U3A Basic Spanish

Thank you everyone for your cards and generous gifts at the end of term. It was a pleasure to take the classes. Nos vemos en septiembre,

Bienvenidos a la lección básica de español treinta y siete ¿Qué tenemos esta semana? 1.             Nuestra historia – La Profe 2.            Grrrammar! ¡Empecemos! La Profe The last two chapters. Grammar crammer Grammar wasn’t taught at most schools when our generation was in short pants. There have been a few requests for a grammar crammer or some kind of aid memoire (sorry for the French). ·        Adjective – a word that modifies a noun or pronoun to describe, limit, expand or make the meaning particular. Por ejemplo: un jardín hermoso y ella es bonita . ·        Adverb – an adverb modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb. It says something about how, when, where, to what extent, or in what way. Por ejemplo: María corre rápidamente , Juan es muy guapo, el niño habla muy ráp...

Do you know anyone who wants to learn Spanish? Our new U3A Basic Spanish course starts on September 17 and there are vacancies at present. I won’t be at Activities Day this year (I'm in Ecuador throughout August), but there will be a Spanish stand. You can ask questions about our various classes and sign up there. Basic Spanish has vacancies, Spanish Plus has a few spaces left and the Improvers’ class is full, with a waiting list at present. People can also sign up through the Pe terborough U3A website. If you know someone who'd like to learn Spanish but can’t commit to a full year’s course, I am taking a five-day beginners’ course in March/April next year at Higham Hall, a non-profit education charity based in the Lake District. It’s an intensive (but fun) course covering the basics to get by as a tourist. Order food and drink, go shopping, ask directions and pronounce paella correctly. It’s aimed at people with no Spanish; full notes provided. Without being fluent, y...

Don't forget that on Tuesday, the morning class starts at 10.30am this week and finishes with our end-of-year nibbles from 12.30pm onwards. The afternoon class starts at 12.30pm with end-of-year nibbles and the lesson will start at the normal time of 1.30pm. Nos vemos el martes.

Bienvenidos a la lección básica de español treinta y seis. ¿Qué tenemos esta semana? 1.     El reloj del miedo – cosas que encontrarás en la ciudad. 2.     Nuestra historia – La Profe 3.     Usos de acabar - v ideo 4.     Sueños, capítulo once - checking into the hotel ¡Empecemos! Bakery = La panadería Bank = El banco Bar = El bar Bus station = La estación de autobús La palabra para “bus stop” es la parada de autobús You want to ask if the bus stops here: ¿el autobús se detiene/se para aquí? The verb to stop is either parar or detener . To tell someone to stop (imperative) tú para , tú no pares ; y usted pare , usted no pare . To stop doing something, I’ve heard detener used. The imperative is: tú detén , tú no detengas ; y usted detenga , usted no detenga . To tell your grandchild to stop it: Aureliano, detenlo ahora . Don’t forget, with the imperative, you can hook the pronoun at the end a...