Situations

Let's see now the different options that we have when using the phone Notice that all the

questions and exclamations in Spanish are written also with opening sign. EN EL TELEFONO

¿Diga? Hello? (tell me?) -Hola, buenos días. ¿Puedo hablar con el Señor García por favor? Hello

good morning. Can I speak with Mr. García please? (always THE Mr. Garcia) 1.No, lo siento, en

este momento el Sr. García no está No, I am sorry, Mr. García isn't here right now ( in this

moment) 2. Si, un momento por favor Yes, one moment please 3. El Sr. García está en una

reunion en este momento, ¿quiere dejar un mensaje? Mr. García is in a meeting right now, do

you want to leave a message? No gracias, prefiero llamar más tarde No thanks, I prefer to call

again later (PREFERIR = TO PREFER, LLAMAR = TO CALL (me llamo, my name is). Now

we are the ones receiving a call... Hola ¿está Sara? Hi, is Sara home? (Literal = Hi, is Sara?)

1. No, se ha equivocado de número No, you have the wrong number i Ah ! lo siento... Ah!

sorry 2. No, Sara no está, volverá en quince minutos No, Sara isn't here she will be back in 15

minutos. The rest of the phrases will be the same as for Mr. Garcia (he isn't here, he is in some

place, do you wanna leave a message etc.) Now let's alalize: - Se ha equivocado = Literally this

means " You have wronged yourself" Equivocarse is to make a mistake, but you can also make

another person to commit a mistake, that's why it's reflexive -SE. - The best way to ask for

somebody in a company, or when calling to some place is with "Puedo hablar con..." (may I speak

with). -We say "lo siento" when the person is not in the place to apologize, but in a soft way

because we didn't do anything really... it's not our fault that the person isn't there.

DEMOSTRATIVOS

Este = This (masc.)

Estes = These (masc. plur.)

Esta = This (fem.) Estas = These (fem. plur.)

Ese = That (masc.) Eses = Those (masc. plur.)

Esa = That (fem.) Esas = Those (fem. plur.)

Aquel = That other (masc.)

Aquellos = Those others (masc. plur.)Aquella = That other (fem.)

Aquellas = Those others (fem. plur.)

In Spanish we have 3 degrees for the demonstratives, you can develop your conversation only

with This (este) and That (ese) like in English. However, aquel is also used for things that are

very far away.

Example : Tiempo = time

21st century = En estes tiempos... (nowadays, in these times...)

19th century = En eses tiempos... (In those times...)

13th century = En aquellos tiempos... (In those times, in those distant times...)

As you can see, "aquel" is for things that are more far away than just "ese"

Needless to say that as everything else in Spanish, the demonstratives have also gender (fem.

masc.) and number (sing. plur.) depending on the name that they go with.

EXAMPLES

Este libro (this book), Esta casa (this house), Estas playas (these beaches), Estes amigos (these

friends), esta pared (this wall).

VOCABULARY

Here we have words of different fields, we will need them all, so try to remember as many as

possible (write down the ones you don't remember in notes, to study them when you are in the

bus or when you have some free time).

Calle = Street Plaza = Square Pueblo = Village

Ciudad = City Pa ís = Country Mundo = World

Comida = Food Bebida = Drink Cuchillo = Knive

Tenedor = Fork Cuchara = Spoon Plato = Plate

Vaso = Glass Copa = Glass (wine/whisky) Taza = Cup

Mantel = tablecloth Cucharilla = teaspoon Playa = beach

Campo = Forest Cine = Cinema Fiesta = Party

Tienda = shop Casa = house Edificio = Building

Piso = Flat Suelo = Floor Techo = ceiling

Pared = wall Habitación = room Dormitorio = bedroom

Baño = toilet / bathroom Servicio = toilet Cocina = kitchen

Sala = living room Sala de estar = living room Salón = living room

Balcón = Balcony Pasillo = corridor / aisle Tejado = roof

Sótano = basement Tendedero = drying area Entrada = entrance

Lesson Eight: First Verbs And Prepositions

SER = TO BE (for things that don't change) Yo soy = I am ESTAR = TO BE (for

things



that change) Yo estoy = I am TENER = TO HAVE (only for



posession) Yo tengo = I have HABER = TO HAVE (as an auxiliary I



have gone) Yo he = I have COMER = TO EAT



Yo como = I eat BEBER = TO DRINK Yo bebo = I drink



QUERER = TO WANT Yo quiero = I want GUSTAR = TO LIKE (it's



reflexive "It's liked by me") Me gusta = I like PODER = TO CAN/ TO BE



ABLE Yo puedo = I can CREER = TO BELIEVE/ TO THINK (in opinions) Yo creo = I

believe

DORMIR = TO SLEEP Yo duermo = I sleep

NADAR = TO SWIM Yo nado = I swim

VIVIR = TO LIVE Yo vivo = I live.


