Wednesday, February 9th

Spanish 8/Spanish I:

• went over the study guide for the chapter test on Monday, February 14th.

Students must know:
Spanish 8:

• 1) How to describe a family relationship:

Pablo es el padre de Manuel. = Pablo is Manuel's father

• 2) Must be able to recognize the following family words from a word bank:

father = el padre
mother = la madre
brother/sister = el hermano/la hermana
son/daughter = el hijo/la hija
grandfather/grandmother = el abuelo/la abuela
uncle/aunt = el tío/la tía
cousin = el primo/la prima

• 3) How to use possessive adjectives

Shawn es mi hijo. = Shawn is my son.
Nuría es nuestra abuela. = Nuría is our grandmother.

La camisa es de Juan. Es su camisa. = The shirt is Juan's shirt. It is his shirt.

• 4) How to recognize the possessive adjectives from a word bank:

mi(s) = my
tu(s) = your (tú version)
su(s) = his/her/their/your ( the 'your' here is the usted and ustedes version)
nuestro(s)/nuestra(s) = our
vuestro(s)/vuestra(s) = your (vosotros version)

• 3) How to conjugate the verb "tener" = to have

I will give you a table with all the pronouns in it. You must know the six different forms of 'tener'.

Yo tengo                       nosotros tenemos
Tú tienes                       vosotros tenéis
Él/Ella/Usted tiene         ellos/ellas/ustedes tienen

• 4) How to give someone's birthday

El cumpleaños de Ana es el 2 de mayo. = Ana's birthday is May 2nd.

• 5) How to write the date

Hoy es miércoles, el 9 de febrero. = today is Wednesday, February 9th.

Spanish I students must know all of the above, but they will not have a word bank.