Spanish Skill:Intro

Intro
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Language	Spanish
Skills	323
Skill No.	1	1
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Intro is the first skill and the first unit in the Spanish language tree. It teaches the first sentences and phrases, and consists of three lessons about gender, people, eating and drinking and one review lesson encompassing everything learned in the skill. In the path, this unit is named "Form basic sentences".

Grammar Notes

Gender

Spanish has both masculine and feminine nouns. It is important to use the right modifiers (articles, adjectives, etc.) for each gender.

	Feminine	Masculine
Indefinite (a/an)	una	un
Definite (the)	la	el

There is also plural versions of these, but those are taught in Basics 2.

Sentence Structure

Spanish sentence structure is remarkably similar to English. One of the main differences is the omission of the subject:

• Soy un hombre. ("I am a man.")
• Soy una mujer. ("I am a woman.")

You can begin these sentences with yo if you wish, but the sentences above are more common.

Verb Conjugation

Verb conjugation in Spanish is more complicated than in English. Here is the conjugation in the singular for beber, "to drink":

English	Spanish	Verb Ending
I drink	Yo bebo	-o
You (inf.) drink	Tú bebes	-es
he/she drinks	Él/Ella bebe	-e

This is regular for most verbs ending in -er. Comer, "to eat", also follows this pattern. One exception is ser, "to be":

English	Spanish
I am	Yo soy
You (inf.) are	Tú eres
he/she is	Él/Ella es

These exceptions will have to be memorized.

Words

Lesson 1

• el hombre = man
• la mujer = woman
• el niño = boy
• la niña = girl
• yo = I
• soy = I am
• el = the (m)
• la = the (f)
• un = a (m)
• una = a (f)

Lesson 2

• él = he
• ella = she
• es = is
• come = he/she/it eats
• tú = you (informal)
• eres = you are
• la manzana = apple
• las manzanas = apples
• Ana = Ana (Anna)
• José = José (Joseph)
• María = María (Mary)
• Juan = Juan (John)

Lesson 3

• el pan = bread
• el agua = water
• la leche = milk
• como = I eat
• comes = you eat
• bebo = I drink
• bebes = you drink
• bebe = he/she/it drinks

Sentences

Lesson 1

• El niño. = The boy.
• La niña. = The girl.
• El niño, la niña. = The boy, the girl.
• La mujer. = The woman.
• Una niña. = A girl.
• Una niña, una mujer. = A girl, a woman.
• Un hombre. = A man.
• Yo soy una mujer. = I am a woman.
• I am a woman. = Yo soy una mujer.
• Yo soy un niño. = I am a boy.

Lesson 2

• Tú eres Ana. = You're Ana.
• Tú eres José. = You're José.
• Tú eres María. = You're María.
• Ella es María. = She is María.
• Él es un niño. = He is a boy.
• Tú eres Juan. = You're Juan.
• Él es un hombre. = He is a man.
• Ella es una mujer. = She is a woman.
• Ella es una niña. = She is a girl.
• Él come manzanas. = He eats apples.
• Juan come manzanas. = Juan eats apples.

Lesson 3

• El pan. = The bread.
• La leche. = The milk.
• Yo bebo agua. = I drink water.
• ¿Tú comes pan? = Do you eat bread?
• ¿Tú bebes agua? = Do you drink water?
• Yo como manzanas. = I eat apples.
• Yo como pan. = I eat bread.
• Yo bebo leche. = I drink milk.
• La mujer bebe agua. = The woman drinks water.
• El hombre bebe agua. = The man drinks water.
• Yo como, tú comes, él come. = I eat, you eat, he eats.
• Yo bebo, tú bebes, él bebe. = I drink, you drink, he drinks.

References

Duolingo First Spanish Lesson in the Skill: www.preview.duolingo.com/lesson/unit/1/level/1