6.32: Putting It Together: ¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?

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Click on each link below for a review summary to help you complete the assignments and prepare for the quiz to demonstrate your mastery of the objectives.

[reveal-answer q=”93300″]Describe the weather[/reveal-answer]
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Most weather expressions in Spanish are built with hace, such as:

There are some weather expressions that are different and are not built with hace, such as:

Hay niebla

Nieva / está nevando.

Llueve mucho / está lloviendo.

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[reveal-answer q=”193657″]Describe things using the correct position, gender and number of adjectives[/reveal-answer]
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If the noun is masculine and singular, the adjective that describes the noun will also be masculine and singular:

el chico generoso (the generous boy)

If the noun is feminine and singular, the adjective that describes the noun will also be feminine and singular:

la chica generosa (the generous girl)

If the noun is masculine and plural, the adjective that describes the noun will also be masculine and singular:

los chicos generosos (the generous boys)

If the noun is feminine and plural, the adjective that describes the noun will also be feminine and plural:

las chicas generosas (the generous girls)

If an adjective ends in -o for the masculine form, it generally will also have a feminine form (generoso / generosa as shown in the examples). If a masculine singular adjective ends in a consonant or a vowel other than -o (most commonly -e), such as importante, it does not change for gender but it will change for number:

el documento importante (the important document)

The plurals of adjectives are formed in the same way that you learned in previous lessons for nouns. Add an -s if the word ends in a vowel; add an -es if the word ends in a consonant:

el marcador verde (the green marker)

los marcadores verdes (the green markers)

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[reveal-answer q=”933465″]Describe the color of things[/reveal-answer]
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rojo

amarillo

azul

verde

morado

anaranjado
pink

rosado

blanco

negro

marrón

gris

azul oscuro
light blue

azul claro
light

claro (clear or light)
dark

oscuro (dark)

colorido (colorful)

descolorido (colorless)

opaco (dull, opaque)

Descripciones

redondo

cuadrado

ovalado

triangular
spherical

esférico

liso (smooth)

suave

duro (hard)
long

largo (long)
short

corto

plano (flat)
thin

delgado

grueso

ligero

pesado

pequeño

grande

alto

bajo

Adjetivos indefinidos

algún, alguno (some)
ningún, ninguno (none, not any)
mucho (many, a lot of)
cada (each)

Un adverbio (muy) útil (a [very] useful adverb)

muy (very)

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[reveal-answer q=”581572″]Recognize and describe articles of clothing[/reveal-answer]
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la bufanda

la gorra

el impermeable

los pantalones cortos

el pijama

el suéter

Un verbo útil (a useful verb):

Llevar (to wear; also means to carry and to bring)

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[reveal-answer q=”58408″]Form numbers past 100[/reveal-answer]
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We’ve already learned to count to 100:
…
98 noventa y ocho
99 noventa y nueve
100 cien

101 ciento uno

Note how the pattern changes slightly: we’re not using y anymore. That’s just to separate the tens place from the ones place. So “one hundred one,” not “one hundred and one.”

102 ciento dos
110 ciento diez
120 ciento veinte
134 ciento treinta y cuatro (the y is separating the tens place from the ones place)

200 doscientos
300 trescientos
400 cuatrocientos
500 quinientos
600 seiscientos
700 setecientos
800 ochocientos
900 novecientos

1000 mil (Note: Not “un mil,” just “mil“)

1500 mil quinientos
2000 dos mil
4000 cuatro mil
100.000 cien mil

1.000.000 un millón
11.000.000 once millones

Note: you must use mil to talk about years (this is different from the English way of splitting years into two-digit clusters)

(in) 1950 = (en) mil novecientos cincuenta
(in) 1821 = (en) mil ochocientos veintiuno
2019 = dos mil diecinueve

Another note: Most Spanish-speaking countries use a comma to mark the decimal point, and a period or dot to mark the thousands position in long numbers. This is beginning to change somewhat as the English way of punctuating numbers is spreading via the Internet. So you’ll need to be careful not to mistake decimals for thousands!

$123.456,78 = ciento veintitrés mil cuatrocientos cincuenta y seis dólares con setenta y ocho centavos

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[reveal-answer q=”451770″]Use verbs in the present tense that end in -er & -ir to describe everyday activities[/reveal-answer]
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-er verbs

aprender (to learn)
beber (to drink)
comer (to eat)
comprender (to understand)
correr (to run)
creer (to believe)
deber (must, should)
leer (to read)
vender (to sell)

-ir verbs

abrir (to open)
compartir (to share)
cumplir (to complete)
decidir (to decide)
describir (to describe)
escribir (to write)
recibir (to receive)
vivir (to live)

These verbs are conjugated similarly to –ar verbs, but with different characteristic vowels. In order to form the present tense—just as you did with –ar verbs—remove the –er or –ir ending from the infinitive, and then add the following endings to the stem:

beber (to drink)
(stem: beb)
singular	plural
yo bebo	nosotros bebemos
tú bebes	vosotros bebéis
él/ella/usted bebe	ellos/ellas/ustedes beben

vivir (to live)
(stem: viv)
singular	plural
yo vivo	nosotros vivimos
tú vives	vosotros vivís
él/ella/usted vive	ellos/ellas/ustedes viven

Notice that the only difference in the endings of -er and -ir verbs in the present tense occurs in the nosotros and vosotros forms.

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[reveal-answer q=”517414″]Learn about the Catholic pilgrimage tradition through northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela[/reveal-answer]
[hidden-answer a=”517414″]See the Cultura section in the Study Plan for these activities.[/hidden-answer]

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