el 30 de noviembre

Spanish II:

1. Paired up and used the cards you made for homework last night to fill in the blanks or correct my errors when I would speak Spanish to the class.

Our goal was to figure out the to ways to say it or them(they), understand the difference between the two, and be able to use them appropriately.

#1: it=lo, la
Them=los, las

(replacing nouns with pronouns)

When someone other than the object is doing the action, we use lo, la, los, or las.

Example: Necesito la blusa...I am doing the needing therefore we put the "o" at the end of necesito to make it mean I. (this has nothing to do with masculine or feminine)

Now I am going to take blouse and replace it with a pronoun (lo, la, los, or las)

La necesito.

#2: it= a, e
Them/They=an, en

(Replacing nouns with endings)

When the object is doing the action we use an ending to mean it or they.

Example: Me queda...Assuming that we are talking about the same blouse, this means "it fits me" What is fitting? The answer is it (meaning blouse). Who is the blouse fitting? The answer is me. That is why we say Me queda.

Other verbs that work this way are: cuesta, me gusta, me encanta, etc.

If you were gone you need to take these notes down and then translate the following assuming that we are talking about skirts (faldas).

1. They fit me.
2. They cost ten dollars.
3. I need them.

Spanish III/IV

1. Antes de/después de followed by infinitve…used in speech in a variety of tenses.
2. Whole group Q and A with popsicle sticks.
2. Small groups of three Q and A. One person asked the questions, another person answered them, and the third person was listening to see if it was said correctly.

If you were gone you need to find someone to have this dialogue with and document it.