The verbs in Spanish have 3 posible endings, AR ER IR, if they are regulars they will

follow the same conjugation depending of the ending.

PREPOSITIONS

A = to CONTRA = against DEBAJO = Under DE = of / from CON = With



DESDE = from EN = in ENTRE = between HACIA = towards HASTA =



until/till PARA = for POR = by SEGúN = according to SIN = without



SOBRE = over/about


The infinitive of the verbs we can use with these expressions we know: Me gusta (I like)


Quiero (I want) Tengo (I have) Debo (I must) Me gusta comer = I like to eat



Quiero beber = I want to drink Debo dormir = I must sleep Tengo que nadar = I have to



swim


In this phrase the word QUE is translated like THAT



We can also put the prepositions making already long phrases: Me gusta ir a la playa

desde mi



casa para nadar = I like to go to the beach from my house to swim. Quiero comer en

una mesa



grande y estar con mis amigos = I want to eat in a big table and be with my friends

Tengo que



vivir en España y creo que el país me gusta = I have to live in Spain and I think I like

the country. Segun mi amigo, en mi casa no tengo puertas bonitas = According to my


friend in my house I don't have beautiful doors. Estoy contento por el nuevo trabajo


de Javier, Javier es muy simpatico = I am happy for the new job of Javier, Javier is


very nice.

Lesson Seven: Adjetivos (adjectives)

ADJECTIVES

Contento = Happy (Glad) Triste = sad

Fuerte = Strong Debil = weak

Alto = high/tall (people and things) Bajo = short/low

Grande = Big Peque ño = small/little

R ápido = fast Lento = slow

Interesante = Interesting Aburrido = boring

Guapo = handsome/pretty Feo = ugly (things/people)

Bonito = pretty/beautiful (for things)

Agradable = nice/agreeable Desagradable = Disgusting

Simp ático = nice/funny Antip ático = Antipathic/rude

Gordo = Fat Delgado = thin/slim

Rico = rich Pobre = poor

Enfermo = ill/sick Sano = healthy

Caro = expensive Barato = cheap

Ligero = light Pesado = heavy

Fácil = easy Difícil = difficult

Sencillo = easy Complicado = Complicated

Lleno = full Vacío = empty

Largo = long Corto = short

Listo = clever Tonto = fool/silly

Inteligente = intelligent

Claro = clear/light Oscuro = dark

Nuevo = New Viejo = old

We have seen already how the adjectives go after the name ( casa roja = right / roja casa =

wrong). This will always be like this except with this 2 exceptions;

-In literary works, songs and poetry they use the adjectives first as an accepted resource, but it

will be strange if we use in conversation lines taken from Don Quijote.

-With the adjectives Bueno = Good Malo = bad Nuevo= new (this can go before or after)

the correct way is to put them first if they don't go with any adverb.

Es un buen libro = It's a good book Es una mala película = It's a bad movie

Es un libro muy bueno= It's a very good book

When we add muy (very) is better to put the adjective "bueno" in the end because the phrase

sounds more natural.

Notice how the masculine loses the O. Buen libro, Mal libro.

PRACTICAL PART

Here are some phrases, some of these words we have seen, some of them are new. Write the

new ones in your notebook and notice how your vocabulary grows.

Hola, buenos días. Me llamo Jorge, tengo veintiocho años . Me gustan las películas de acción.

También me gusta conocer gente de paises diferentes. Puedo hablar inglés y español .

Tengo que hablar con tu amigo Antonio, es muy importante. Mi coche está en su casa y no quiero

ir en bus al trabajo.

El lunes hay una fiesta en casa de Mar ía. Me gusta María, es muy divertida, tambien es muy

guapa. Pero hay un problema, ella no me conoce. No puedo hablar con ella... no es fácil hablar con

una chica así.

¡ Hola Sergio ! Estoy en Washington. Me gusta la casa blanca. En el restaurante hay pollo con

tomate.

