Coffee Break Spanish - CBS 1.06 | Introduction to numbers

Episode Date: November 22, 2008

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Hello and bienveniles at Coffee Break Spanish. Welcome back to Coffee Break Spanish. Now last time we were looking at introducing members of our family, This is my daughter. This is my brother and so on. Today we'll take that a stage further. We'll be learning how to say, I have three brothers.

I have two daughters and so on. So the word I have, a very, very useful word for us as we continue in her Spanish learning journey, we'll also be looking at the numbers from 1 to 10. I hope you enjoy today's lecture. So last week, we were talking about family. We learned the words for various members of your family,

and we also learned how to introduce them and say what their names were. We're going to go on with this today, but before we do, let's do a little bit of revision and see if you can remember some of the words that we covered last week. So, Kara, I'm going to say the word in English and see if you can come up with the Spanish word. Give the listeners a chance to come up with the Spanish word first before you say them.

Okay, here goes. First word is brother. Hermano. Ermano. Good. Now, you remember that the H is silent. The H is always silent in Spanish. So what about the word for sister?

Hermana. Ermana. That's right. Hermano for brother, hermana for sister. Mother? Madre. Very bien, Madre, excellent pronunciation there, Cara.

Grazie, Mark. De nana. Okay, what about the word for wife? Mujer. Mujer. And husband? Marido. Marido.

Remember Marido is one of those words where it's really good to practice your R sounds in Spanish and I'm sure you remember our discussion last week. So the word for husband is Marido. Marido, Marido. And what about son? Ijo

Iho. My bien, Ijo. Now, to say my son, my father, my sister and so on, the word for my is me. Me, of course it is. My mother. My father.

My hermano and so on. And remember, in Spanish, when we're speaking Spanish, you always try to run the words together. My hermano. My hermano. My hermano. My brother. My Iha.

My Iha. My Iha. My Ija. Very bien. If me, Padre, means my father. Kara, can you tell me what you think? Tu Padre means. Your father.

Your father. It does indeed. And it's Tu Padre. It's an informal year. So it's Tu Padre. Tu Padre. And what would your mother be? Your mother.

Tu madre. Tu madre. Tu madre. Very good. Your son. Tu isho. Tu Ijo. And one last one, your husband.

Tu marido. Tu marido. Very well. So there's another word for you. Too means you're. Now, if you're using our PDF guide, you'll already have noticed that there's a difference in spelling. You've already learned the word to in the phrase, and you too. which means...

And you. And you, yeah. But the word too in that phrase has an accent on it. And you? The word too, as in your husband, to marido, doesn't have an accent. So that's the difference. And that's how you can tell whether it's you or your. To accents in Spanish change the sound of the word.

They don't change the sound of the word. They change where the stress lies. So unlike in French where an accent might change the... sound of the letter E, an E acute would be E, and an E Grave would be E. In Spanish, there's no change in the actual sound of the word. It changes where the stress happens. Or in some cases, like the word for two, the accent helps to differentiate between the two meanings of the word.

So two with the accent means you, and two without the accent means your. And there's a few other examples that will come across in Spanish of this. So hopefully that helped to explain. Thank you. Okay, we're going to learn a couple of other words here that are still linked to the family. And these are words that children would use. We've already learned the words madre and padre. But just so that you know, children are more likely to say mama.

Mama. And Papa. Papa. Now, just one other wee thing we mentioned accents already. Mama and Papa, both have accents on the last syllable. Normally Spanish words are pronounced on the second last syllable. Think of the word aura that you learned a couple of programs ago. Aura.

What does Aura mean? No. Now exactly. Think of Donde Bives. Donde Bives. Again, both words have the accent or the stress on the first syllable. But Mama, if it didn't have the accent, would be Mama. Okay, makes sense?

Good stuff. very well, well, Mama and Papa Mama and Papa Your mom Your mama Your mom Your papa

My mom My mom My papa My papa Very good Perfecto Well, We're going to continue

We're going to continue With something else We're now going to learn how to say I have a sister I have in Spanish is Tengo

Pengo Tengo Tengo Tengo Tengo Tengo Tengo Spelt T-E-N-G-O

Tengo Tengo So in the phrase I have a sister there's one word that we haven't actually covered yet and that is the word

for a Tengo a sister we know the word for sister which is Hermana Hermana

The word for A in Spanish is one of these words that changes depending on whether it's a masculine or a feminine noun

which So a sister would be Una-Ehrmana A-ehrmana A mother would be A mother A mother A mother

A daughter Una-I-Iha A-Iha A-Iha A-Iha Very good So the word for a For feminine nouns is

is una. How would you see then, I have a sister? Tenggo an hermana. Very bien. Tengo an hermana. Tengo an hermana. Now, listeners, can you work out

how you would say, I have a daughter? Kara? Tengo a Iha. Tengo a Ica. Tengo a Ica. Very well.

