Saturday, May 13, 2023

ELEMENTARY COURSE, SPRING 2023, CLASS 4

 This week we looked at the Spanish map and learnt some information about the country.

 

En España hay diecisiete comunidades autónomas. Cada comunidad autónoma tiene su propio gobierno local. - In Spain there are 17 regions. Each has its own local government.

 

Dos de esas comunidades son los archipiélagos: Islas Baleares e Islas Canarias - Two of those regions are group of islands: Balearic Islands and Canary Islands.

 

También hay cincuenta provincias. - There are also 50 counties.

Hay dos ciudades autónomas que están en África pero pertenecen a España y se llaman Ceuta y Melilla. - There are also two autonomous cities in Africa but belong to Spain called Ceuta y Melilla.

 

Questions on page 13:

 

1.Tenerife está en las Islas Canarias

2.Barcelona está en Cataluña

3.Sevilla está en Andalucía

4.Santiago de Compostela está en Galicia

5.Mallorca está en las Islas Baleares

6.Bilbao está en el País Vasco

7.Málaga está en Andalucía

 

 

In the second part of the class, we learnt the Perfect tense. This tense is used for past experiences - have you ever…?

The tense consists of two verbs - the verb HABER according to the person we refer to; the main verb ending with -ado or -ido.

 

  1. HABER → he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han
  2. Verb in past participle. -AR endings → -ado ; -ER, -IR endings → -ido

 

¿Has estado en Mallorca? - Have you been to Mallorca?

Sí, he estado en Mallorca - Yes, I have been to Mallorca.

 

In groups we worked on the questions from pages 14 and 15. Some samples:

 

¿Has estado en África? - Have you been to Africa?

No, nunca he estado en África pero me gustaría ir a Marruecos - No, I have never been to Africa but I would like to go to Morocco.

 

¿Has comido caracoles? - Have you eaten snails?

Sí, he comido caracoles en salsa en España. Son deliciosos - Yes, I have eaten snails in Spain. They are delicious.

 

¿Has montado en caballo? - Have you ridden a horse?

Sí, he montado en caballo pero no me gusta nada - Yes, I have ridden a horse but I don’t like it at all!

¿Has trabajado en un restaurante? - Have you worked in a restaurant?

Sí, he trabajado en un restaurante durante mis años de universidad. - Yes, I have worked in a restaurant during my college years.

 

¿Cuál es el país más interesante que has visitado? - What’s the most interesting place you have visited?

He visitado Argentina. Hay muchos monumentos interesantes - I have visited Argentina. There are a lot of interesting monuments.

 

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