Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí!

Module B: Our school community  • 27 mano hand amigo/a friend clase class madre mother joven young person, young ejemplo example cliente client, customer sobre about, above biblioteca library artista artist variedad variety indígena indigenous este this familia family número number semestre semester Hay . . . There is . . . , There are . . . ¿Hay . . . ? Is there . . . ?, Are there . . . ? ¿Cuántos? How many? Expresiones (expressions) ¿Cuántas clases estás tomando? How many classes are you taking? Estoy tomando tres clases. I am taking three classes. ¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you? Tengo veinte años. I am twenty years old. 23. El vocabulario Vocabulary is often cited as a source of frustration for language learners. How can you remember so many new words? One strategy is to organize new vocabulary lists so that you can be selective about where you spend your energy. Look at the list of words above and add an asterisk next to any words that you already know (maybe amigo , for example). Next, add an asterisk next to the words that are cognates (such as problema and información ). Finally, add an asterisk next to words that are familiar to you, even if you don’t know them well yet (possibly casa and niño ). Ignoring the words with asterisks, you now have a much smaller list. Choosing from this smaller list, add ten more words to the new list below. Next, write a short sentence or two using that word. Since your goal here is to learn the meaning of isolated words, it is OK if you end up with some English in your examples.