Tengo veintiocho a ños = I am 28 years old (In spanish you "have" these 28 years)

De = of tambi én = also/too gente = people (in spanish people is singular) la gente es

Agradable (instead of la gente son ) Que = what/that (we will study this word later) Muy =

very IR = the verb TO GO in infinitive AL = contraction of A EL (to the) Trabajo = work

(verb and action) EN= IN EL LUNES= ON MONDAY HAY= there is/there are

Me conoce= knows me (we will see this later)

Don't worry if you didn't understand most of the text, right now we are only building our

vocabulary.

When we have A + EL or DE + EL we contract into AL and DEL. Remember it.

Lesson Five: More Expressions

More words for our vocabulary

Fem: Mesa= table Silla= chair Puerta= door Ventana= window Pared= wall

Masc: Horno= oven Queso= cheese Perro= dog Pollo= Chicken Amigo= friend

What does it mean?....

Me gusta la casa blanca= I like the white house

Necesito llamar a Sergio= I need to call Sergio

Me gustan los libros amarillos= I like the yellow books

El horno es blanco= The oven is white

Los perros son marrones= The dogs are brown

Tengo el telefono de un amigo de Alfredo= I have the phone of a friend of Alfredo.

Las sillas de mi casa son grises= The chairs of my house are grey

Me gusta el pollo del restaurante de mi amigo= I like the chicken of the restaurant of my friend.

The preposition OF in Spanish is DE. When we have DE + EL we contract it in DEL

We already know about the gender, the plural, colours, days of the week and we begin to see the

logic of simple phrases.

VOCABULARY

Bus = Bus Barco = Ship Avion = Plane Coche = Car

Hombre = man Mujer = Woman Chico = Boy Chica = Girl

Niño = little boy Niña = little girl Jefe = Boss Policía = Police

Padre = Father Madre = Mother Hijo = son Hija = daughter

Hermano = brother Hermana = sister Primo = cousin Prima = cousin (fem.)

Abuelo = grandfather Nieto = grandson Abuela = Grandmother Nieta = Grandaughter

Tío = uncle Tía = aunt Pa = dad Ma = mom

Mi padre es un policía = My father is a policeman

Tengo un hermano en Australia = I have a brother in Australia

El coche de mi abuelo es gris = The car of my grandfather is grey

Los trenes en España son amarillos = The trains in Spain are yellow

Tengo un barco verde, mi jefe tiene uno rojo = I have a green ship, my boss has a red one

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LESSON FIVE: The Numbers

1 UNO 2 DOS 3 TRES 4 CUATRO 5 CINCO 6 SEIS

7 SIETE 8 OCHO 9 NUEVE 10 DIEZ 11 ONCE 12 DOCE

13 TRECE 14 CATORCE 15 QUINCE 16 DIECISEIS

17 DIECISIETE 18 DIECIOCHO 19 DIECINUEVE 20 VEINTE

21 VEINTIUNO 22 VEINTIDOS

After veinte, all the numbers will be made adding 1,2,3... (veintiuno, veintidos, veintitres etc.)

30 TREINTA 40 CUARENTA 50 CINCUENTA 60 SESENTA

70 SETENTA 80 OCHENTA 90 NOVENTA

After 30 numbers are written in 3 words, but formed exactly the same:

VEINTICUATRO (24) VEINTICINCO (25) TREINTA Y UNO (31) TREINTA Y SIETE

(37) CUARENTA Y OCHO (48) CINCUENTA Y NUEVE (59) NOVENTA Y TRES (93)

Now let´s see the hundreds, they also follow a pattern so they will be easy to form.

100 CIEN (when the number goes alone) 100 CIENTO... (when another number follows)

101 CIENTO UNO 104 CIENTO CUATRO 113 CIENTO TRECE 146 CIENTO

CUARENTA Y SEIS 175 CIENTO SETENTA Y CINCO 100 CIEN 139 CIENTO

TREINTA Y NUEVE 198 CIENTO NOVENTA Y OCHO 200 DOSCIENTOS 300

TRESCIENTOS 400 CUATROCIENTOS 500 QUINIENTOS 600 SEISCIENTOS

700 SETECIENTOS 800 OCHOCIENTOS 900 NOVECIENTOS

1000 MIL 2000 DOS MIL 3000 TRES MIL 4000 CUATRO MIL...

The thousands are totally regular, but remember they don´t have plural: 200 DOSCIENTOS IS CORRECT. 2000: DOS MILES IS WRONG (Dos mil is right) 1,000,000 UN MILLóN (remember LL is read like in John or James) 2,000,000 DOS MILLONES 3,000,000 TRES MILLONES...

