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Goals

Introduce language used at holidays and gatherings
Begin Present Tense
Advance production for simple present tense phrases.

Introduction

For this unit, we will focus on the theme of holidays and celebrations.
To begin practicing, read the following three sentences, and try to identify their corresponding
English phrase. Try to find matching translations!

Warm Up Activity


Español		Inglés
A La casa es pequeña.		1 The boy celebrates.
B Las amigas preparar la cena.		2The house is small.
C El niño celebra.		3The friends prepare the dinner.

Part 1: Articles and Nouns

In Part 1 we will discuss articles and nouns, as they relate to holidays and celebrations.
Before we move into more complicated grammar components, starting off with a general
understanding of how masculine and feminine structures work in Spanish will give a great basis.

Part 1: Nouns and Articles

Articles in Spanish are classified in two sets of categories. These two sections, gender and number, determine how nouns are treated within a sentence.


Number	Spanish	English	Example

Singular	La	The	La casa es roja.
Singular	Una	A	Tengo una amiga.
Plural	Las	The	Las niñas juegan.
Plural	Unas * (slang for some)	A (plural) * Some*	Unas casas son rojas, otras son verdes.


Number	Spanish	English	Example

Singular	El	The	El apartamento es grande.
Singular	Un	A	Tengo un amigo.
Plural	Los	The	Los niños hablan.
Plural	Unos	A (slang for some)*	Unos apartamentos son grandes, otros pequeños.

These are nouns that are seen in the story

General Vocabulary
Español	Inglés
la bicicleta	the bike
el coche	the car
la sangre	the blood
la cascada	the waterfall
el viento	the wind
el golpe	the blow / the hit
la lágrima	the tears
el abrazo	the hug
la mano	the hand
la boca	the mouth
la luz	the light
un hechizo	a spell
el mágico	the magic
el pelo	the hair
una cortada	a cut