Spanish Skill:Intro

Intro
Language	Spanish
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Intro is the first skill in the Spanish language tree. It teaches the first sentences and phrases, and consists of three lessons about gender, people, eating and drinking.

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	Tù 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	Tù eres
he/she is	Él/Ella es

These exceptions will have to be memorized.

Lessons

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 = eats
• tú = you (informal)
• eres = you are
• la manzana = apple

Lesson 3

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

References

Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/es/Basics-1