Saturday, October 22, 2022

BEGINNERS PLUS COURSE, AUTUMN 2022, CLASS 4

 This week we learned about physical descriptions - La descripción física

¿Cómo es él/ella? – What’s he/she like?

Él es bajo – He is short

Él es alto – He is tall

Él es gordo – He is fat

Él es delgado – He is thin

Él es viejo – He is old

Ella es joven – She is young

Ella es rubia – She is blond

Ella es morena – She has dark hair

Ella es pelirroja – She is ginger

Él es feo – He is ugly

Ella es guapa – She is pretty

Tiene los ojos verdes / marrones / azules – He/she has green / brown / blue eyes

Tiene el pelo largo / corto / rizado – He has long / short / curly hair

Lleva barba / gafas / bigote – He has a beard / glasses / moustache





Los verbos - The verbs

SER - TO BE

Yo soy - I am

tú eres - you are

él/ella es - he/she is

nosotros somos - we are

vosotros sois - you all are

ellos/ellas son - they are


TENER - TO HAVE

Yo tengo - I have

Tú tienes - you have

él/ella tiene - he/she has

nosotros tenemos - we have

vosotros tenéis - you all have

ellos tienen - they have


In pairs, we described the images on page 11: 


1.Son guapos. Ella es rubia y él es moreno. Ella tiene el pelo largo y él tiene el pelo corto - They are good-looking. She is blond and he has dark hair. She has long hair and he has short hair.

2.Él es gordo y bebe cerveza - He is chubby and drinks beer.

3.Es viejo. Tiene el pelo blanco y tiene bigote. Tiene un sombrero también. - He is old. He has white hair and has a mustache. He has a hat as well.

4.Es joven. Es guapo. No tiene pelo y tiene gafas. - He is young and good-looking. He has no hair and has glasses. 

5.Tiene los ojos verdes. Tiene el pelo marrón y tiene bigote también - He has green eyes. He has brown hair and has a moustache as well. 

6.Ella es guapa. Es morena y lleva gafas. Tiene el pelo largo. - She is pretty. She has dark hair and has glasses. She has long hair.

7.Es guapa y delgada. Es pelirroja y tiene el pelo corto. - She is pretty and slim. She has red hair and it is short.

8.Es rubia y tiene el pelo largo. Es muy guapa. Es famosa. - She is blond and has long hair. She is pretty. She is famous.

9.Es joven y guapa. Es pelirroja y tiene gafas - She is young and pretty. She has red hair and has glasses. 

10.Tiene el pelo moreno y largo y los ojos marrones. Tiene bigote y barba. Tiene un tatuaje y es famoso - He has long, dark hair and brown eyes. He has a moustache and a beard. He has a tattoo and he is famous



To wrap up, we did the listening exercises on page 12:

1.En el centro comercial – in the shopping centre

Atención señoras y señores – Attention, ladies and gentlemen

Se ha encontrado a una niña de unos tres o cuatro años en la planta baja – A girl aged around 3 or 4 was found on the ground floor.

Tiene el pelo rubio y largo y los ojos azules – She has long blonde hair and blue eyes

Lleva gafas – She is wearing glasses

Rogamos a los padres que se pongan en contacto con la oficina de información – We ask her parents that they get in contact with the información office.

Gracias por su atención – Thank you for your attention.


2.El sospechoso – The suspect

Pero Bueno, ¿no ha dicho nada? – But, let me see, has she not said anything?

“Adiós” es lo único que ha dicho – “Bye” was the only thing she said

¿Y la señora estaba enfadada, triste o algo? – And was the lady angry, sad or anything?

No no, al contrario, estaba muy contenta – No, no, just the opposite, she was very happy.

Y ese hombre, ¿lo conoce usted? ¿Lo ha visto alguna vez? – And that man, ¿do you know him? Have you ever seen him?

Nunca, señor – never, sir

Y Bueno ¿cómo es? ¿qué aspecto tiene? – but, let’s see, what’s he like? How about his physical appearance?

Pues, muy alto, rubio, de pelo rizado, ojos azules – Well, very tall, with curly blond hair and blue eyes

¿Es joven? – Is he young?

Sí, muy joven. Tendrá, pues, unos 25 años – Yes, very young. He might be, well, around 25

Siga, siga – go on, go on.

Delgado, muy guapo, y lleva bigote – Slim, very handsome, and he had a moustache

¿Lleva el pelo lago? – Does he have long hair?

No, no, imposible, no puede ser uno de mis guarda-espaldas – No, no, that’s imposible, it can’t be one of my bodyguards.


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