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1.5.1 Review: On the Road to Learning Spanish
Spanish I Core Sem 1 (S2539954)
Review
Name: ____________________
Date: ____________
Introduction: Unit Review
In this unit, you learned about some of the most fundamental skills in any language: getting to know new people
and telling about yourself and the people you know. You know now what parties are like in Spanish­speaking
countries and you can meet and chat with lots of people. You also learned a lot about traveling to other places
without even leaving your classroom.
You're about to review all of the things you learned in this unit, so get ready. Let's see what you remember!
1. Meeting new people: greetings and introductions
Recently, you learned what to do when you meet new people. Since this is something that happens pretty
frequently in your life, it's pretty important to know how to do it. Let's review some of the things you learned.
Read the following conversation between three new friends at the beginning of the schoolyear. Then, read the
explanations that follow the conversation.
ELENA: Hola. Me llamo Elena. ¿Y tú? ¿Cómo te llamas?
GERTRUDIS: Mi nombre es Gertrudis. Y te presento a mi amigo, Lorenzo.
ELENA:¡Mucho gusto!
LORENZO: Encantado.
GERTRUDIS: El gusto es mío.
In this dialogue, you saw a very typical meeting of three new friends. Elena introduced herself saying Me llamo
Elena. Gertrudis used a variation of Me llamo: she said Mi nombre es. You also know that you can say Soy
to mean 'I am,' and that this word also works as a way of telling your name. Since Gertrudis was already a friend
of Lorenzo, she introduced him to Elena. Here, she said Te presento a Lorenzo, literally meaning, 'I present
you to Lorenzo.' It's just another way of saying, 'I'd like to introduce you to Lorenzo.' Since the verb introducir
is not used when introducing people, presentar is the verb you'll want to use.
Finally, once all the kids had met one another, they said 'Nice to meet you.' Elena said Mucho gusto, while
Lorenzo used another form, Encantado, which can mean 'charmed,' and literally means 'enchanted.' (Reme
mber that girls say Encantada.) Gertrudis used yet another form of expressing her pleasure in meeting new
friends: El gusto es mío, which means 'The pleasure is mine.'
2. ¿Y usted?
In this next dialogue, you'll see a different kind of meeting. One person uses usted, being formal, while the other
uses tú, being informal. We'll review why that is after the dialogue.
JORGE: Hola. Me llamo Jorge Martínez. ¿Cómo se llama usted?
SEÑOR PÉREZ: Soy el señor Pérez. ¿Cómo estás, Jorge?
JORGE: Muy bien. ¿Y usted? ¿Cómo está?
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SEÑOR PÉREZ: Bien, gracias.
JORGE: Mucho gusto, Señor.
SEÑOR PÉREZ: El gusto es mío, Jorge.
In the previous dialogue, Jorge met a teacher, Señor Pérez for the first time. Because Señor Pérez is older and
has a respected position at the school, Jorge used usted as he was talking with him. On the other hand,
because Jorge is a student and is much younger, Señor Pérez used tú when talking with Jorge. Let's review
some of the different ways to say things, formally and informally. Remember that you'll always come back to
this idea of whether or not you should be formal or informal with someone, no matter what you're learning in
Spanish. It's always a good idea to think about who you're talking to and try to speak in a way that fits the
relationship you have with that person.
Informally: using tú
Formally: using usted
¿Cómo te llamas?
¿Cómo se llama usted?
¿Cómo estás?
¿Cómo está usted?
¿De dónde eres? (Where are you from?)
¿De dónde es usted?
¿Y tú?
¿Y usted?
Don't forget about the titles of the people in your community:
Señor Pérez: Mr. Pérez
Señora Martínez: Mrs. Martínez
Señorita Vallejo: Miss Vallejo
3. ¿Cómo se escribe?
When someone says to you, '¿Cómo se escribe?' that person is asking you to spell something they may have
misheard. Take a look at the next dialogue, where Isabel is exchanging information with a travel agent in Spain,
to see this in action.
AGENTE: Es el hotel Calipso en Barcelona.
ISABEL: ¿Cómo se escribe?
AGENTE: Calipso. C­A­L­I­P­S­O.
ISABEL: Ah, sí. Calipso. Gracias.
4. ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?
