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= = = Semana 4 HOLA AMIGOS!! BIENVENIDOS AL WIKI DE SEMANA CUATRO Esta semana vamos a estudiar los numeros hasta 31. Y vamos a aprender como contestar la pregunta "cuando es tu cumplianos

__Quizlet__ It's great to see you guys getting on there and having a go. I can tell it really helps your learning because of how fast you are getting the months. Here is another link to Quizlet that you can use to get there from the wiki: //Quizlet > //

__Semana 2__ = Welcome to Semana 2. I am trying to keep the wiki current and interesting. Post a sticky to tell me what interests you and what you want to see on the wiki. I want this wiki to be an important part of what we are doing in Spanish. That way you get to study when I am not there, and I get to find cool online stuff to help you learn. No, I am not a geek, just keen to make your Spanish learning experience as cool as possible. GOOD LUCK FOR SEMANA DOS!! =Things to do in week 2:= =__**By the end of week 2 you should be able to:**__=
 * //Review week 1 stuff. You don't learn a language in a straight line, you need to constantly revise and improve.//
 * //Start using Quizlet > //
 * //Use week 1 stuff.// //Use it or lose it// //amigo.//
 * //Be able to have this conversation: media type="file" key="Roleplay Como estas.mp3" width="240" height="20"//
 * //Use the wiki or I am wasting all my free time when I could be playing online 500!!!//
 * //Count to 20 in Spanish//
 * //Have a basic conversation in which you introduce yourself and ask someone what their name is.//

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=Ésta semana vamos a estudiar:= = = = Los números =
 * =La conversación más básico=
 * =Los números=

=__Los números 1 a 10__=

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=Los números 11 a 20=

media type="file" key="Numbers 11 to 20.mp3" width="240" height="20" = __Week 1__ = = //Check out this cool widget. Write a note to your classmates in Spanish, or ask a question of me or of the class. Or maybe write a joke? Just practise and have fun with it. your sticky will appear once I have moderated it.// = media type="custom" key="6583413" = =

=__Greetings__= =Here are the four greetings that we have learned. If you really want to practice you could pause the track after each greeting and repeat it out loud.= media type="file" key="Greetings.mp3" width="240" height="20" =__Farewells__= =Here are six common Spanish farewells. If you really want to practice you could pause the track after each greeting and repeat it out loud.= media type="file" key="Farewells.mp3" width="240" height="20" = = = = = NEW TO THE WIKI: Please view and listen at least once before Friday week 1 = = Introductions: How to ask someone what their name is. How to reply to this question with your own name.= = Courtesy questions: How to ask someone how they are. How to reply to this question by saying how you are.= =__Introductions__=

There are two ways to ask someones name in Spanish. You can use the formal way or the informal way. The way that you ask someone what their name is depends on what country you are in and your relationship to that person. In Spain, if I met someone around my own age I would always ask them for their name using the informal way. But if I met someone of an older generation I would ask in the formal way. However, in Spain it is becoming less and less common to use the formal way. Virtually nobody would be offended if you as their name using the informal way. Having said that, people of older generations like my grandparents generation (your great grandparents) are still pretty old school. I once met an old guy who, although I couldn't understand most of what he said because he talked into his chin, was addressing me as Usted. In North, Central and South America however it is quite different. People always use the formal way to ask for another person's name and to ask other questions like "How are you?". It is important to realise however that this isn't always because they are trying to be formal with you. It is simply how they talk. It is quite different to Spain. For example, I have made friends with a Colombian family that live here in Wellington. When they talk to each other they always use the formal way of talking but that is only because they have always done it, not because they are trying to be formal. When I met some family members in Chile (family by marriage) one of them asked "Cuando casaron" (When did you get married). But because talking in the formal tense is the same as talking about a different person I asked "Quien?" (Who). Confused yet? You see the formal way is said using the same words that you would use ask about a different person. This is called the third person tense. The informal way is slightly different. Listen to the following soundbites and see if you can hear the difference:

=Formal introduction: What is your name= media type="file" key="Como se llama usted.mp3" width="240" height="20" =Informal introduction: What is your name= media type="file" key="Como te llamas.mp3" width="240" height="20" =Reply: My name is= media type="file" key="Me llamo.mp3" width="240" height="20" =__Courtesy__= =How are you formal way (When in North, Central or South America)= =media type="file" key="Como esta Que tal.mp3" width="240" height="20"= =How are you informal way (When in Spain)=

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=__Songs__= These songs will have some new words and some words you know. Just try to listen to the tune and learn the words. Hola Amigo media type="file" key="Basho-Basho-10-HolaAmigo.mp3" width="240" height="20" Buenos Dias media type="file" key="Basho-Basho-01-BuenosDias.mp3" width="240" height="20" El Alfabeto media type="file" key="Basho-Basho-05-OraleElAlfabeto.mp3" width="240" height="20" Con Cosmo media type="file" key="Basho-Basho-02-ConCosmo.mp3" width="240" height="20" = = = __Greetings__ = = Listen to this awesome song. Try to learn it with your friends and we can sing it together next week. =

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=Common every day greetings.= media type="file" key="Greetings.mp3" width="240" height="20" =Do you know what they mean?= = = = =

=__The SPANISH ALPHABET__= =media type="youtube" key="CK8HBnUcbuQ" height="385" width="480"= = = = = =Watch, Listen, and Sing the SPANISH ALPHABET and VOWEL SOUNDS.=

= = =Try to use the greetings and farewells in class and at home. Every time you think of one, try to say it out loud.=