Lección 1 Read & Respond

Lección 1
Los saludos

One of the first things you should have noticed about Spanish when you saw it written were the differences in punctuation.  In Spanish, questions and exclamations have a punctuation mark before and after the phrase.  (It's a little like how we use quotation marks.)  To begin a question, write/type "¿" then type the question and end with "?".  Do the same thing for exclamations:  "¡" word "!"

Punctuation in Spanish

Punctuation in Spanish

It's easy to type the upside down question mark or the upside down exclamation point on your Chromebooks.  First, make sure you are in the INTL keyboard.  To change to the INTL keyboard, just click on the clock in the bottom right corner, find the Settings gear.  Type keyboards.  Click to Enable.  Then simply hold down the Right ALT button and type the question mark / exclamation point to turn them upside down.

Punctuation in Spanish

Something else you probably noticed were accent marks.  Spanish can put an accent mark on any vowel:  á, é, í, ó, ú.  Type the apostrophe and the vowel, and the apostrophe turns into the accent mark. Rarely (but sometimes you see these accents:  ä, ë, ï, ö, ü.  Do the same thing, but type Shift + Apostrophe and then the letter.

And also, there is ñ.  To type this letter, hold down the shift and the ~ button on the top far left, then type n.

Vocabulario

​Spanish	​English
​buenos días	​good morning
​buenas tardes	​good afternoon
​buenas noches	​good evening, good night
​hola	​hello, hi

Multiple Choice

hello

• Buenos días

• Buenas tardes

• Buenas noches

• Hola

Multiple Choice

Good afternoon

• Buenos días

• Buenas tardes

• Buenas noches

• Hola

Multiple Choice

Good morning

• Buenos días

• Buenas tardes

• Buenas noches

• Hola

Multiple Choice

Good evening, Good night

• Buenos días

• Buenas tardes

• Buenas noches

• Hola

Vocabulario

​Spanish	​English
​Señor	​Mr. sir
Señora	Mrs., ma'am
Señorita	Miss
​	​

Drag and Drop

Buenos días, ​

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Señor

Señora

Señorita

Drag and Drop

Buenos días, ​

Placeholder

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Señor

Señora

Señorita

Drag and Drop

Buenos días, ​

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Señor

Señora

Señorita

Vocabulario

​Spanish	​English
​por favor	​please
​gracias	thank you
​de nada	you're welcome
sí	yes
no	​no

Match

Match the following

• por favor

• gracias

• de nada

• sí

• no

please

thank you

you're welcom

yes

no

• please

• thank you

• you're welcom

• yes

• no

Vocabulario

​Spanish	​English
​adiós	​goodbye
​hasta pronto	​see you soon
​hasta luego	​see you later
​hasta mañana	see you tomorrow
​chao	​bye

Match

Match the following

• adíos

• chao

• hasta pronto

• hasta luego

• hasta mañana

goodbye

bye (informal)

see you soon

see you later

see you tomorrow

• goodbye

• bye (informal)

• see you soon

• see you later

• see you tomorrow

Vocabulario

​Spanish	​English
​¿Cómo estás?	​How are you?
​muy bien	​very well
​bien	well
así así	so so
​mal	​bad

Reorder

Order the answers to the question ¿Cómo estás? from best being #1 and worst being #5

• muy bien

• bien

• así así

• mal

• muy mal

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Vocabulario

​Spanish	​English
​¿Cómo te llamas?	​What's your name?
​Me llamo ____	My name is ____
​¿Cómo se llama?	What is his/her name?
Te presento a ____	I introduce ____ to you?
​Mucho gusto.	​Nice to meet you.

Match

Match the following

• ¿Cómo te llamas?

• Te presento a ...

• Me llamo...

• ¿Cómo se llama?

• Mucho gusto.

What's your name?

I present ... to you.

My name is...

What is his/her name?

Nice to meet you.

• What's your name?

• I present ... to you.

• My name is...

• What is his/her name?

• Nice to meet you.

Formal vs. Informal Speech

Formality in speech is a little more important in Spanish conversation than in English.  It is important to use the appropriate respect. 
Informal conversation is friendly; it's meant to be how friends and family speak to one another.  Any expressions with "tú" or "te" indicate informal speech.  Some words like "hola" and "chao" are also considered informal.
Formal conversation is polite; it's meant to be how strangers or professionals speak to one another. Any expressions with "Ud." or "le/se" indicate formal speech. Titles of respect (Señor, Señora, Señorita) are used in formal speech. Other formal expressions include "Buenos días", "Buenas tardes", and "Buenas noches".

​Formal vs. Informal Speech

​Informal	​English	Formal​
¿Cómo estás?	​How are you?	​¿Cómo está Ud.?
​¿Y tú?	​And you?	​¿Y Ud.?
​¿Cómo te llamas?	​What's your name?	​¿Cómo se llama Ud.?
​Te presento a	​I present...to you.	​Le presento a
​Hola, Chao	​[other expressions]	​Buenos días,...

Categorize

Options (12)

Buenas tardes

¿Cómo está Ud.?

Señor

Le presento a Juan.

Hola

¿Cómo te llamas?

¿Y tú?

Chao

gracias

por favor

adiós

de nada

Organize these options into the right categories.

Formal Speech

Informal Speech

Either

Poll

How do you feel about this lesson?

• I think it's easy. No problems.

  😀

• Pretty good. I probably need some more practice though.

  🙂

• There are a few rough spots. I need us to go over it again.

  😕

• This is hard! I don't understand what I'm doing. I need some help.

  😥

Open Ended

Tell me what you think we need to go over again.