Now that you've begun to meet new people, you can also ask for a phone number so that you can be in contact
with them. Let's review the numbers that you learned in this unit.
uno
1
dos
2
tres
3
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cuatro
4
cinco
5
seis
6
siete
7
ocho
8
nueve
9
diez
10
once
11
doce
12
trece
13
catorce
14
quince
15
dieciséis
16
diecisiete
17
dieciocho
18
diecinueve
19
veinte
20
veintiuno
21
veintidós
22
veintitrés
23
veinticuatro
24
veinticinco
25
veintiséis
26
veintisiete
27
veintiocho
28
veintinueve
29
treinta
30
treinta y
uno
31
5. Old friends: describing the people you know
You also learned how to talk about the people you already know. Let's review the ways in which we talk
about the people in our lives. In the next dialogue, two students are describing some people at their school.
Find out what they say and then read the explanations below to review what you've learned.
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INÉS: Oye, Rafael, ¿conoces a Teresa, la nueva estudiante?
RAFAEL: Sí, Inés, ella es muy bonita, ¿no?
INÉS: Pero, ¿es simpática o antipática?
RAFAEL: Bueno, ella es muy simpática, pero su amiga Adela es antipática.
INÉS: Sí, pero Adela es muy inteligente. ¿Y Carlos? ¿Cómo es?
RAFAEL: Carlos es estudioso y serio.
INÉS: Tú eres muy estudioso también.
RAFAEL: Sí, y tú eres muy simpática.
In the previous dialogue, you saw how Inés and Rafael talk about their classmates. You know that you can use
subject pronouns to signify who you're talking about, rather than repeating the same person's name over and
over. Let's review the subject pronouns in Spanish. Keep in mind that they work with all verbs, not just with ser.
yo — I
nosotros / nosotras — we
tú — you (informal)
vosotros / vosotras — you all (informal)
él — he
ellos — they (all boys OR boys and girls)
ella — she
ellas — they (all girls)
usted — you (formal)
ustedes — you all (formal OR informal)
You learned that you can say Rosita es inteligente or Ella es inteligente and mean the same thing. You can
say Raúl y yo or nosotros to mean the same thing as well.
You probably remember that there were a few ways to say 'you.' The two singular forms of 'you' are used when
you are only talking to one person. Tú is used for people you already know and are quite familiar with. Usted is
the other singular form of 'you' and it's a more polite way to say 'you.'
The two plural forms of 'you' are vosotros / vosotras and ustedes. You learned that vosotros / vosotras is a
form used in Spain and that it's used when you're talking to more than one tú or when you want to say tú y el or
tú y ella; the combinations are endless! Of course, in Latin America, vosotros / vosotras isn't used. You may
hear a Chilean say ustedes, meaning 'you all' in an informal way, or you might hear a Guatemalan say ustedes
in the formal way at a business meeting. But they both mean the same thing.
Remember that you're not obligated to always use a subject pronoun in front of the verb. In Spanish the verb
forms and context of the conversation usually tell you who's being discussed, so sometimes the subject
pronouns are left out.
Next, you learned that the verb ser means 'to be' and you learned the different forms of ser. Let's take a look at
the conjugation of ser with the subject pronouns right beside each conjugation, just to help us remember what
goes with what.
The verb SER
yo soy
nosotros(as) somos
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tú eres
vosotros(as) sois
él
ella es
usted
ellos
ellas son
ustedes
You also should remember many of the adjectives that you learned to describe your friends and people in your
community. Let's review a few:
rubio(a)
blond
moreno(a)
brunette, dark­haired
pelirrojo(a)
red­haired
estudioso(a)
studious
perezoso(a)
lazy
simpático(a)
nice, friendly
antipático(a)
mean / unfriendly
inteligente
intelligent
serio(a)
serious
trabajador(a)
hard­working
Now that you have all the parts, you can put them together. A standard sentence describing someone you know
could look like this:
Subject pronoun + SER + Adjective
Again, the possibilities are endless!
Julia es estudiosa.
Andrés y Ana son simpáticos.
Él es perezoso.
Ella es trabajadora.
Nosotros somos morenos.
Of course, you can't forget to make the adjectives match who or what they're describing. You know that all
nouns (that includes people) are either masculine or feminine and can be singular or plural.
Let's start with the gender of nouns. You know that each noun has a definite article, meaning 'the,' and it's
always there, whether you actually use it in your sentence or not. You can also use an indefinite article with
each noun, meaning 'a' or 'an.' Let's review definite and indefinite articles:
THE
A, AN
el — masculine, singular
un — masculine, singular
la — feminine, singular
una — feminine, singular
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los — masculine, plural
unos — masculine, plural
las — feminine, plural
unas — feminine, plural
You know that although we don't have a plural 'the' in English, we do in Spanish. So, how do you know whether
to put el or la with the noun in question? First, you must know whether or not the noun is feminine or
masculine. How do you tell if a noun is feminine or masculine?