EXAMPLES (EJEMPLOS)

45.007 CUARENTA Y CINCO MIL SIETE

322.515 TRESCIENTOS VEINTIDOS MIL QUINIENTOS QUINCE

One last thing. The European billion is the equivalent to one million of millions, have it in mind when you translate an ammount of money from English.
This is all there is to know about numbers. Notice when the numbers go separate or together.

LESSON FOUR: More words for our vocabulary

Fem: Mesa= table Silla= chair Puerta= door Ventana= window Pared= wall

Masc: Horno= oven Queso= cheese Perro= dog Pollo= Chicken Amigo= friend

What does it mean?....

Me gusta la casa blanca= I like the white house

Necesito llamar a Sergio= I need to call Sergio

Me gustan los libros amarillos= I like the yellow books

El horno es blanco= The oven is white

Los perros son marrones= The dogs are brown

Tengo el telefono de un amigo de Alfredo= I have the phone of a friend of Alfredo.

Las sillas de mi casa son grises= The chairs of my house are grey

Me gusta el pollo del restaurante de mi amigo= I like the chicken of the restaurant of my friend.

The preposition OF in Spanish is DE. When we have DE + EL we contract it in DEL

We already know about the gender, the plural, colours, days of the week and we begin to see the logic of simple phrases.

VOCABULARY

Bus = Bus Barco = Ship Avion = Plane Coche = Car

Hombre = man Mujer = Woman Chico = Boy Chica = Girl

Niño = little boy Niña = little girl Jefe = Boss Policía = Police

Padre = Father Madre = Mother Hijo = son Hija = daughter

Hermano = brother Hermana = sister Primo = cousin Prima = cousin (fem.)

Abuelo = grandfather Nieto = grandson Abuela = Grandmother Nieta = Grandaughter

Tío = uncle Tía = aunt Pa = dad Ma = mom

Mi padre es un policía = My father is a policeman

Tengo un hermano en Australia = I have a brother in Australia

El coche de mi abuelo es gris = The car of my grandfather is grey

Los trenes en España son amarillos = The trains in Spain are yellow

Tengo un barco verde, mi jefe tiene uno rojo = I have a green ship, my boss has a red one

Lesson 3: Basic Expressions

You already know some Spanish words, here are some international words that we can use also in Spanish.

Bar, Sandwich, Taxi, Parking, Manager, Marketing, Pub, Stress, Cafeteria (Cafe), Gas, ticket

also names of minerals and elements in Latin, sciences and medical specialities (Cardiologia,

Urologia etc...) it only changes slightly the end.

The words of Latin origin are changed very easily from English: Action= Accion,

Extraction= extraccion, constelation= constelacion etc.

Latin and greek adverbs such as Rarely, Purely, Naturally etc change into -amente.

Rarely= raramente Purely= puramente Naturally= naturalmente.

Latin expressions don´t change: Gratis, Pro forma, Quid pro quo.

The latin and greek prefixes and sufixes are also in Spanish:

Re= again Re-make= Rehacer (only changes the verb as its natural)

Anti= Against Antiterrorista Trans= through transporte etc.

Word finishing in the greek sufix -ist in English are in Spanish -ista (except for some exceptions like scientist).

Usually these words ending in T in English (latin-greek ones) come to Spanish as -Te

President= Presidente Important= Importante etc.

Words like Impact, Tact, Contact etc will be done like:

Impacto, Tacto, Contacto.

It will take you some time to identify these latin words in other languages, but once you know

the method, a phrase like "A taxi normally transports a person" would be "Un taxi

normalmente transporta una persona" .

Starting with the initial words.

. The days of the week from Monday to Sunday: Lunes (monday), Martes, Miercoles, Jueves, Viernes, Sabado, Domingo (sunday).

. The seasons: Primavera, Verano, Otoño, Invierno (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter)

. The colours: Rojo (Red) Amarillo (Yellow) Naranja (orange) Verde (Green) Azul

(Blue) Marron (brown) Blanco (white) Negro (black) Gris (Grey)

The plural and gender of the colours: Rojo is masculine, to make the feminine we simply put an A

Roja= Red (feminine names) To make the feminine plural we put an S Rojas.

La casa= The house (finishes in A, so house is feminine)

La casa es roja= the house is red Las casas son rojas= the houses are red

ES= IS SON= ARE

Naranja already finishes in the masculine case in A, so we don´t have to change anything.

It´s the same for masculine and feminine.

