Master Conversational Spanish: Beginner Webinar Insights
Dive into the world of conversational Spanish with beginner-friendly insights on greetings, pronunciation, stressed syllables, vowels, diphthongs, and letter sound patterns. Learn essential language nuances and techniques to enhance your Spanish communication skills.
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Week 1 Welcome to the Conversational Spanish for Beginners Webinar! If you can see this welcome message, you have successfully joined the webinar. When the Join Meeting Audio opens, choose Use Skype for Business (full audio and video experience) and click OK. If you can t hear the instructor, call the toll-free number below: Toll-free number: 888-858-6021 Conference ID: 2790433826 Once you join the meeting audio, please mute your phone/microphone to eliminate any background noise. To mute your microphone, click on the microphone icon in the Skype window. To unmute your phone/microphone, click on the microphone icon again. Please be prepared to respond to the instructor s questions via the Skype IM/Conversation tool. To open the Conversation panel, click on the white cartoon bubble icon in the Skype window. Type your responses at the bottom of the Conversation panel. Then, press the ENTER key to send your response.
What is your name? Cu l es su nombre? Mi nombre es ____.
What is your name? C mo se llama? (What do you call yourself?) Me llamo ____. (I call myself)
Stressed Syllables Any part of a word with an accent mark ( ) - informaci n Last syllable - realidad (Exception) words ending in a vowel, n ,or s, the next to the last syllable is stressed - justifica
Los Vocales (The vowels) a e (eh) i (ee) O u El burro sabe m s que t .
Diphthongs ei /hey/ reina hacia er /air/ mujer eu /eew!/ Europa ciudad ai /eye/ aire au /ow/ aunque ia /yah/ oi /coin/ coincidir oy /toy/ oye ua /water/ agua ue /where/ abuelo ui /wee/ cuidado iu /you/ Diphthongs combine the two vowels you see into one syllable. To practice pronouncing a diphthong, make the sound for the first vowel, and then the second one. Then repeat faster and faster until it sounds like one syllable.
/s/ before e or i /k/ elsewhere C ciudad carro
/ks/ cc acci n
/d/ at the start of word or after l or n /th/ elsewhere d donde nada
/h/ before e or i /g/ elsewhere g gigante
silent h hola
/h/ j jam n
/jy/ or /y/ ll calle
/ny/ espa ol
/k/ qu quince 15
/r/ r pero
/rrrr/ rr perro
Soft /b/ v vaca
/s/ z zapato
Review: el alfabeto Consonant Sounds like v d soft /b/ /d/ (beginning & after l & n ), /th/ (elsewhere) /y/ or /jy/ /h/ (silent) /rrrr/ vaca, viernes donde, s bado ll j h rr cuchillo, caballo junio, julio, jueves hola, hot l perro, burro, correr zapato, marzo, coraz n z /s/
Cognates Words that look and sound similar in English and Spanish (color color) Pronounce the following cognates.
El libro es ______. (The book is _____.) importante interestante diferente necesario excelente dif cil f cil
Necesito tener ____. (I need ___.) informaci n una celebraci n una conversaci n educaci n la inspiraci n ci n = tion
____ la respuesta. (____ the answer.) Identifica Justifica Simplifica Verifica Confirma
l/ella _____ hace su tarea. (He/she ___ does homework.) Felizmente Generalmente Normalmente Frecuentemente Deliberadamente Absolutamente R pidamente mente = ly
Necesito ms _____. (I need more _____.) autoridad realidad velocidad libertad dad = ty