Tengo a Ica. Tengu a hermana. So, the word for a when you're talking about feminine nouns is una when you're talking about masculine nouns it's un un un un un un un un un un un un un ermano un an igo un iho

un pairee un padre un padre un marido okay so un masculine word for a a un studied French and you know the word un-un-u-n-e. Try not to pronounce un-in Spanish like un in French. It's quite tricky to avoid the two, especially if you're used to speaking in French, but there are definitely two different u-or-y sounds, un in French, own in Spanish. And by the way, if you would rather we didn't draw these comparisons with other languages, then let us know. I find it's quite useful, especially for those of you who do

speak French or indeed other languages to draw comparisons and pronunciation and so on. But if you'd rather we didn't, then let us know. So, un-hermano. An Ijo. An Iho. Una mother. Una marina. Una-ermana.

Very well. How would you say then, I have a brother. Tengo an hermano. Tengo an I have a son Tengo Tengu un Ijo Perfecto

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to help you turn your downtime into your due time. Okay, let's get on with the lesson. Now that's all very well if you've got one brother or one sister or one son, one daughter. But it's quite likely that you'll need other numbers to be able to talk about your family. So it's now time to actually learn the numbers in Spanish. Now, if you thought the American accents last week were bad, then this week is going to get even worse because we're going to learn with some rhythm.

One, two, three, four. Can you repeat that? One. One. Two. Two. Three. Three. Four. Another. One. One. Two. Two. Two. Three. Three. And four. One. One. Two. Three. And four. One. One. Two. Three. Three. And four. One. One. Two. Three. 4. 4. Okay, it's time to move on. We're now going to do the numbers from 5 to 8. Is this list?

Yes. 5. 6. 7. 8. 5. 5. 6.

6. 7. 7. 8. Ocho. Ocho. 5. 6.

6. Ocho. Ocho. One way more. Cinco. Seiz. Six. Siette.

Eight. Ocho. Okay, so we've done one to eight. We're now going to finish off with nine and ten. Nuebe. Dieth. Okay, try repeating those. Nuebe.

Dieth. Dieth. Very well. Let's put everything together from one. one one two two

three three four four five five six seven

seven seven eight eight eight nine nine nine

nine nine ten very very excellent now we're really going to put you to the test

here and let's try double speed okay list yes very well Venga.

One, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, eight,

nine, ten. Very well, one, one, two, three, four,

five, six, six, seven, eight, eight, nine, perfect,

excellent, So now you've no excuse for not knowing your numbers. That's all very well learning the numbers one by one and so on. But what we need to do is put them into sentences. We've already said, I have one brother. It's now time to learn how to say, I have two brothers, three brothers, and so on. It's very straightforward. What you need to do is make your noun plural.

The word hermano means brother. To say brothers, you say, hermanos. Hermannos. Hermannos. So I have one brother Tengo an hermano I have two brothers

What's the word for two again? Dos So I have two brothers Tengo dos Emanos Tengo dos hermas I have two sisters Tengu dos

Ermanas Yep, you just do the same and an S to the end of the word So Tengo dos I have two brothers. Perfect. How would you see I have two sons? Tengo dos

I have two daughters. I have two daughters. I have two husbands. Tengue dos maridos. And here's a tricky one. I have two wives. Would it be Tengo dos Mujeres Well, in this case because the ends in a consonant

R, you add an E S, not just an S. So Tengo dos Mujeres. Tengo dos Mujeres. Hopefully you won't be needing to say I have two wives or husbands or anything like that.

We'll stick to brothers and sisters and sons and daughters. Excellent stuff. There's one more thing that we need to learn here and that is to say their names are. Last week we said

his name is, her name is, This week we're going to learn how to say their names are. Tengo an hermano, se llama Jorge. Can you repeat that, please? Tengu un-ermano, Se llama Jorge? Jorge, exactly, yeah, it's a really tricky name,

but it's a good name to practice the sound of Spanish. Se llam a Jorge. Se llam a Jorge. Very bien. If you've got two brothers, and this time is not se yama but

se llamen se llamen se yaman se yamen have two brothers se yaman georghe and pablo

have two brothers so jane and pablo perfect now I said early that today we've got a really special guest here in the studio with us. And the special guest is going to be talking to you in Spanish

and hopefully you'll be able to understand what he's saying. So listen carefully. Como te yamas? Me yamu mafew. Very bien. And who are you? I'm your ivo. You're my papa.

Yes, I am your papa. And you are my iret. Very well. Now I asked our guest. kien eres. You've already heard the word eres. It means are you. So kien means who. Kien eres, who are you? Matthew replied, soi tu iro. Kara, can you work out what that means? I am your son. I am your son. It is indeed and Matthew is indeed my son. And we're really, really pleased that Matthew has been here today to help us with coffee break Spanish. Mucha

Thank you, Matthew. Grafias, at tea, Papa. I hope you all enjoy listening to Coffee Break Spanish and I'll see you again soon. And that's where we're going to leave it today for this edition of Coffee Break Spanish. Thanks for joining us, and we hope it's been useful. You can join the Coffee Break Spanish community on Facebook

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