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01 Vocabulario – El Cuerpo (parte 2): El dolor

Señor Jordan — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:17:33 +0000

¡Hola! In this video lesson we’re covering some of las partes del cuerpo or ‘body parts’. I also decided to throw in some words that we can use with the body parts to describe someone’s dolor. That is, ache or pain. In the video I describe a boy’s pain. We have two phrases we can use to describe his pain: tiene dolor de and le duele(n).

Let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions below. Hope you find it helpful!

verb charts:

Vocabulario:
tener dolor de – to have a ____ ache
(yo) Tengo dolor de cabeza. – I have a headache.
Me duele la cabeza. – My head hurts.

el cuerpo – body
la cabeza – head
los ojos – eyes
la nariz - nose
las orejas - ears
la boca - mouth
los dientes - teeth
la lengua – tongue
la garganta – throat
el cuello - neck
el pecho – chest
el estómago – stomach
la espalda – back
el brazo – arm
la mano*- hand
los dedos - fingers or toes
las piernas – legs
los pies – feet
los dedos de pie – toes

*notice ‘la mano’ is feminine even though it ends in an ‘o’.

01 Direct Objects (lo, la, los, las)

Señor Jordan — Sun, 31 May 2009 04:07:22 +0000

Hola. This video lesson covers complementos directos (direct objects). In Spanish we have to be a little more careful with direct objects than in English because we have to take both ‘gender’ and ‘plurality’ into account. Oh right, and we put them in a different place in the sentence.

Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions about this lesson.

Rules summary:

Vocabulario:
el lápiz - the pencil
un lápiz – a pencil
la pizza – the pizza
una pizza – a pizza
los marcadores - the markers
unos marcadores – some markers
las camisetas - the t-shirts
unas camisetas – some t-shirts

el bolígrafo – pen
el cine – movie theater
el plátano – banana
el refresco – soft drink
la camisa – shirt
la manzana – apple
la mochila – bookbag
los pantalones – pants
la papa – potatoes
la playa – beach

¿Qué pasó? – What happened?
beber – to drink
comer – to eat
el café – coffee
el español – Spanish
estudiar – to study
la televisión – television
las verduras – vegetables
llevar – to take, carry, wear
los estudiantes – students
mirar – to look [at], watch
mucho/mucha – much, a lot
muchos/muchas – many, lots
el libro – book
necesitar – to need
tener – to have
una carpeta – a folder
un cuaderno – a notebook
un vestido – a dress

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02 Preterite – IR Stem-changers (o-u)

Señor Jordan — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:28:46 +0000

This video lesson covers -ir verbs in the preterite that stem change.

In the present, they change (o-ue) in the yo, tú, él/ella/ud, nosotros/nosotras, ellos/ellas/uds forms. In the preterite, they do something a little different. I apologize for it being a little long. Hope this video is helpful.

Let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this video below. Enjoy!

Verb conjugations:

Vocabulario:
a las tres y media – at 3:30
anoche – lastnight
el aburrimiento – boredom
el cuarto – room, bedroom
el día – day
de la mañana – in the morning
de – of, from
durante las vacaciones – on vacation
el gato – cat
el hambre – hunger
el hermano – brother
el sofá – sofa, couch
en - in, on
la risa – laughter
las hermanas - sisters
los estudiantes – students
los perros – dogs
más – more
mi(s) – my
mucho – a lot, much
por – for, by, through
que – than
su(s) – his, her, your (formal), their, your (plural)
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02 Preterite – IR Stem-changers (e-i)

Señor Jordan — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:55:00 +0000

Hola. Finally there is a video (although a little long) to explain those strange stem-changers in the preterite. Although you might remember that -ar and -er verbs in the preterite don’t stem-change like they do in the present, the -ir verbs have to be weird. This video will explain how (e-ie) and (e-i) -ir verbs work in the preterite. Enjoy!

Notice that servir is actually an (e-i) verb in the present. This was a mistake in the video!

Let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this video below!

(e-ie)
preferir – to prefer
divertirse – to have fun
consentir – to consent
mentir – to lie
sentir – to feel (+ noun)
sentirse – to feel (+ adj)

(e-i)
pedir – to ask (for)
despedirse – to say goodbye
reír(se) - to laugh
repetir – to repeat
seguir – to continue
conseguir – to obtain, get
servir – (to serve)
vestirse – to dress oneself / to get dressed

Vocabulario:
la clase de español – Spanish class
comer – to eat
los tomates – tomatoes
mucho – much, a lot
en – in
las fiestas – parties
la piscina – pool
les – to them, to you all / for them, for you all
su(s) – his/her/their/your(formal)/your (plural)
la atención – attention
diez – ten
los dólares – dollars
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02 Preterite – Irregulars – Song!

Señor Jordan — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:34:57 +0000

To help you with remembering quite of few of those irregular verbs, I’ll share a song I learned back in high school! This song is also on page 2 of the preterite conjugation sheet.

This song helps you remember the yo forms of some of the common irregular verbs in the preterite. If it sounds familiar that is because it is to the tune of ‘La cucaracha‘.

Vocabulario:
¡sí se puede! - ‘yes you can!’ (literally: Yes, it can [be done])
haber – there to be
hay – there is /are
hubo – there was /were
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