Today we reviewed the days, months and seasons in both classes. Some of you brought to my attention that the lady in the videos was sometimes differentiating between V/B. (Good ear Jana!). You are right, she does in some of the videos, but believe me, NO native speaker of Spanish does. For right now do not worry too much about it. We will explore those and other sounds some more next year, after the break.
We also explored how to refer to family members and made a chart with the most common relationships. Please go over the chart we created in class and watch the two videos below.
During the second half of the class we will make some traditional frutas de mazapán (marzipan figurine candies shaped like fruits), a traditional dessert that many in Spain enjoy to celebrate the holidays. We will be using a commercial confection. List of ingredients: sugar, blanched almonds, water, sorbitol, corn syrup, potassium sorbate (preservative) and food coloring.
VIDEO: mijahgi: - La familia
In this video you will hear Este/esta es mi papá/mamá (This is my dad/mom) or Estos/Ellos son mis abuelos (These/They are my grandparents)
VIDEO: FluencyProf - La Familia: Basic Spanish Lesson
This video is a little bit more involved than the one above so please watch it a couple of times. Some longer sentences; much of it already covered in class.
See you at the winter festival and in class.