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Windows Media is the registered traclemark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries RealPlayer is a registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc.~ SPANISH FOR BEGINNERS Angela Wilkes Illustrated by John Shackell Designed by Roger Priddy Edited by Nicole Irving Language Consultant: Manuela Gomez CONTENTS 2 About this book 26 Telling the time 4 Saying ‘‘Hello”’ 28 Arranging things 6 What is your name? 30 Asking where places are 8 Naming things 10 Where do you come from? 12 More about you 14 Your family 16 Your home 18 Looking for things 20 What do you like? 22 Table talk 24 Your hobbies 32 34 36 38 40 41 42 46 Finding your way around Going shopping Shopping and going to a café The months and seasons Colours and numbers Pronunciation guide Grammar Answers to puzzles Glossary Handlettering by Jack PotterAbout this book Going abroad is much more fun if you can _is a lot easier than you might think. It speak a little of the language. This book teaches you the Spanish you will find shows you that learning another language _useful in everyday situations. You can find out how to... say what you like, How you learn Picture strips like this show _ yourself, then look up any The book starts with really you what to say in each words you do not know. easy things to say and gets situation. Read the speech Words and phrases are more difficult towards the bubbles andsee how much —_repeated again and again, to end. you can understand by help you remember them. 2New words All the new words you come across are listed on each double page, so you can look them up as you go along. If you forget any words you can look them up in the glossary on pages 46-48. *If you see an asterisk by a word, it means that there is a note about it at the bottom of the page. Internet links* At the top of each double page you will | find descriptions of useful websites for learning Spanish. For links to these sites, g0 to www.usborne-quicklinks.com and enter the keywords spanish for beginners. Practising your Spanish Write all the new words you learn in a notebook and try to learn a few every day. Keep going over them and you will soon remember them. Aska friend to keep testing you on your Spanish. Even better, ask someone to learn Spanish with you so that you can practise on each other. Grammar Boxes like this around words show where new grammar is explained. You will find Spanish easier if you learn some of its grammar, or rules, but don’t worry if you don’t understand it all straightaway. You can look up any of the grammar used in the book on pages 42-43. Puzzles Throughout this book there are puzzles and quizzes to solve (see answers on pages 44-45). You can also find picture puzzles to print out on the Usborne Quicklinks Website at www.usborne-quicklinks.com Try to get to Spain for your holidays, and speak as much Spanish as you can. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. No ‘one will mind. + For more information on using the Internet, see inside the front cover.Saying “Hello and Goodbye” The first thing you should ( know how to say in Hola, aL No Spanish is “Hello”. There como are different greetings for estas ? different times of day. Here you can find out what to say when. In Spain it is polite to add seftor, sefiora or sefiorita when you greet people you don’t know. You say sefior to men, sehora to women and sefiorita to girls. ine “Hello” — Saying “Hello | Buenos | [, _ Seat nae | ee Senos This is how to say “Hello” to This is more politeandmeans _This is how you say “Good your friends. “Have a good day”. evening” to someone. Saying “Goodbye” ( GH lasta me — > Saying “Goodnight” es lasta . ro Ia vista! > f iAdiés! | jAdiés! WC eee [Buenas | Us e,)/ XC eects Adiés means “Goodbye”. These are different ways of You say “Buenas noches” in saying “See you again”. the evening and at bedtime.Internet links For links to websites where you can listen to Spanish greetings and phrases to use when you meet people, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com {Hasta la vista, Pedro. | Hola, Marisa, \zcomo estas A He 2 ST ponte ng a wee | Hola, | (muy vien, | f Buenas if iNo muy Hola, écémo estas ? i { Sas? [ ganas Casta [__ bien! Ye Ye Lp This is howto greet someone This personis saying that she __.. .but this one is saying and ask how they are is fine, thank you... things aren’t too good. Como estas? This list shows you the different ways of saying how you are, from very well to terrible. What do you think each of the people here would say if you asked them how they were? muy bien bien bastante bien quite well nomuybien not very well muy mal terribleWhat is your name? Here you can find out how toask someone their name and tell them yours, and how to introduce your friends. Read the picture strip and see how much you.can understand. Then try doing the puzzles on the page opposite. New words yo 1 ta you a he ella she ellos they (male) ellas they (female) ycomo te what are Hamas? you called? ycémo se llama _ what is he ella? she called? ycémo se llaman what are they ellosiellas? called? yomellamo | am called élse llama he is called ellasellama she is called ellosiellas they are se llaman called aquién es? whois that? es that is mi amigo my friend (male) mi amiga my friend (female) ay ta? and you? si yes no no Ellos and ellas There are two words for “they” in Spanish: ellos and ellas. When you are talking about boys or men, you say ellos and when you are talking about girls or women, you say ellas. If you are talking about boys and girls or men and women together, you say ellos. 