?
¿Dónde está todo? (‘ESTAR’ = to be, to express where things are: location)
Where is everything?
¡En qué estamos y qué expresamos! (‘ESTAR’ = to be with idiomatic expressions)
In what we are and what we express!
¡Estamos viviendo! Practice with ‘ESTAR’ to express actions in progress!
You are living!
Dónde estás y lo que haces (‘ESTAR’ to express things you’re doing)
Where you are and what you do!
¡Expreso la condición! (‘ESTAR’ to express condition)
I express condition!
¿Cómo/Dónde? (‘ESTAR’ to answer ‘how’ and ‘where’?)
Using ‘ESTAR’ with where? and how?
¡Practiquemos con ESTAR! (Reviewing uses of ‘ESTAR’)
Let’s practice with uses of ‘estar’!
Studying uses of ‘estar’ location and prepositions
Studying uses of ‘ESTAR’!
Usando ‘ESTAR’ (Practice and examples using ‘ESTAR’)
Using ‘ESTAR’!
Spanish Cactus Part 8
Spanish Cactus Part 8 Introduction
Time to practice with ‘SER’ and ‘ESTAR’ and compare their uses!
Time to practice with ‘SER’ and ‘ESTAR’ and compare their uses!
‘SER’ for essential characteristics, ‘ESTAR’ for emotions
‘SER’ for essential characteristics and ‘ESTAR’ for emotions
‘SER’ to answer: who/how/what? ‘ESTAR’ to answer: where?
‘SER’ to answer: who/how/what? ‘ESTAR’ to answer: where?
‘SER’ for attributes and ‘ESTAR’ with idiomatic expressions
‘SER’ for attributes and ‘ESTAR’ with idiomatic expressions
‘SER’ to express time and ‘ESTAR’ with expressions, weather and moods!
‘SER’ to express time and ‘ESTAR’ with expressions, weather and moods!
‘SER’ for origin and nationality, ‘ESTAR’ to express actions still in progress!
‘SER’ for origin and nationality, ‘ESTAR’ to express actions still in progress!
‘SER’ for political or religious preferences, ‘ESTAR’ to express location!
‘SER’ for political or religious preferences, ‘ESTAR’ to express location!
‘SER’ for relationships and ‘ESTAR’ to express position!
‘SER’ for relationships and ‘ESTAR’ to express position!
‘SER’ to express materials and ‘ESTAR’ for actions that are in progress!
‘SER’ to express materials and ‘ESTAR’ for actions that are in progress!
‘SER’ for describing and ‘ESTAR’ for location!
‘SER’ for describing and ‘ESTAR’ for location!
‘SER’ to express possession and ‘ESTAR’ to express condition!
‘SER’ to express possession and ‘ESTAR’ to express condition!
Let’s practice with ‘SER’ and ‘ESTAR’ answering questions!
Let’s practice with ‘SER’ and ‘ESTAR’ answering questions!
Answering questions with ‘SER’ and ‘ESTAR’!
Answering questions with ‘SER’ and ‘ESTAR’!
Reviewing uses of ‘SER’ and ‘ESTAR’
Reviewing uses of ‘SER’ and ‘ESTAR’
Closing Part 8!
Closing Part 8!