Year stuff

Basic Vocabulary

• el mes = month• el año= year• el cumpleaños= birthday• ¿Cuál es la fecha?= What is the date?• hoy= today

Los mesesenero Januaryfebrero Februarymarzo Marchabril Aprilmayo Mayjunio Junejulio Julyagosto Augustsepteimbre Septemberoctubre Octobernoviembre Novemberdiciembre December

Notice how the Spanish months are not capitalized.

Las estaciónes

la primavera springel verano summerel otoño fallel invierno winter

Like months, seasons are not capitalized either

Días de fiestasLa Navidad ChristmasLa Pascua o Semana Santa

Easter

Día de los enamorados Valentine’s DayLa noche vieja New Year’s Eve

Gustarto be pleasing to, to like

• There are two parts to the gustar verb.• First, you have either:– me (to me)– te (to you)– le (to him/her/you)– nos (to us)– les (to them)

Gustar

• Then we have a form of “gustar”.• In the present tense we either have:– gusta– gustan

• Which form we have depends on if the item we like is plural or singular.

Gustar• Me gusta la comida.– I like the food– More literal translation: The food is pleasing to me– We use “gusta” because “comida” is singular

• Te gustan los huevos.– You like the eggs.– The eggs are pleasing to you.– We use “gustan” because “huevos” are plural.

Note: if you put an un-conjugated verb (also known as an “infinitive”) after “gustar” then you will always use “gusta”, never “gustan”

Gustar

• When we use “le” or “les” we sometimes need to add in who we are talking about.

• For example: A David le gusta la manzana.– David likes the apple/To David, the apple is pleasing

to him.– We include “a David” so that we know who the “le”

refers to. – However, if we have been talking about David in

past sentences then we do not need to say “a David”.

GustarA [ blank ]

We can use the “a [blank]” for every part of gustar.

• Me = a mí • Te= a tí• Le= a él, a ella, a usted, a [name]• Nos= a nosotros• Les= a ellos, a ellas, a ustedes, a [names]

Gustar type verbs

There are other verbs that work like gustar.

Encantar to loveFascinar to be fascinated byImportar to be important toInteresar to be interested byMolestar to be bothered

Ex. Les molestan los perros.The dogs bother them. More literal translation: They are bothered by the dogs