Spanish I
Unit 4: Countries and Nationalities
Index
Vocabulario
la geografía
Printable Maps
TODOS LOS PAíSES EN ESPAÑOL ><
Direct link: Quizlet
This set will help you fill out your maps and practice Geography words from Unit 4.
South American countries
Asia
Central America
Europe
North America
Latin America
Need Geography Practice?
Seterra Los Continentes y Los Océanos
Enrique Alonso's Interactive Maps
Seterra (Countries) Change the mode at the bottom left drop down menu to vary difficulty.
Too easy? Here are some challenges.
Las Nacionalidades
Practice the Nationalities
Click these buttons to practice nationalities
Los Números 0 a 100
Practice More! ¡Practica más! 0-30
Offline Number practice ideas
Try to quickly give your phone number. First-- digit by digit. Then, can you lump then into doubles where the numbers are 30 and below?
Randomly count things in your house. Count them in Spanish.
Forks? Ceiling Tiles? Floor tiles in a room? Rolls of TP? Windows? Doors?
Say numbers that you see in Spanish. Speed limit signs, prices, microwave timer
Count by 1's, by 2,s, by 5's. Count backward.
Throw all your numbers into a hat and shake it up. Pull them out and say them. Put the ones you get wrong back in the hat.
El Alfabeto Romano
Hay (there are) 27 letras en el alfabeto romano español.
Hay 26 letras en el alfabeto romano inglés.
Hay 5 vocales en el alfabeto romano en inglés y en español.
El español usa la Ññ, una letra extra.
En español, cada (each) vocal tiene (has) exactamente 1 sonido (sound).
La U no tiene sonido en las sílabas GUE, GUI, QUE, QUI.
La Cultura: La Revolución Mexicana y Pancho Villa
La Cucaracha - while not written in Mexico during the 1910 Revolution is usually associated with this war and Pancho Villa as it regained life during this time.
La Gramática: Ser vs Estar
Remember: Ser and Estar both mean "to be" in Spanish.
They are not interchangeable.
You have to know both ways to say I am, both ways to you He is, She is, They are, We are, You guys are, You are (informal) and You are (formal)
Copy the conjugations along with their translations, and make a poster for your notes like the two below: one for each verb.
I can think of an English sentence that uses to be (am, is or are) and determine if I would need to use a form of the Spanish verb SER or ESTAR and explain why.
Read these sentences. Look at how in English, we are using the same verb for both sentences. But, in Spanish, the verb changes. Do you see any patterns?
Juan es mi amigo. Juan is my friend. Juan está feliz. Juan is happy.
Karen y Juan son estudiantes. Karen and Juan are students. Karen y Juan están en la escuela ahora. Karen and Juan are at school now.
Yo soy de Los Estados Unidos. I am from the USA. Yo estoy en Columbiana. I am in Columbiana.
Tú eres muy alto. You are very tall. Tú estás encima de mi pie. You are on top of my foot.
Nosotros somos hermanos. We are siblings. Nosotros estamos enfermos. We are sick (ill).
"For how you feel and where you are, always use the verb estar."
Make your own Ser and Estar acronym posters. For Ser, use TICO for your acronym. For Estar, you can use SALE or LEAPS. Include what verb the acronym is for, the acronym going down the left side, what each letter in the acronym stands for and at least 3 Spanish/English examples.
Choosing between Ser and Estar Practice Quizzes
Master this before learning to conjugate the verbs.
Ser vs Estar conjugations (Review)
You learned how to conjugate "Ser" when you learned to describe people. You learned to conjugate "estar" when you learned to say how people feel in Unit 3.
Conjugations are the forms of the verb that make a sentence be grammatically correct. Both Ser and Estar are infinitive forms, but they each have 6 present tense conjugations.