Los dias, los meses, las estaciones, y el tiempo

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Los dias, los meses, las estaciones, y el tiempo

• Sra. Denise M. Fries

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Los dias de la semana

• The days of the week are not capitalized in
  Spanish.
• The Spanish week begins on Monday instead of
  Sunday.
• Monday-Saturday are named for gods and goddesses
  in roman mythology.

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Los dias, el vocabulario

• El lunesMonday
• El martesTuesday
• El miércolesWednesday
• El juevesThursday
• El viernesFriday
• El sábadoSaturday
• El domingoSunday

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Vocabulario, continued

• La semanathe week
• El fin de semanathe weekend
• Que dia es?What day is it?
• Que dia es hoy?What day is it today?
• Hoytoday
• Ayeryesterday
• Mananatomorrow has a tilde on first n

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Vocabulario, continued

• Recuerden Uds.!!!!
• El miercoles has an accent on the first e.
• El sabado has an accent on the first a.
• Questions should begin with an inverted question
  mark.

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Los meses del ano

• The months of the year are not capitalized in
  Spanish.
• Many of the months are cognates.
• September-December were originally the 7th-10th
  months of the year.

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Los meses, el vocabulario

• eneroJanuary febreroFebruary
• marzoMarch abrilApril
• mayoMay junioJune
• julioJuly agostoAugust
• septiembreSeptember octubreOctober
• noviembreNovember
• diciembreDecember

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Vocabulario, continued

• El mesthe month
• El anothe year Recuerden Uds.!!!! the n
  in ano has a tilde on it
• La fechathe date
• Cual es la fecha (de hoy)?What is the date
  (today)? There is an accent on the a in cual and
  there should be an inverted question mark at the
  beginning

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La fecha

• The date is written with the number before the
  month in Spanish, i.e. Es el quince de noviembre.
  (It is the 15th of November.).
• The first of the month is el primero not el
  uno, i.e. Es el primero de diciembre.
• When writing the date is number form, the Roman
  numerals are used for the months, i.e.
  25/XII/2004 is December 25, 2004.

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El tiempo

• El tiempo is used for weather, but it can also
  mean time in other situations.
• The Spanish-speaking countries of the world use
  the Celsius scale.
• The seasons in the southern hemisphere are the
  opposite of ours.

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El tiempo, el vocabulario

• Que tiempo hace?What is the weather like?
• Que has an accent on the e and there should
  also be an inverted question mark at the
  beginning of the question.
• Hace buen tiempoIt is nice/good weather.
• Hace mal tiempoIt is bad weather.
• Hace calorIt is warm.

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Vocabulario, continued

• Hace mucho calorIt is very warm/hot.
• Hace (Hay) solIt is sunny.
• Hace (Hay) mucho solIt is very sunny.
• Hace frioIt is cold. frio has an accent on the
  I.
• Hace mucho frioIt is very cold.

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Vocabulario, continued

• Hace frescoIt is cool/chilly.
• Hace (mucho) vientoIt is (very) windy.
• Esta nubladoIt is cloudy. Esta has accent on
  the a.
• Esta lloviendoIt is raining (right now).
• Esta nevandoIt is snowing (right now).
• Esta fuchiIt is icky.

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Vocabulario, continued

• LlueveIt is raining/rainy.
• NievaIt is snowing/snowy.
• La primaveraSpring.
• El veranoSummer.
• El otonoFall/Autumn tilde on the n.
• El inviernoWinter.
• Cual es la temperatura?What is the temperature?
• Cual has accent on a/inverted question mark.