Lección Preliminar

Composition Presentation

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Introduction to Lección Preliminar

Spanish 1 content refresher for the preliminary lesson. In this presentation we will go over information

and material that you all should have learned and should retain for life.

1. Greet People and Say Goodbye

2. Introduce Yourself and Others

3. Say Where You Are From

4. Ask and Say How to Spell Names

5. How to Exchange Phone Numbers

6. Say What Day of the Week it is

7. Describe the Weather

8. How to Respond to Classroom Instructions

9. Pronunciation

10. Cultural Pieces

How to Greet People and Say

Goodbye p.2-3

How to Greet People:

- Good morning=Buenos días. - Good afternoon=Buenas tardes. - Goodnight=Buenas noches.

- Hello/Hi= Hola. - How are you?=¿Cómo estás? - How's it going?= ¿Qué tal?

- What's happening?= ¿Qué pasa? ¿Cómo esta?

How to Respond to "¿Cómo estás o ¿Cómo está?:

- Ok= Regular/ así así - Bad. And you?=Mal. ¿Y tú/usted? - So-so. And you?= Más

-Well. Bien. o menos. ¿Y tú/usted?

- Very well. And you? Muy bien.

¿Y tú/usted?

¿Cómo estás? vs. ¿Cómo está usted? p.5

¿Cómo estás? and ¿Y tú? ¿Cómo está usted? and ¿Y usted?

* These are familiar phrases and are

used with:

- a person your own age

- a relative

- a person you call by his or her

first name

* These are formal phrases used with:

- a person you don't know

- someone older

- a person whom you want to show

respect

How to Greet People and

Say Goodbye p.2-3

How to Say Goodbye:

- Goodbye = Adiós. -See you later = Hasta luego. -See you tomorrow= Hasta mañana.

-Goodnight = Buenas noches. Until never = Hasta la vista. Until Monday = Friday-Hasta el lunes/

viernes/…

How to Introduce Yourself and Others p.6-7

How to Introduce Yourself and Others:

To introduce yourself you should say,

"Hola. Me llamo _____. ¿Y tú? ¿Cómo te llamas?" ¿Y usted? ¿Cómo se llama?"

* The phrase above translates to, "Hi. My name is _____. And you? What is your name?"

The person would then respond,

"Me llamo _____." (This means "My name is _____.")

You would then say,

"Encantado(a), _____." (This means "Pleased to meet you, _____.")

The person would then say,

"Igualmente." (This means "Same here/Likewise.") “El gusto es mío.” (The pleasure is mine.)

How to Introduce Yourself and Others p.6-7

How to Introduce Others:

To introduce others you should say:

-"Te presento a _____." (This means "I present to you _____.")

-"Le presento a _____." (This means "I introduce to you _____.")

The person would then respond:

-"Encantado(a), _____." (This means "Pleased to meet you.")

-"Mucho gusto." (This means "Nice to meet you.")

You would then say:

-"Igualmente." (This means "Same here/Likewise.")

-"El gusto es mío." (This means "The pleasure is mine.")

Say Where You Are From p.12-13

To ask where someone is from you would say:

¿De dónde eres/es?“ (eres=tú es=usted)

(This means, "Where are you from?")

They would then respond,

"Soy de ___________."

(This means, "I'm from _____.")

Ask and Say How to Spell Names p.10

To ask how to spell someone's name you

should say:

-"¿Como se escribe (tu nombre)?"

(This means, "How do you spell your

name?")

To say how to spell your name you should

say:

"Se escribe _________."

(This means, "It is written ______" or "It is

spelled ______.")

How to Exchange

Phone Numbers p.16

To ask what someone's phone number is,

you should say:

"¿Cuál es tu/su número de teléfono?"

(This means, "What is your phone number?")

You would then say:

-"Mi número de teléfono es ______."

(This means, "My phone number is ______.")

-"Es _209.832.6600_____."

(This means, "It is ______.")

Say What Day of

the Week it is p.18

To say what day of the week it is, you

should say,

-Today is _____.= Hoy es _____.

-Tomorrow is _____. = Mañana es _____.

-Yesterday was ___. = Ayer fue ____.

*In, Spanish, the days of the week are

never capitalized,

Describe the

Weather p.20

- It is cold.= Hace frío.

- It is windy.= Hace

viento.

- It is hot.= Hace calor.

- There's a storm.= Hay

tormenta.

- It is snowing.= Nieva.

- It is cloudy.= Está

nublado.

- It is raining.= Llueve.

How to Respond to

Classroom Instructions

p.22

Pronunciation

p. 5

p. 11

Cultural

Piece

p.9

Fin