El libro es naranja= the book is orange Una casa es naranja= a house is orange

For plural:

Los libros son naranjas= the books are orange Las casas son naranjas= the houses are orange

Verde finishes in E, another ending we don´t have to worry about, because it´s the same for

masculine and feminine.

Un libro verde La casa es verde Los libros son verdes Unas casas son verdes

Azul also doesn´t finish in O or A, so it also doesn´t change, notice how we make the plural

adding -ES, because it ends in a consonant (it would be very difficult to pronounce AZULS, so we

add an E, AZULES

This happens with all the plurals when there is a consonant in the end.

El libro es azul La casa es azul Los libros son azules Las casas son azules

Marron= Marrones (Las casas son marrones, Los libros son marrones)

Gris= Grises (Las casas son grises, los libros son grises) La casa es gris, El libro es gris.

Negro finishes in an O, it makes the feminine in A and the plural with S

Las casas negras= the black houses Unos libros negros= some black books

Lesson Two: Basic Words and Expressions

Hola= Hello (remember H doesn´t have any sound)
Adios= Bye
Gracias= Thanks
Por favor= Please (V sounds like B)
Buenos dias= Good morning
Buenas tardes= Good evening
Buenas noches= Good night
Me llamo Francisco= I am called Francisco
Soy Francisco= I am Francisco
Mi nombre es Francisco= My name is Francisco
Encantado de conocerte= Pleased to meet you
SI= YES - IF
NO= NO

Let´s analize: You should pronounce the C in Gracias as we showed you ("Thin" thought") Soy Francisco starts already with the verb, not with a pronoun (Yo soy Francisco), this is because in Spanish the verbs have endings and we know who is the subject of the action without the need of pronouns.

Mi nombre es, Mi is the first posesive pronoun (My in english) .
Encantado= pleased ADO and IDO are the past particles, like the english ending -ED (Played or Cooked)

Conocerte= To know YOU, The verb `To know" in infinitive is CONOCER if we add this TE at the end the action goes to YOU (To know YOU)

Bueno= Good, Buenos= Good in plural. The adjectives in Spanish are formed also in plural adding an -S We saw in the alphabet Gato (cat) and casa (House) The plurals would be Gatos (cats) and Casas (houses).Dias means "days" (so literally Buenos dias= Good days!)

Me llamo= LLAMAR would be the verb TO CALL Yo llamo= I call, Yo me llamo= I call myself or I am called.This explanations are meant to be a soft introduction, nobody expects you to understand the structure of the phrases in the very first class, so...don´t worry, go on reading without stress

J.ARTICLES In Spanish there are articles like in English for determined (The house) and undetermined (A house)

The articles are:UN LIBRO (A book) UNOS LIBROS (Some books) MASC. INDETERMINEDUNA CASA (A house) UNAS CASAS (Some houses)

FEM.There is gender in Spanish for the words, Libro is masculine finishes in O, Casa is feminine finishes in A.Almost all the words finishing in O are masculine, and almost all the words finishing in A are feminine. EL LIBRO (The book) LOS LIBROS (The books) MASC. DETERMINEDLA CASA (The house) LAS CASAS (The houses) FEM.

Try to put the articles to "GATOS" in a paper, go on reading to find the solution...

BASIC PHRASES

Me gusta= I like (it´s liked by me)
Me gustan= I like (for plural)
Quiero= I want
Tengo= I have
Debo= I must

The first person of regular verbs finish always in O (tengo, quiero etc.)
Los Gatos (determined) Unos gatos ( indetermined)

Tengo una casa= I have a house
Quiero el libro en mi casa= I want the book in my house
Me gusta mi casa= I like my house
Me gusta mi nombre= I like my name
Tengo un dia complicado= I have a complicated day (we have seen already how -ED becomes ADO or IDO.
Los libros son buenos= The books are good.
Me gustan los libros= I like the books-

To make the negative we add NO always at the begining of the phrase
No me gustan los libros= I don´t like books
No quiero llamar a Juan= I don´t want to call John

Basic Spanish For English Speakers

There are around 400 million speakers of Spanish in the world, this is the people that use Spanish as their native language. Here we have a list of the countries that have it as the official language.

