La familia y figuritas de mazapán

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.

Martes, 3 de diciembre: SER y ESTAR

On Tuesday we studied the verb to be in the present tense.

Next week we will further explore the uses of the ser and estar forms of the verb to be while talking about our families, pets and/or friends.

Please come prepared to class so you can talk about yourself or your family using the verbs ser (e.g. mi hermano es alto,  los abuelos son inteligentes, mi padre es de Argentina, mi familia no es muy grande, mi perro es negro y grande, etc.)

Enjoy the videos below and see you next week!

Usos de SER y ESTAR

About.com ser y estar

La familia