Welcome to Spanish for Beginners: Lesson Eleven! Bienvenido a la lección once!
In our last lesson we learned the song Me Levanto. Here are the phrases we encountered:
Me levanto a las seis.
Me baño a las siete
Desyuno a las ocho.
Trabajo a las nueve.
Almerzo a las doce.
Tomo café a las cuatro.
Me voy a casa a las cinco.
We also listened to the story Maestra Elena and in doing so we heard a lot of words and phrases associated with clothing and getting dressed in the morning.
Today we will learn a new song called Me Gusta Mi Ropa. Listo? (that means ready?) Okay, Vamos!
Activity 1: Song
Step 1: Listen to the song Me Gusta Mi Ropa.
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[S3FILE file=’M131/MeGustaMiRopa.mp3.zip’]
Step 3: Review the lyrics to the song while listening to the audio.
Song: Me Gusta Mi Ropa
Me Gusta Mi Ropa (I like my clothes)
(1234,12) Me gusta (1234,12) Me gusta
(1234,12) Me gusta
me gusta mi falda negra.
me gusta mi falda azul.
me gusta mi falda blanca.
me gusta mi falda gris
me gusta mi falda negra.
me gusta mi falda azul.
me gusta mi falda blanca.
me gusta mi falda gris
(1234,12) Me gusta (1234,12) Me gusta
(1234,12) Me gusta
me gusta mi pantalon negro.
me gusta mi pantalon azul.
me gusta mi pantalon blanco.
me gusta mi pantalon gris
me gusta mi pantalon negro.
me gusta mi pantalon azul.
me gusta mi pantalon blanco.
me gusta mi pantalon gris
(1234,12) Me gusta (1234,12) Me gusta
(1234,12) Me gusta
me gusta mi blusa negra
me gusta mi blusa azul
me gusta mi blusa blanca
me gusta mi blusa gris
me gusta mi blusa negra
me gusta mi blusa azul
me gusta mi blusa blanca
me gusta mi blusa gris
(1234,12) Me gusta (1234,12) Me gusta
(1234,12) Me gusta
me gusta mis calcetines negros
me gusta mis calcetines azules
me gusta mis calcetines blancos
me gusta mis calcetines grises
me gusta mis calcetines negros
me gusta mis calcetines azules
me gusta mis calcetines blancos
me gusta mis calcetines grises
(1234,12) Me gusta (1234,12) Me gusta
(1234,12) Me gusta
me gusta mis zapatos negos
me gusta mis zapatos azules
me gusta mis zapatos blancos
m me gusta mi zapatos grises
me gusta mi zapatos negos
me gusta mi zapatos azules
me gusta mi zapatos blancos
me gusta mi zapatos grises
(1234,12) Me gusta (1234,12) Me gusta
(1234,12) Me gusta
Step 4: Download the audio and place it in your song library. Listen to the song once a day until you feel you understand the lyrics.
Activity 2: Una Broma
Did you hear the broma about the girl who cut, corto, a hole in her umbrella, her paraguas?
Escucha.
¿Por qué la muchacha cortó a hole in her new paraguas?
Because she wanted to know when it stopped raining.
Escuche one more time.
¿Por qué la muchacha cortó a hole in her paraguas nuevo?.
Porque ella wanted to know when it stoped de llover.
Here is un otra broma:
You might remember that shirt is camisa, and all day is todo el día. Aqui esta la broma.
¿Por qué la muchacha wear a wet camisa todo el día?
Because the label dijo, ‘Wash and Wear.’
One evening some race horses were standing around in the pasture talking to each other. El premier caballo dice “In the last 15 races, I’ve won 8 of them!”
Wow, dice el segundo caballo. That’s muy bueno. But not as bueno as me. “In the last 27 races, I’ve won 19!!”
Wow, dice el tercer caballo. That’s muy bueno as well. But not as bueno as me. “In the last 36 races, I’ve won 28!”
At this point, they notice that a greyhound dog has been sitting there listening. “I don’t mean to boast,” says the greyhound, “but in my last 90 races, I’ve won 88 of them!”
Los caballos are clearly amazed. “Wow!” says one, after a hushed silence. “A talking perro.”
Activity 3: Vocabulario
dog (perro)
umbrella (paraguas)
why (¿Por qué?)
the young girl (la muchaca)
cut (cortó)
new (nuevo)
horse (caballo)
listen (escucha)
rain (lluvia)
raining (lloviendo)
said (dice)
all day (todo al dia)
here is (aqui esta)
quiero (I want),
I want to eat comer (to eat),
I want to sleep dormir (to sleep),
I want to play
jugar (to play),
I want to dance bailar (to dance),
I want to work
trabajar (to work),
I want to dream soñar (to dream),
I want to write escribir (to write),
bailar (to dance),
I want to buy comprar (to buy),
I want to drink beber (to drink),
I want to read leer (to read), and
I want to sing cantar (to sing).
That seems pretty
That seems ugly
that seems correct
that seems incorrect
that seems false
that seems ridiculous
that seems difficult
that seems easy
that seems easy
that seems cheep
Activity 4: Cognates
We will end this lesson with another twenty cognates. The Spanish word will follow the English word and be repeated four times so you can hear the pronunciation.
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[S3FILE file=’M131/Cognates41-60Repeat4(ES).mp3.zip’ anchor=’Download Cognates 21-30′]
| arithmetic | aritmético |
| famous | famoso |
| president | el presidente |
| center | centro |
| tomato | tomate |
| television | televisión |
| police | policía |
| piano | piano |
| paper | papel |
| nectar | néctar |
| nervous | nervioso |
| ocean | océano |
| penguin | pingüino |
| radio | radio |
| secret | secreto |
| surprise | sorpresa |
| vegetables | vegetales |
| itinerary | itinerario |
| monument | monumento |
| action | acción |
We also learned the phrase “Me parese.” We connected the words:
bonito (pretty or beautiful), feo (ugly), correcto (correct), incorrecto (incorrect), falso (false),
ridiculo (ridiculous), difficile (difficult), facile (easy), caro (expensive), barato (cheap) to the phrase.
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