You learned a general rule: nouns that end in –o are usually masculine (with a few exceptions here and there)
and nouns that end in –a are usually feminine (again with an exception or two). Most of the time, nouns ending
in –ión are feminine and all others must be memorized. It gets easier, though, to remember gender as you
continue learning Spanish. You also learned that it doesn't matter whether an object is mainly associated with a
guy (such as la barba — 'beard') or a girl (el vestido — 'dress'). As you can see objects associated mainly with
guys can be feminine and 'girly' objects can be masculine.
So, now that you know the gender of a noun, you can use the proper form of the adjective. Adjectives can also
be made masculine, feminine, singular, and plural. Here are some general rules:
An adjective originally ending in –o stays the same for a guy (or masculine object), but the o changes to a if
we're describing a girl (or feminine object).
An adjective originally ending in –e stays the same for guys and girls.
An adjective originally ending in –n or –l also stays the same. (The only exceptions are adjectives describing
nationality. With these adjectives, an a gets added to the end.)
An adjective originally ending in –r simply gets an a added to the end.
The following are a few examples of adjectives in both the masculine and feminine forms.
Masculine
Feminine
alto
alta
bajo
baja
inteligente
inteligente
trabajador
trabajadora
conservador
conservadora
joven
joven
liberal
liberal
6. Nationalities of The World
Don't forget about all of the nationalities you learned in this unit. Below are a few of the ones you learned. Be
sure to revisit the activities in which you learned them to refresh your memory. Remember that nationalities are
not capitalized.
Masculine
Feminine
americano
americana
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canadiense
canadiense
puertorriqueño
puertorriqueña
alemán
alemana
español
española
mexicano
mexicana
chileno
chilena
7. Going places: school, parties, and traveling on the Web
You learned about going places and doing things at certain times. We talked about dates and seasons, parties,
and traveling on the Web.
You learned that the four seasons are el invierno (winter), el verano (summer), la primavera (spring), and el
otoño (fall).
You learned that to tell on which day you will do something, you should use the article el. So you can say, el
viernes voy a una fiesta (Friday, I am going to a party).
Don't forget that days of the week are not capitalized in Spanish.
The days of the week are:
el lunes
Monday
el martes
Tuesday
el miércoles
Wednesday
el jueves
Thursday
el viernes
Friday
el sábado
Saturday
el domingo
Sunday
The months of the year are:
enero
January
febrero
February
marzo
March
abril
April
mayo
May
junio
June
julio
July
agosto
August
septiembre
September
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octubre
October
noviembre
November
diciembre
December
To ask for the date, you can say ¿Qué día es hoy? or ¿Cuál es la fecha? To answer that question, you need
one simple formula:
Es + el + the number + de + the month
Es means 'is,' of course. El means 'the' and de means 'of.' It's like saying 'It's the second of May' in English,
except we use the cardinal number after 1 (2, 3, 4) in Spanish rather than the ordinal number (2nd, 3rd, 4th)
like we do in English. Remember that if it is the first of the month, for instance January, you would say Es el
primero de enero. The first is the only time you use the ordinal number with dates.
So, here a few important dates to remember:
El Día de la
Independencia
el 4 de julio
El Día de Acción de
Gracias
en noviembre
La Navidad (or Las
Navidades)
el 25 de diciembre
Halloween
el 31 de octubre
Some other types of celebrations include:
el cumpleaños
birthday
día religioso
religious day
la fiesta
party
If you were to attend some of the celebrations for the holidays listed above, you might see some of these
things:
Decorations
los globos
balloons
los colores
colors
las decoraciones
decorations
Food
el pastel
cake
las galletas
cookies
la torta
pie
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Music
la música
music
el ritmo
rhythm
la salsa
salsa
el merengue
merengue
bailar
to dance
el baile
the dance, dancing
Get ready!
Now, it's time for your test. You should feel free to go back and review some of the things we've talked about
here or watch some of the dialogues. This review is designed as a general overview of the course; not
everything that is on your test is necessarily included in these pages, so be sure you check over everything
again to make sure you have the vocabulary and grammatical concepts committed to memory. ¡Buena suerte!
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