Spanish 1 - Test 1
What is this (@) in Spanish?
- arroba
What are the three rules for knowing which syllable in a Spanish word?
1) If it ends in a vowel (including s and n), you stress the next to the last syllable. 2) If it ends in a consonant (not including s and n), you stress the last syllable. 3) However, if any syllable in the word has an accent mark, you stress that syllable.
How many Spanish speaking countries are there?
21
How many vowels are in Spanish?
5
What are words that look the same and mean the same in both languages?
Cognates
When is estas formal or informal?
Estas is informal Esta is formal Estan is formal and plural
What are words that look the same but don't mean the same in both languages?
False Cognates
What other languages are classified in the same category as Spanish?
French, Italian, Romanian, and Portuguese
What other languages are classified in the same category as English?
German(Anglo-Saxon), Dutch, and Yiddish
English belongs to which language family?
Germanic
Cuantos anos tienes?
How old are you? Say: Yo tengo (age) anos.
What are the rules to make a word plural?
If it ends in a consonant add es. If it ends in a vowel add s.
Spanish belongs to which language family?
Italic/ Latin family (the romantic languages)
How do you characterize Spanish?
Long multi-syllable words.
How do you characterize English?
Short one syllable words.
Between English and Spanish, which is a phonetical language?
Spanish
How do you introduce someone?
Te (le, les) presento a _____________. Quiero presentarte (le, les) a ____________.
Explain the nature of nouns in Spanish.
They have both number and gender. So they are either masculine or feminine and singular or plural.
Why does Spanish have accent marks?
To know where to stress and how to spell a word.
¿Qué hay de nuevo?
What's new
¿Cuál es tu (su) dirección?
What's you address?
¿Cuál es tu (su) dirección electrónica?
What's your email?
¿Cuál es tu (su) número de teléfono?
What's your phone number?
¿Cuándo es tu (su) cumpleaños?
When is your birthdate? [You would say Es el (día) de (mes)]
¿Dónde vives? ¿Dónde vive? (formal)
Where do you live?
What are the definite articles and when do you use them?
el/los and la/las These mean the and are used when referring to a specific noun.
Usted/Ustedes is considered...
formal
Tu is considered...
informal
What are the two dots above a u?
que
(Ser) Yo Tu El Nosotros Usted Ellos
soy eres es somos es son
Which is formal/informal? te le/les
te is informal le/les is formal
(Tener) Yo Tu El Nosotros Usted Ellos
tengo tienes tiene tenemos tiene tienen
la avenida
the avenue
el barrio / la colonia
the neighborhood
la calle
the street
Hay means...
there are/is
What is the squiggle above an n?
tilde
What are the indefinite articles and when do you use them?
unos/un and una/unas These mean a and are used when referring to a an amount of a noun.