Tennnnnn. [[spanish;;]]

[[.___Paije] !]

Yay fancy spanish learning. o3o

I know absolutely nothing about spanish except the numbers one, two, and three. :D
So yeah. I prolly will need to learn a lot. xD
AND this year's spanish teacher is tough. D:<

[Ten]

"Yay fancy spanish learning."
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hah. Don't expect anything fancy from me.


"AND this year's spanish teacher is tough."
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Then I'll have to make sure you're prepared.


Lección Uno: Colores

You know what uno means, and since the other two words are cognates, you should be able to figure out what they mean, too.

Rojo -- Anaranjado -- Amarillo -- Verde -- Azul -- Morado

No picture for negro. You can figure that one out.

Gris -- Blanco -- Café (it also means coffee)

A lot of those should be easy to remember. Let me know which ones you think are hard; I can come up with some pneumonic devices.

edit: Forgot one. Rosa

[[.___Paije] !]

Hm. Yes, I do understand that. I understand the first six colors you gave to me, but I really can't...detect the color of Gris or Blanco. I'm thinking that Gris is like...a really light whitish grey? And from Blanco I'm gonna guess it's white, but in the picture it has shades of blue. But I'm just going to assume you meant it to be white, yes?

[Ten]

"I'm thinking that Gris is like...a really light whitish grey?"
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It's just gray. Any gray. Like that cat in your signature.


"But I'm just going to assume you meant it to be white, yes?"
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Correct.


I was hasty in choosing the pictures - I just googled colors and grabbed the first thing that seemed to work.

Anyway, if I showed you some pictures, could you tell me what color the objects are in Spanish?

Moving on, the next thing you need to know is how adjectives work. They go after the noun, unlike before in English, and change according to the gender and number. Have you been taught this?

[[.___Paije] !]

Anyway, if I showed you some pictures, could you tell me what color the objects are in Spanish?
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I think I could. But avoid purple. Like...the one in that picture I saw it as purple but most shades look red to me.

Have you been taught this?
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Nope. I haven't.

[Ten]

Ésta es una manzana. Qué color es?

So like I said, there are three things to know about adjectives (this doesn't apply to number adjectives).

1. They go after/behind the noun.
2. The ending must fit the noun's gender.
3. The ending must fit the noun according to if it is singular or plural.

Manzana is feminine. Most (not all) nouns that end in "a" are feminine. Likewise, most nouns that end in "o" are masculine.

Hay uno manzana roja.

Notice that roja ends with an "a" because manzana is feminine. Some adjectives, like azul, verde, and café don't change endings based on gender. But those either end in "e" or don't end in a vowel at all, so at least in the case of colors, that's easy to spot.

Plurals are simple too. For example, red apples would be manzanas rojas. Just add an "s".

Making sense so far?

[[.___Paije] !]

Ésta es una manzana. Qué color es?
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Verde? o3o

Making sense so far?
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Mostly. You kinda lost me at this part:
Notice that roja ends with an "a" because manzana is feminine. Some adjectives, like azul, verde, and café don't change endings based on gender. But those either end in "e" or don't end in a vowel at all, so at least in the case of colors, that's easy to spot.

I sort of understand. I understand that roja ends with an a because manzana is a feminine word. But you mainly confused me with the last two sentances on there. o3o

[Ten]

"Verde?"
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Sí, buena.


"But you mainly confused me with the last two sentances on there."
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All I was saying there is that every rule has exceptions. Anyway, I see you know what ésta
and qué mean. Either you know more than you've claimed, or you were able to infer. Both are good.

mm... Let's go on to pronouns. In Spain they use eleven pronouns, but in a lot of other Spanish-speaking countries they use ten (not me, the number, diez).

Yo = I
Nosotros = we
Nosotras = we (if everyone you're talking about is female)

Tú = you
Usted = you (formal version, for superiors and people older than you)
Ustedes = you (plural)

Él = he
Ella = she
Ellos = they
Ellas = they (if everyone's female)


Quick question - how much do you know about Spanish pronunciation?

[[.___Paije] !]

Quick question - how much do you know about Spanish pronunciation?
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Hmm... I'd say not very much. I've never really heard much spanish before.

or you were able to infer. Both are good.
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Yes. o3o I did infer.


And I understand the pronouns so far from reading them.. Seems simple enough for me. o3o

[Ten]

"I'd say not very much. I've never really heard much spanish before."
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Then that's our next order of business.

• H's at the beginning of a word are silent. If you see an h in a Spanish word, ignore it.
  
• J's, on the other hand, sound like h's.
  
• If you see two l's together, like in ella or amarillo, pronounce those two letters as a y.
  

There's also the n with a tilde: ñ. That's pronounced like an n with a y sound after it, so jalapeño is ha-la-pehn-yo.

Those are all the differences that come to mind, besides little things like there are no w's or ph's and none of the e's are silent.