Leccion Numero Uno Flashcards
Words that end with “ent” or “ant” require …
adding the letter “e” at the end
- el presidente
- diferente
- excelente
- conveniente
- el elefante
- importante
Words that end with “ic” require …
adding the letter “o” at the end
- el Atlantico
- Democratico
- elastico
- aristocratico
Words that end with “ble” are …
usually identical to in Spanish and English
- el cable
- notable
- flexible
- inevitable
Words that end with “al” are …
usually identical to in Spanish and English
- el animal
- el criminal
- central
- rural
- personal
Words that end with “or” are …
usually identical to in Spanish and English
- el actor
- el doctor
- un tractror
- interior
Form a question from:
El actor es popular
Es popular el actor?
Form a question from:
El tenor es romantico
Es romantico el tenor?
Form a question from:
El presidente es diplomatico
Es diplomatico el presidente?
Form a question from:
El canal es importante
Es importante el canal?
El
the
un
a, an
curioso
curious
popular
popular
ay no
oh no
el mono
the monkey
el estudiante
the student
en mi opinión
in my opinion
es
is
no es
is not
sí
yes
In Spanish “ph” becomes …
In Spanish “ph” becomes “F”
- elephant => elefante
- telephone => telefono
- phonetic => fonetico
- phonograph => fonografo
In Spanish “th” becomes …
In Spanish “th” becomes “T”
- cathedral => catedral
- author => autor
- authentic => autentico
- methodist => metodista
- catholic => catolico
What are the only letters that are doubled in Spanish?
Double only “L” and “R”
All other letters that are doubled in English become single letters in Spanish
- commission => comision
- apparent => aparente
- annual => anual
- attractive => atractivo
- different => diferente
T/F You will find “cc” in Spanish
True. But in Spanish, it is not a double “c”, because each “c” is pronounced separately since each belongs to a different syllable.
The first “c” has a “k” sound. The second “c” has an “s” sound.
- correction => correccion
The two “c’s” go into separate syllables
- correc-cion
- instruc-cion
- construc-cion
In Spanish “tion” becomes …
In Spanish “ tion “ becomes “cion”
- convention => convencion
- conventional => convencional
Some words that end in “tor” in English end in … in Spanish
Some words that end in “tor” in English end in “dor” in Spanish
- the senator => el senador
- acelerador
- claborador
- creador
- dictador
- educador
- ellevador
- generador
- investigador
- operador
- orador
- radiador
- ventilador
In Spanish “j” is always pronounced as …
In Spanish “j” is always pronounced as “h”.
For example: jovial is pronounced hovial
