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| Hmmm,
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| I
hear that some folks can't read an ordinary
clock ... |
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we gotta repeat yesterday's exercises in digital
format. |
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me a while to figure out what that meant. |
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shouldn't take you but just a minute. |
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1:00
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2:00
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3:00
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Es
la una. |
Son
las dos. |
Son
las tres. |
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4:00
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5:00
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6:00
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Son
las cuatro. |
Son
las cinco. |
Son
las seis. |
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7:00
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8:00
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9:00
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Son
las siete. |
Son
las ocho. |
Son
las nueve. |
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10:00
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11:00
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12:00
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Son
las diez. |
Son
las once. |
Son
las doce. |
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| That
didn't take long ... |
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| If
you already know more numbers, or want to get more complicated
with the time, go to THIS
PAGE. |
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not, ... |
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| It
was mentioned in a previous lesson that Spanish has no "it." |
All
nouns are masculine
or feminine. |
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you're learning vocabulary, you'll note a lot of times that
you will learn a word with "el" or "la" in front of it. |
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of these words are the equivalent of the English word "the"
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...
but they also tell you the gender
of the noun. |
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| When
you learn a word with "el" in front --- the noun ismasculine. |
| When
you learn a word with "la" in front --- the noun isfeminine. |
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Starting Points in Language
Study:
The whole idea of masculine/feminine
for nouns is crucial for learning Spanish, because modifiers
(words that describe) will have to follow suit. That means
the adjective will match the noun by being masculine or
feminine, too. It makes sense! Another factor in describing
is how the adjective comes after the noun - not before!
In English, you know the adjectives before you even know
what they're referring to. That doesn't make sense.
Did you see the big, green ... ???
What are we looking at? We know it's
big and it's green ... but what is it ???
Just take into consideration
that "el"
and "la"
in front of a word indicate that the word is masculine
or feminine. And LEARN the vocabulary words that way.
Take a look at a couple
of the vocabulary list pages and note how the words are
listed with &symbols.
Start learning a few words at a time, and make sure you
acquire the gender with the vocabulary word. It gets really
easy over time. |
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| Now,
go spell some words ... |
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...
and come back tomorrow ... |
| el
profe |
