Spanish for Beginners Pedro 1-25: Spanish for Beginners Pedro, #1

By Pedro Fernández Fanjul

Speak Spanish! Communicate in this beautiful language from the very beginning! This is what I promise you will do with my help.

 

This eBook includes the first 25 printouts of my Podcast Spanish for Beginners Pedro. You may listen to the podcasts and follow each episode reading along in this eBook.

 

This course encourages you to ACTIVELY use the language from the first episode.

 

Each chapter contains a short grammar explanation, the necessary vocabulary and phrases from everyday life arranged in increasing complexity. Listening to the explanations and the authentic sample phrases, and repeating these phrases after me will help you learn conversational Spanish step by step. Each episode is followed by a set of exercises and keys to help you check your own progress.

 

How to use this book

 

If you really want to improve your Spanish, listen along and

• repeat what the teacher says,
• answer the questions the teacher asks,
• translate the authentic phrases that you hear, and
• do all the exercises that come with each chapter.

You do not need any previous knowledge. We begin with the greetings and we move forward at an easy pace through the different topics:

• Greetings / Introducing oneself and others / Talking about family, age, physical characteristics, personality traits, health, sports, daily activities, and much more
• Verbs in the following tenses: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Future and Present Perfect
• Question words and basic connectors

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pedro Fernández Fanjul
• Release date: Feb 23, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393629016

Pedro Fernández Fanjul

My name is Pedro Fernández Fanjul, the author of the Spanish for Beginners Podcast series. I have been teaching Spanish and Latin for more than 30 years in three different countries. I was born in Asturias, Spain. At university I studied Classical Languages and Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language. After teaching several years in Spain, in 1999 I moved to the USA where I taught Spanish and Latin. In 2014 I moved to Austria where I have my own teaching company. After having taught thousands of students, I am convinced that every person can learn and be fluent in a foreign language. It takes some effort, but the reward is enormous.

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Introduction

Speak Spanish! Communicate in this beautiful language from the very beginning! This is what I promise you will do with my help.

This eBook includes the first 25 printouts of my Podcast Spanish for Beginners Pedro. You may listen to the podcasts and follow each episode reading along in this eBook.

This course encourages you to ACTIVELY use the language from the first episode.

Each chapter contains a short grammar explanation, the necessary vocabulary and phrases from everyday life arranged in increasing complexity. Listening to the explanations and the authentic sample phrases, and repeating these phrases after me will help you learn conversational Spanish step by step. Each episode is followed by a set of exercises and keys to help you check your own progress.

How to use this book

If you really want to improve your Spanish, listen along and

-  repeat what the teacher says,

-  answer the questions the teacher asks,

-  translate the authentic phrases that you hear, and

-  do all the exercises that come with each chapter.

You do not need any previous knowledge. We begin with the greetings and we move forward at an easy pace through the different topics:

✓  Greetings / Introducing oneself and others / Talking about family, age, physical characteristics, personality traits, health, sports, daily activities, and much more

✓  Verbs in the following tenses: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Future and Present Perfect.

✓  Question words and basic connectors

If you have any questions, you can always send an email to me. I will be very happy to answer your question.

LECCIÓN UNO

Saludos - Greetings

Hola, buenos días, buenas tardes, buenas noches. Español uno, español inicial.

Gramática y vocabulario

Hoy vamos a ver presentaciones, saludos y despedidas. 

- Yo soy María.

- Encantado.

- Hola, Carlos, ¿cómo estás?

- Muy bien, muchas gracias. ¿Y tú?

- Yo estoy bien también.

- Buenos días, Carmen. ¿Qué tal estás?

- Estoy bien, ¿y tú?

- Muy bien.

¿Qué tal estás?, ¿Cómo estás? similar, son similares.

Me llamo Pedro, tú te llamas Carlos, ella se llama María.

- ¿Cómo te llamas?

- Me llamo María. ¿Y tú?

- Yo me llamo Carlos.

También se puede decir We can say too También se puede decir Mucho gusto, mucho gusto.

Bien. Esos son los saludos.

¿Cómo se despide una persona?, ¿Cómo dice adiós una persona?

¡Adiós!, Buenas tardes, Hasta luego, Hasta la vista, Nos vemos.

Ejercicios

1. Traduce estas oraciones. Translate the following sentences.

a. My friend´s name is Antonio.

b. My name is Pedro, and yours?

c. Nice to meet you, Susana. See you tomorrow!

d. My parents´ names are Sol and León.

e. Good morning, my friend! How are you doing?

f. Your name is Toni, and her name is Carmen. Is that correct?

2. Traduce estas oraciones.

a. Mi jefe se llama Andrés.

b. ¿Cómo se llama tu amiga? 

c. Mucho gusto, Roberto. ¡Hasta luego!

d. Yo estoy bien también. Muchas gracias.

e. Mis amigos se llaman Pepa y Carlos.

f. ¿Qué tal estás?

3. Traduce esta conversación. Translate the following conversation.

- Hi! How are you doing?

- I am fine. And you?

- I am doing very well. I am sorry. Your name is...?

- My name is Pedro. What is your name?

- My name is Clara. Nice to meet you, Pedro.

- Nice to meet you, Clara.

4. ¿Qué palabras necesitamos? What words do we need?

- Buenos ____________________. ¿Cómo te ____________________?

- Hola. Buenos ____________________. Me ____________________ Verónica.

- ____________________, Verónica. Yo ____________________ llamo Leonardo.

- ____________________, Leonardo.

- Tengo que irme. (I have to go). ¡ ____________________ mañana, Verónica!

- ¡ ____________________, Leonardo!

5. Traduce estas frases. Translate the following sentences. You may need to review the vocabulary about family members first.

a. My father´s name is José and my sister´s and my mother´s name is Carmen.

b. My friends´ names are Luisa and Leopoldo.

c. My wife´s name is Eva, and my name is Pedro.

d. The name of the female teacher is María and the name of the male teacher is Teodoro.

e. My cousins´ names are Teresa and Rodolfo.

f. The names of the police officers are Pepe and Lorena.

Soluciones

1.

2.

3.

4.

- Buenos días. ¿Cómo te llamas?

- Hola. Buenos días. Me llamo Verónica.

- Encantado, Verónica. Yo me llamo Leonardo.

- Encantada, Leonardo.

- Tengo que irme. (I have to go). ¡Hasta mañana, Verónica!

- ¡Adiós / Hasta mañana / Hasta luego, Leonardo!

5.

a. Mi padre se llama José y mi hermana y mi madre se llama Carmen.

b. Mis amigos se llaman Luisa y Leopoldo.

c. Mi mujer se llama Eva y yo me llamo Pedro.

d. La profesora se llama María y el profesor se llama Teodoro.

e. Mis primos se llaman Teresa y Rodolfo.

f. Los policías se llaman Pepe y Lorena.

¡Muchas gracias! ¡Hasta mañana!

LECCIÓN UNO, B

Preguntas básicas. Números 1-10. Alfabeto.

Preguntas básicas para comunicar

Por ejemplo:

Números del uno al diez

cero [thero] o [sero], We can pronounce it both ways, [thero] o [sero].

Both are correct / Los dos son correctos, ¿sí?

Son los números del uno al diez.

dos más dos: cuatro / tres más tres: seis / cuatro más cinco: nueve

El alfabeto

Y, el alfabeto en español, ¿cómo es el alfabeto en español?

Reviews for Spanish for Beginners Pedro 1-25

[Eva · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great booklet! I used it together with the podcasts (links included that take you directly to the podcasts). I learnt a lot and, for the first time in my life, I enjoyed it. The guy has a very agreeable way to ease up the necessary grammar explanations.