6 Buenos dos l(a. | aaa / 4 Ly th? fy como te ie (Alicia. ¥ ZY pee as (6 { ans mi ga. | Es mi amigo. \| eQuién nes] 9. Se llama Pedro. < LoInternet links For links to websites with fun interactive lessons where you can learn how to talk about yourself in Spanish, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com What are they called? Can you answer these questions in Spanish? ~~ Como se llama ("ac ea sais, | “Tamas é Como se ] llama ? Como se s llaman? Who is who? Can you answer the questions below the picture? | (Hola, 4 écomo 5 (Bien, gracias.| fs Adiés, Nicolas. estas? No, yo me llamo a Miguel. Sey) PF Gein te ‘a amas? } (Amalia, éy ti?) \ Who is talking meoRet Who is called Miguel? Who is called Ana? Who is talking to Amalia? Who is talking to him? Who is going home? Can you remember? You have a friend called Amalia. How would you introduce her to someone? How would you ask someone their name? How would you tell someone your friend is How would you tell them your name? called Daniel?Finding out what things are called Everything on this picture has its name on the bottom of the opposite page. You can it. See if you can learn the names for find out what el and la mean at the everything, then try the memory test at bottom of the page. . iv OF, , x. | Eland la words* ] | All Spanish nouns are either masculine or la before feminine (f) ones. Itis best to learn | feminine. The word you use for “the” shows __ which word to use with each noun. “A” or what gender the noun is. The word for “an” is un before el words and una before la “the” is el before masculine (m) nouns and words. | elSol sun elnido nest la ventana window el arbol tree el pajaro bird la puerta door | eltejado roof el garaje garage laflor flower el gato cat el coche car lacasa house el perro dog la chimenea chimney la verja fence | 8 7. ——— — el “The word for “the” is el, and not the same as the word for “he”, él, which has a stress mark. You can read more about stress marks on page 41. .Internet links For links to websites with activities and words to listen to, and an English-Spanish picture dictionary to view online, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com Asking what things are called Don’t worry if you don’t know what something is called in Spanish. To find out what it is just ask someone qué es esto? Look at the list of useful phrases below, then read the picture strip to see how to use them. aqué es esto? — whats that? Ss... thatis... también also enespanol _in Spanish en inglés in English Qué es esto en espanol ? fi a ee you remember? | Cover up the opposite page | and see ifyoucannameall of | ¢ these things in Spanish. Don’t forget to say whether they are el or lawords. puerta. |Where do you come from? Here you can find out how Where do you come from? to ask people where they come from. You can also find out how to ask if they Soy de é Donde vives? speak Spanish. Inglaterra. New words Vivo en idedénde — where do you Londres. eres? come from? soy de Icome from idonde vives? where do you live? Hlivein... do you speak ..? Ispeak... alittle Spanish English German — estelestaes this is (m/f) Mi amiga. nosotros/as_—_ we (m/f) @s de Francia. vosotros/as you (plural, m/f) Vive en ustedes you (polite) Paris. Countries Alemania Germany Inglaterra England Francia France laindia® India Escocia Scotland Austria Austria Espana Spain Hungria Hungary Do you speak Spanish? Si, hablo espaviol y un poco de ingles. éHablas espanol? Heinz habla aleman, inglés y espanol. 10 *The names of all these countries are feminine, but you normally only use la with India.Internet links For links to websites with online activities about nationalities and countries, and an interactive lesson on how to say where you come from, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com Who comes from where? These are the contestants for an international anyone comes from. Read about the Gancing competition. They have come from all__ contestants, then see if you can tell him what he ‘over the world. The compere does not speak —_wants to know. His questions are beneath the 2ny Spanish and does not understand where —_picture. Angus Estos son Marie Hari e Indira ; ene de 4 Pierre. Vienen vienen de la Yuri viene de Escocia de Francia cy India. Mga aot en they all come from ? Franz viene de , ‘Austria Esta es Lolita. . Viene de Espaiia. Where does Franz come from? Is there a Scottish contestant? What are the Indian contestants called? Where do Marie and Pierre come from? fs Lolita Italian or Spanish? Who lives in Budapest? Where is Budapest? Verbs (action words) | singular hablar tospeak | venir tocome Spanish verbs change ' yo hablo** speak vengo == come aecording to who is you ta hablas speak vienes come doing the action. you (pol)* usted habla speak viene come Verbs endinginar he/she ella habla speaks | viene comes follow the same plural pattern and have the we (m/f) nosotrosias | hablamos speak venimos come same endings as you (m/f) —_vosotros/as hablais speak venis come you (pol)* ustedes hablan speak vienen come they (mit) ellosiellas__| hablan speak vienen come ‘Can you remember? Can you say where you come from? How would you ask someone where they How do you say that you speak Spanish? come from? How would you ask someone if they can? “You can find out more about verbs on page 43, and about polite (pol) forms on page 30. n **Note that, in