Week 2 - Spanish for beginners
Week 2 of the course begins with learning to talk about ones nationality, place of origin.
They mention the different languages spoken in the Spain like Basque (vasco or euskera), Catalan (catalán), Galician (gallego) and Valencian (valenciano).
We then learn some phrases like
Spanish | English |
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¿De Dónde eres? | Where are you from? |
Soy de Polonia | I am from Poland |
Soy galés, de Cardiff. | I am Welsh, from Cardiff |
Surnames
In spanish speaking regions, people share the surname of father followed by the surname of the mother.
Example
Son - Marcos Valle Manzanero
Father - Juan José Valle Santamaría
Mother - Maribel Manzanero Gutiérrez
Spanish | English | |
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Hablo inglés y español. | I speak English and Spanish. | |
¿Hablas italiano? | Do you speak Italian? | |
(yo) hablo | Hablo japonés. | I speak Japanese. |
(tú) hablas | Hablas gallego. | You (informal) speak Galician. |
(usted) habla | Usted habla galés | You (formal) speak Welsh. |
(él/ella) habla | Juan habla griego | John speaks Greek. |