1. Spanish I Non-native Capítulo 1
Nota gramatical
Spanish I Non-native
Capítulo 1

2. Spanish punctuation
Questions begin with and upside down question mark ¿
and an upside down exclamation mark ¡
Accent markings sometimes go over the vowels: á,é,í,ó,ú,
The mark on the ñ is called the tilde.
Example mañana,
Sounds like ny as in canyon

3. Práctica
Pg. 38, Act 1

4. Subject pronouns tú y yo

5. Tú y yo Yo  me, is used to describe yourself.
Yo (I), is not capitalized like in english unless it begins the sentence.
Tú  you, refers to someone that you are talking to.
Notice that it carries an accent.

6. Práctica, Pg 38, Act 3

7. Soy, eres, and es

8. Soy, eres, and es are all forms of the word ser.
Ser means to be.
In Spanish the word ser is used when talking about someone is from.

9. Práctica, P , Act 5-6

10. Forming questions with questions words

11. Used these words to in front of a sentence when asking a question:
¿Como estás?
How are you?
¿Cómo te llamas?
What’s your name?
¿Cuántos años tienes?
How old are you?
¿De dónde eres?
Where are you from?
The word ¿Cómo? can mean either how? or what? depending how you use it in context.

12. Práctica, P. 41, Act 7

13. Nouns and definte articles

14. Nouns are words used to name people, places, and things.
All nouns in the Spanish language have a el and la (the) before them.
el is used before masculine nouns
la is used for femine nouns

15. Práctica, P. 41, Act 9