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LEARN SPANISH FOR BEGINNERS

Learn Basic Common Spanish Phrases in 7 days, with practical guide on pronunciations

By

Adrian Claudia

TABLE OF CONTENT

The Spanish language is a Romance language spoken by about 500 million people around the world. Spanish is the or an official language in 21 countries, and Spanish is the second most learned and spoken language in the United States. Derived from Latin, Spanish is related to Catalan, Portuguese, Italian, French, and Romanian.

Spanish is one of the most popular second languages for English speakers. Thats one of the many reasons Spanish is a great way to introduce children to another language. What else makes Spanish a good choice? For one, phonetic spelling. This means that once you know how to sound out letters, you can pronounce any word. So its super easy for you to read the words. For another, Spanish is a really widely-spoken language.

CHAPTER ONE

Approach to Learning a New Language

Successful language learners have a positive reaction when faced with the unfamiliar. So, rather than allowing

Yourself to feel frustrated, confused, or annoyed when listening to Spanish, try to maintain a positive outlook and

work to understand anything you can. It can help to think of communicating in Spanish as a puzzle to be solved or an

interesting challenge to be met. When you hear spoken Spanish, focus on whats being said, dont be distracted by

Negative thoughts, and listen for cognates, which are words that are the same or almost the same in two languages.

Spanish and English share many cognates, including curso / course; introductorio / introductory; profesor /

professor; importante / important; aspecto / aspect; cultura / culture; and mucho / much.

B. The Spanish Language

The Spanish language, known as either espaol or castellano, developed in the Iberian Peninsula in the region of

Castile, or Castilla in Spanish. According to the United Nations, Spanish is the third most-spoken language in the

World, after Mandarin Chinese and English. Roughly half a billion people speak Spanish, which is spoken on four

Continents, is an official language of 20 countries, and is one of the official languages (along with English) of the U.S.

Territory of Puerto Rico.

Spanish is also spoken more and more each year in the mainland United States. According to the latest census data,

almost 40 million people in the United States speak Spanish at home, which makes up more than 12 percent of the countrys population.

CHAPTER TWO

Varieties of Spoken Spanish

The three main differences that distinguish how Spanish is spoken in one place versus another are vocabulary, accent, and grammar. Differences in vocabulary result in different words being used in different places to refer to the same thing. To say the computer, for example, in Latin America youd say la computadora, while in Spain its much more

Common to say el ordenador.

In terms of accent, there are differences between countries and even between regions within the same country.

Perhaps the most notable difference in accent among Spanish speakers relates to the way to pronounce the letter z

and the letter c followed by e or i. In Latin America, the letter z and the letter combinations ce and ci are pronounced

with an s sound, while in northern and central Spain this is pronounced with a th sound. The Spanish word for shoe is zapato, which in Madrid is pronounced as thapato and in Latin America is pronounced sapato.

There are not many grammatical differences among regions, but there are a few, and one deals with the plural form of you. In both Spain and Latin America, the word ustedes is the formal, plural way to say you. In Spain, theres also

an informal, plural way to say you, which is vosotros in the masculine or vosotras in the feminine. But vosotros and

vosotras are not used in Latin America; instead, ustedes is used for the plural you in all cases.

CHAPTER THREE

Pronunciations

Vowels

A

As a in father

Pan bread

Hablar to speak

Casa house

Madre mother

Papel - paper

Vowels

E

As a in bake when at the

end of a syllable

As e in bet when in a

closed syllable (syllable

ends in a consonant)

Padre father

Necessario necessary

De of, from

Usted you

Sentir to feel

Verdad truth

with Ser - true

Decir to say

Vowels

I (Y)

As i in laughing,

machine

Ir to go

Libre free, at liberty

Ficcin - fiction

Vowels

O

As o in obey when at the

end of a syllable

As ou in wrought,

brought when in a closed

syllable

Ojo eye

Malo bad, evil

Mano hand

Seora woman, lady

Seor man

Sombrero hat

Contra against

Consejo - council

Vowels Pronunciation

U

As oo in tool Mucho much

Nunca never

Buscar to look for

Un(a) - one

Consonants

B

Softly with lips touching

but a little air passing

between them

Not as forcefully as in

English except as b in

bond when the initial

letter in a word or after n

and m

Trabajar to work

Beber to drink

Bastante enough

Tambin also, too

Consonants

C

As c in comb before a, o,

u, or another consonant

In Latin American

Spanish, as s in see

before e or i. As th in

thin (Castillian) before e

or i

Cmo how

Caf coffee

Cabrito small goat

Leccin lesson

Decir to say

Cinco five

Hacer to do, to make

Consonants

CH

As ch in children Mucho much

Muchacho boy

Chorizo spicy pork

sausage

Consonants

D

As in the English d

except when between

vowels and at the end

of a word, pronounce

like th in they

Donde where

Todo all

Vender to sell

F

As in the English f

Falta fault, want, lack

Fro cold

Difcil difficult

CHAPTER FOUR

Consonants Pronunciation

G

As g in garden when

before a, o, u, or a

consonant

As a gutteral or

throaty h before e

and i

Pagar to pay

Alguno some person

Gracias thank you

Guacamole - guacamole

Gente People

General general

Gema gem

Gentil - gentlePronunciation

Consonants

H

Is always silent Hoy today

Hay- there is, there are

Hermano brother

Ahora - nowPronunciation

Consonants

J

As h in hall Jardin garden

Ejemplo example

Juan John

Jalisco JaliscoPronunciation

Consonants

K

As in the English k

Not found in

Spanish-based words,

only those based on

another language

Kilmetro kilometer

Kilogramo kilogram

Kiosco - kioskPronunciation

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