Infinitives, negative statements, culture Tema 1

Listening Activity 1 You will hear Rosa say what she likes and doesn’t like to do. Listen to the statements and determine what she likes to do and what she doesn’t like to do.

Listening Activity 2 Listen to what some people like to do and be able to tell in English.

Infinitives Infinitives have to do with verbs Verbs are words that are most often used to name actions. Verbs in English have different forms depending on who is doing the action or when the action is occurring: – I walk, She walks, we walked, etc.

The most basic form of a verb is called an infinitive In English, they usually have the word “to” in front of them – To dance, to ski, to ride, to walk, to write, etc.

In Spanish, infinitives don’t have a separate word like “to” in front of them. Spanish infinitives are only 1 word, and always end in –ar, -er, ir – Nadar, leer, montar,, escribir, hablar,

Me gusta o No me gusta Find four activities in your list that you like to do, and four activities that you don’t like to do. Copy this chart on your paper and write activities in corresponding columns. Me gustaNo me gusta

Part 2 Using this information, tell your partner the activities you do and don’t like to do. Your partner must agree or disagree. – To agree: ¡A mí también! – To disagree: ¡A mí no me gusta!

Listening Activity 3 Tear a sheet of paper into three equal parts. On one piece write –ar, on another –er, and on the third –ir You will hear several infinitives. Listen carefully to the endings. Hold up the paper with the correct ending.

Exit slip 1.Write three things you like to do using the phrase Me gusta….. 1.Example: Me gusta bailar. (I like to dance.) 2.What is an infinitive? 3.List 3 OTHER infinitives from your vocabulary list.

Cognates Cognates are words that look alike and have similar meanings in English and Spanish. Examples – Popular – Usar – Guitarra – Computadora

Negativos To make a sentence negative in Spanish, you usually put no in front of the verb or expressions. In English, we usually use the word “not” – No me gusta cantar. To answer a question negatively in Spanish, you often use no twice. The first no answers the question, the other is your “not” – ¿Te gusta escribir cuentos? No, no me gusta escribir cuentos.

In Spanish, you might use one or more negatives after answering “no.” – ¿Te gusta montar en patineta? – No, no me gusta nada. » No, I don’t like it at all. – If you want to say that you do not like either of two choices, use ni…ni. No me gusta ni bailar ni dibujar. – I don’t like to dance nor sing.

Adjetivos ¿Qué es un adjetivo? – Words that describe people and things In Spanish, most adjectives have both masculine and femenine forms. The masculine form usually ends in –o, and the femenine form usually ends in –a.

Cont’d Masculine adjectives are used to describe masculine nouns. – Marcos es ordenado y simpático. Femenine adjectives are used to describe femenine nouns. – Manuela es ordenada y simpática. Adjectives that end in –e describe both masculine and feminine nouns. – Pedro es inteligente. Margarita es inteligente.

Adjectives whose masculine form ends in –dor have a femenine form that end in –dora. – Juan es trabajador. – Luz es trabajadora.