Sunday, September 26, 2004

llamar - to call

(llamar - to call)
Mi madre se llamas
Mi padre se llamas
Mi hijo se llamas
Mi hija se llamas
Mi mujer se llamas (wife)
Mi novio/novia se llamas (boyfriend/girlfried)
Mi marido se llamas (husband)

llamar verb:
llamo (i am called)
llamos (you are called)
llama (he/she is called)
llamanos (we are called)
llamais (you -plural - are called)
llaman (them/they are called)

tengo

tengo (to have):
tengo - i have
tienes - you have
tiene - he/she has
tenemos - we have
teneis - you have
tienen - they have

More stuff

Meals
Desayunos - breakfast
Comida
Merienda - 6pm
Cena - evening meal

Family
Madre
Padre
Hermano (brother) - hermanos (brothers)
Hermana (sister) - hermanas
Generally the male noun ends with "o" , and the female lands with "a"
Brothers & sisters : hermanos

cuantos hermanos tienes?
tengo dos hermanos. (tengo - i have)

tengo una hermanas
tengo un hermanos
hijo (son) - pronounced - "eh - ch- os", with the "ch" being hard as in "chuaigh" in irish.
hija (daughter)

Greetings

Buenos dias - up to 2pm
Buenos tardes - 2pm to 8pm
Buenos noches - 8pm +

Basics

como me llamo yo?
what is my name?
note: all questions in spanish start with an upside-down question mark. because i have a uk keyboard, i cant reproduce it here.)

note 2: the letter "h" is never pronounced in Spanish and is ALWAYS silent

cual es tu numero de telefono?
Mi numero de telefono es .....

"Mi" is pronounced "may".
To say , "her telephone number is":
Su numero de telefono es

Tuesday, September 21, 2004

1 to 20 in Spanish

1.uno
2. dos
3. tres
4. cuatro
5. cinco
6. seis
7. siete
8. ocho
9. nueve
10. diez
11. onze
12. doce
13. trece
14. catorce
15. quince
16. dieciseis ("dee - ay- the- seis")
17. diecisiete
18. dieciocho
19. diecinueve
20. viente

First entry

Started this blog so that i can write up my notes on the Spanish classes I am currently taking.