Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí!

Module A: Introduction to “La clase de español”  • 9 6. La puntuación Look over the punctuation in the conversation above. What do you notice? How is Spanish punctuation different from English punctuation? How is it the same? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Los cognados Look over the cognates below. What do you think they mean? How do you think they are pronounced? estudiante   profesor   médico   inteligente   atlético   conversar Check your guesses, both for definitions and for pronunciations, at https://​www​.wordreference​.com/ . When you type in estudiante , in addition to the definition, there is a button labeled “Escuchar” that you can press in order to hear what the words sound like. 8. Nuestro contexto / Our context In this chapter, we have just begun a new class, with new classmates, embarking on language study. As we meet our classmates, we will want to share more about who we are. Identify some isolated nouns, adjectives, and verbs that are important to your identity. Choose nouns and adjectives that say who you are and verbs that say what you like to do. There is a teacher example below. Ejemplo/Example Sustantivos (nouns): professor athlete dancer friend Adjetivos (adjectives): kind responsible funny shy Verbos (verbs): teach swim paint dance Escribe tu propia lista en inglés / Write your own list in English Sustantivos (nouns): __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ Adjetivos (adjectives): __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ Verbos (verbs): __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________