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Día 1 
CMPD Training Academy---Classroom 2109
  •    Presentación de los estudiantes      
  •    ¿Cuánto sabes? How much do you know?
    • Los cognados. Cognates. - click here 
    • The word is derived from the English word recognize and is best explained by this youtube  video. 

  • Listening and reading cognates will prove to you that you know more Spanish than you ever imagined.

  •    Las vocales y el alfabeto español 
    • Haz clic aquí para escuchar la canción
    • El alfabeto moderno tiene 27 letras:

El alfabeto o el abecedario



  •    México, Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua:
Mapa físico
  •    La brújula 

el norte, el sur, el este y el oeste

  •     Los pronombres personales
Los pronombres personales      

  •    El Verbo Ser = to be 
    • Nationality, origin, characteristics, place. 
I am, you are, he/she is, you are
we are, you all are, they are,  you all are
  •    Los adjetivos descriptivos 
    • Adjetivos en español. 

      • descriptive adjectives go after the noun, not before as in English; i.e. good food = comida buena
      • adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun; i.e.Mexican children =niños mexicanos 
      • adjectives ending in o, change to a in the feminine; adjectives ending in e stay the same. 
      • a useful short list: alto, bajo, guapo, delgado, gordo, débil, fuerte, grande, inteligente, joven, mayor, pobre, rico, americano, mexicano, guatemalteco, hondureño, salvadoreño, nicaragüense, panameño, colombiano, venezolano, ecuatoriano, peruano, argentino, chileno...
      You should be able to look up adjectives using your dictionary or google. Only the singular masculine form will be listed; next class you will learn how to change word endings into feminine and plural. 

      This site contains a very long list (lista larga) of useful adjectives! 
  •    Los artículos definidos e indefinidos

source  
  • La familia - The family




  •     Los nombres y los apellidos. 
    •    el nombre
    •    el apellido paterno 
    •    el apellido materno 


  •    ¿Qué significa Don/Doña?

    •        A courtesy title placed before the 1st name of an older or more senior man/woman as a way of showing them your respect when talking to them or about them.


  •     Dictado –  llenar los nombres con vocales 
    • there will be a handout. 

  •    Práctica oral con oraciones cortas - Practice with       short sentences. 
    • Tengo tres hermanos
    • Estudiamos español
    • Soy policía en el Condado de Mecklenburg
    • Vivo en Charlotte
    • La ciudad de Charlotte tiene muchos árboles
    • Carolina del Norte es un estado en el sureste de los Estados Unidos
    • Trabajo cinco días a la semana

  • Tarea - Homework
    • Repaso - Review Día 1
    • Open tomorrow's page - Día 2
    • After watching news on Latina 102.3 FM, prepare at least 2 questions for tomorrow's guest speaker. 
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