Mexico 104 millions Colombia 42 millions Spain 41 millions
Argentina 36 millions Peru 27 millions Venezuela 23 millions
Cuba 11 millions Guatemala 11 millions Chile 15 millions
Bolivia 8,5 millions Nicaragua 5 millions Puerto Rico 4 millions
Costa Rica 3,8 millions Panama 3 millions Ec. Guinea 0.5 millions
Uruguay 3,2 millions R. Dominicana 8 millions Paraguay 6 millions

Other territories where Spanish is Spoken:

U.S.A 13% of the total population Andorra 0.2 millions
Guayana, Belice, Philipines, West Sahara, Gibraltar, Israel and Turkey( Jews and Arab communities banished from Spain.)

There is also a huge ammount of caribbean and Pacific islands where we will find dialects and different versions of the Spanish language. Not to mention Spanish/Hispanic communities of immigrants worldwide.

The number of people that learn Spanish as a second or third language is increasingly high, it will be easier for you to find a Spanish speaker in Brazil or in the south of France than an english one.

Why do all these languages from Western Europe sound so similar?

The answer is in the common Latin roots. The roman empire stablished itself in all Europe, except for the cold lands of the North and East. As centuries went by Latin mixed with local languages creating what today we know as Latin derived indoeuropean languages.
Between these languages we can find French, Italian, Portuguese, Galician and of course Spanish.

Also in English we will find that all the difficult or elegant words to use in conversation will inevitably come from Latin.

Why knowing all this will help me while learning Spanish?

We will be able to understand at least 30% of a conversation in Italian or Portuguese, we will be able to improve our English skills with words very common in Spanish, but that become stylish when we use them in English.

We will be seeing in chapter 2 how we can bring all the latin words that we know to our spanish speech with very simple rules.

PRONOUNCIATION
In Spanish there are no mixture of vowels like in French for example, vowels are pure and open. If you write something you read it the same way, letters will never change depending on the accent or where it´s placed in the phrase. Therefore we can say that Spanish is simpler to learn than other languages just because from the very beggining you will be reading as you should and writing as... well writing is another story... J.

A E I O U normal, as in the word CAN TEN SIN COT TULIP LL
This double L sounds ALWAYS like in the words JOHN, JIM, JUICE. To pronounce this sound like an SH or like a normal I is considered an accent.

QU In Spanish the Q goes ALWAYS followed by a U after this combination of letters can only come an E or an I. We pronounce it like QUE= KE QUI= KI. (U doesn´t sound)

G this letter sounds normal with A O U (Galon, Gong, Gunther) and it changes into a strong sound with E and I (GE GI). The strong sound is the same we can find in Arab or Hebrew for the words Hoppa or Ahmed. Is the same sound we use when a fish bone is in our throat and we try to get it out, or when we are about to spit very strong (I apologize for the comparison, but the first priority is pronounciation)

G+U+E G+U+I To make the soft sound with G and the letters E and I we put a U in the middle, this U doesn´t sound. Therefore the verb "to get" in english, we would write it in Spanish like TU GUET "to give" like TU GUIV.

V in Spanish nowadays sounds totally like a normal B, it´s another mistake to pronounce it like an English V. Therefore "Bill" and "Vilna" would sound BIL, BILNA.

R will sound soft only when it´s between two vowels, in the other cases will be strong (like the german R, as strong as you can pronounce it) Try to imitate how people from India or Russia says the R in the word America (very strong).

Ñ This letter sounds like NH in other languages (Piranha, Caipirinha,) or like the word Champagne but well pronounced.

J Sounds always strong with all the vowels, (like G with GE and GI) exactly this spitting sound (I apologize once again).

C sounds like KA KO KU only with these letters (A, O, U) and soft with CE CI, this soft sound is exactly the one in the words "Thin" "Thought" "Thing"

Z goes only with the letters A O U so, ZA, ZO, ZU. Sounds like "Thin" or "Thanks" (Z will never go with E or I).

B,D,F,K,L,M,N,P,S,T and X Sound totally normal, (L is normal like in the words "Lantern" "Lincoln" "Light".

H in Spanish has absolutely no sound, just ignore it in the words. (except with CH, this sounds like in "China".

W is used only for foreign words and it sounds exactly as in English "William"
- Remember once again that all the letters must be clear and pure, specially vowels.
Reading.

When we read Spanish, we will place the accent always in the second sillable by the end except if it´s marked by a graphic accent or if the word is a verb (Remember this when reading please).

GAto CAsa
(cat, house) Información= InformaciON.

Hello, or should I say "Hola?"

It doesn`t really matter. Anyway what matters you is that in this bog you can fin good spanish lessons. Remember that spanish language is growing in the number of user everyday for a lot of different reasons, so let`s get started.

Hope you enjoy it.