Spanish 2/Chapter 1 (Classroom Events)
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To talk about what you do in class
- aprender de memoria - to memorize
- contestar - to answer
- dar un discurso - to give a speech
- discutir - to discuss
- explicar - to explain
- hacer una pregunta - to ask a question
- informe - report
- laboratorio - laboratory
- palabra - word
- pedir ayuda - to ask for help
- proyecto - project
- sacar una buena nota - to get a good grade
Classroom rules
- a tiempo - on time
- entregar - to turn in
- llegar tarde - to arrive late
- prestar atención - to pay attention
- regla - rule
- respetar - to respect
- se prohíbe... - it's forbidden...
School objects
- armario - locker
- asiento - seat
- carnet de identidad - I.D. card
- cinta adhesiva - transparent tape
- engrapadora / grapadora - stapler
- materiales - supplies, materials
- tijeras - scissors
Note: In northern Mexico, the United States, and Puerto Rico, locker is used more commonly than armario.
Negative and affirmative words
- alguien - someone, anyone
- algún, alguna, algunos(as) - some, any
- nadie - no one, nobody
- ningún, ninguno(a) - no, none, not any
Other words
- conocer - to know
- lo que - what
- sobre - on, about
Almorzar (to have lunch)
Almozar is one of the stem-changing verbs in Spanish, to conjugate almozar, replace the o to ue. Remember that the nosotros(as) and vosotros(as) forms don't need to be stem-changed.
- almuerzo - I have lunch
- almuerzas - you have lunch (singular)
- almuerza - he/she has lunch
- almorzamos - we have lunch
- almorzáis - you have lunch (plural)
- almuerzan - they have lunch
Empezar (to start, to begin)
Empezar conjugates by dropping the e and replacing it with ie. Remember that the nosotros(as) and vosotros(as) forms don't need to be stem-changed.
- empiezo - I start, I begin
- empiezas - you start, you begin (singular)
- empieza - he/she starts, he/she begins
- empezamos - we start, we begin
- empezáis - you start, you begin (plural)
- empiezan - they start, they begin
Entender (to understand)
Entender has the same rule of conjugation as empezar in which the e is dropped to be replaced by ie.
- entiendo - I understand
- entiendes - you understand (singular)
- entiende - he/she understands
- entendemos - we understand
- entedéis - you understand (plural)
- entienden - they understand
Repetir (to repeat)
Repitir is also another stem-changing verb that is conjugates by dropping the e and replacing it with an i.
- repito - I repeat
- repites - you repeat (singular)
- repite - he/she repeats
- repetimos - we repeat
- repetís - you repeat (plural)
- repiten - they repeat
Vocabulario adicional
- anotar - to take notes
- ensayo - essay
- reflexionar - to reflect on, to think about
- responder - to respond
- resumen - summary
Cultural Insight (Mexico City)
Mexico City (Ciudad de México) is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial and cultural center in the country, and the most populous city with 8,720,916 inhabitants in 2005. Greater Mexico City (Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México) incorporates 58 adjacent municipalities of Mexico State and 1 municipality of the state of Hidalgo, according to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments. In the last national census (2005) Greater Mexico City had a population of 19.2 million people, making it the largest metropolitan area in the western hemisphere and the third largest in the world by population.
Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico, also called the Valley of Anáhuac, a large valley in the high plateaus at the center of Mexico, at an altitude of 2,240 meters (7,349 ft). It was originally built by the Aztecs in 1325 on an island of Lake Texcoco. The city was almost completely destroyed in the siege of 1521, and was redesigned and rebuilt in the following years following the Spanish urban standards. In 1524 the municipality of Mexico City was established, known as México Tenochtitlán, and as of 1585 it is officially known as Ciudad de México.