Saturday, May 20, 2023

BEGINNERS 3 COURSE, SPRING 2023, CLASS 4

 This week we started by revising the present tense with statements on Spanish celebrations:

 

  1. En San Valentín la gente dice ‘te quiero’ a su pareja - On Valentine’s day people say ‘I love you’ to their partner.
  2. En el día de la madre la gente regala flores a su madre - On Mother’s Day the people gift flowers to their mother.
  3. En San Fermín, la gente corre delante de un toro - On San Fermín, the people run in front of a bull.
  4. En la Feria de Abril la gente baila y bebe vino dulce en las casetas - On Feria de Abril the people dance and drink sweet wine in the houses - tents.
  5. En Halloween la gente come dulces y ve películas de terror - On Halloween people eat sweets and watch horror films.
  6. En Nochebuena la gente come pavo y va a misa - On Christmas Eve people eat turkey and go to mass.
  7. En Nochevieja la gente come doce uvas y bebe sidra - On New Years Eve the people eat twelve grapes and drink cider.
  8. En el cumpleaños la gente come tarta y sopla las velas - On their birthdays people eat cake and blow the candles.

 

In pairs, we came up with ideas on what people do on Saint Patrick’s day - San Patricio

 

La gente bebe cerveza - The people drink beer

La gente duerme mucho - The people sleep a lot

La gente va al desfile - The people go to the parade

La gente toca un instrumento y baila - The people play an instrument and dance

La gente visita a su familia - The people visit their families

 

 

In the second part of the class, we started the topic of tapas on page 13:

 

la ensaladilla rusa - Potato salad

las gambas - prawns

las aceitunas - olives

la tortilla de patatas - Spanish omelette (potato omelette)

las albóndigas - meatballs

las croquetas - croquettes

las almendras - almonds

los boquerones - anchovies

el chorizo - chorizo

el gazpacho - cold tomato and vegetable soup

el jamón - ham

 

 

In the last part of the class, we worked on the listening activity on pages 14 and 15:

 

Dígame, ¿qué desea? - Tell me, what would you like?

A ver, una caña de cerveza, una fanta de limón, un café con leche y una copa de vino tinto de la casa - Let me see, a glass of beer, a lemon Fanta, a coffee with milk and a glass of red wine from the house.

Muy bien, ¿quiere usted una cerveza grande o pequeña? - Very good, would you like a big or small beer?

Pequeña - small

¿Lo van a tomar en la terraza? - Are you going to have it on the terrace/outside area?

Sí, ya que hace buen tiempo - Yes, as the weather is very nice

¿Qué tapas hay? - What tapas are there?

Tortilla de patatas, ensaladilla rusa, aceitunas, albóndigas, croquetas, gambas - Spanish omelette, potato salad, olives, meatballs, croquettes, prawns

Bueno, ¿nos pone una ración de gambas y otra de tortilla de patatas? - Well, can we get a portion of prawns and another of the omelette?

Pero la tortilla fría, sin calentarla. Y un poco de pan y aceite - But the omelette cold, without heating it. And a little bread and oil.

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