Spanish, you often don’t need to say “I”, “you”, “she”, etc. So, both yo hablo and hablo mean “I speak".More about you Here you can find outhow — How old are you? 7 to count up to 20, say how w ch tite = *D old you are and say how v Tengo doce aiios, ey ta? {Yo tengo (ar a many brothers and sisters NO you have. To say how old you are in Spanish, you say how many years you have. So if you are ten, you say Tengo diez aiios (I have ten years). New words iquéedad how oldare tienes? you? Tengo cinco am five i Id . itienes..2haveyou Have you any brothers and sisters? tengo Ihave in neo eee Si, tengo un hermano elhermano brother lahermana sister y una hermana. casi almost ni nor pero but Plural words Most Spanish nouns add an “3” in the plural (when you are talking about more than ‘one person or thing), e.g. hermano, hermanos. Those nouns ending in a consonant add “es”, e.g. ciudad, - ciudades. In the plural, the i Qué Mi hermano word for “the” is los for el ? tiene diez avios Yo no tengo words and las for la words. y mi hermana hermanos. lene_nueve Numbers** . B ios. 1 unojuna 11 once 2 dos 12 doce 3 tres 13. trece 4 cuatro 14 catorce 5 cinco 15 quince 6 seis 16 dieci a 4 7 siete = 17 di Sj 8 ocho 18 9 nueve 19° dieci 10 diez 20 i 2 *When you ask someone ;Tienes hermanos? this means “Have you any brothers or sisters?” **You will find a complete list of numbers on page 40.Internet link For a link to a website where you can meet a Spanish family and improve your language skils with online activities, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com How old are they? Read what these children are saying, then see if you can say how old they all are. fcr |[ ten || eee | [ acorns ince aros. le - ET bie ae vee catoree yueve aos. B aitos.. Miguel Diana y Silvia : luis Carmen How many brothers and sisters? Below you can read how many brothers and sisters the children have. Can you work out who has which brothers and sisters? Diana y Silvia tienen un hermano y dos hermanas. Rosa tiene tres hermanas y dos hermanos. Miguel tiene cinco hermanas, pero no tiene hermanos Luis tiene un hermano, pero no tiene hermanas. Pepe no tiene hermanos ni hermanas, pero tiene un perro. Useful verbs tohave ser* tobe Ihave yosoy tam you have (singular) ttieres you are (singular) you have (polite) usted es you are (polite) he/she/it has éliella es he/sheiit is we have nosotros/as somos we are you have (plural) vosotrosias sois you are (pl plural) you have (pl polite) ustedes son you are (polite) they have (mf) ellos/ellas son they are (rf) “Seris used on the next page, soit may help you to learn it now, BTalking about your family On these two pages you will learn lots of your family. You will also find out how to words which will help you to talk about say “my” and “your” and describe people. mi tio Esta es mi familia. mi perro Ut mi mi Madre hermano Who's who? iNo! Estos 4 son mis Natalia. abuelos. des tu hermano? | | hermano. New words la fami family latia aunt delgadofa. thin elabuelo —_grandfather los abuelos grandparents viejo/a old laabuela grandmother los padres parents. joven young el padre father alto/a tall rubio/a blond lamadre mother bajo/a short moreno/a dark-haired eltio uncle grueso/a fat carifioso/a friendly How to say “my” and “your” singular The word you use for “my” or pees “your” depends on whether youare talking about a singular or plural word.Internet link For a link to a website where you can listen to a Spanish conversation about families and play some vocabulary games, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com Describing your family ( Mi tio es | ————____, Wi madre es) grueso y mi tia a olga nade | alta y mi padre es | es delgada. @s baja. bajo. i abuelo es wy | Mi hermana es muy Viejo. Yo | i soy oven. | rubia. Mi hermano Describing words Most Spanish adjectives change their endings depending on whether they are describing an el or la word. They end in “o” in the masculine form, and this, changes to “a” in the feminine form.* Can you describe each of these people in Spanish, starting Eles.... or Ellaes..? “in the word list on page 14, you can see adjectives in the masculine form, followed by the “a” for the 5 seminine, e.g. alto/a. So the feminine is alta. You can find out more about adjectives on pages 42-43,Your home Here you can find out how to say what sort of home you live in and where it is. You can also learn what all the rooms are called. Apartamento? New words olu* or la casa house el apartamento small flat el piso large flat el castillo castle enlaciudad in the town enelcampo inthe country alaorilla by the sea del mar papa Dad mama Mum abuelito Grandad abuelita Granny elfantasma ghost donde estas? where are ou? elcuartode bathroom 10 elcomedor dining room eldormitorio bedroom lasalade estar living room la cocina kitchen elvestibulo hall arriba upstairs Town or country? Where do you live? i éVives en una) casa 0 en un *You only use u before words beginning with “o” or “ho”Internet link For a link to a website where you can watch a video of Spanish people describing where they live, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com Where is everyone? Pacscomes home and wants toknowwhere _abuelita est en la sala de estar. Then see if you =vexyone is. Look at the pictures and see if can answer the questions below the little ‘see can tell him where everyones, e.g. La pictures. ‘0 est Yo estoy Yo estoy en Yo estoy en el el dormitorio @ cuarto de bano. de Isabel. pS ‘ eal Abueliia Pedro Isabel ‘ | a Le =~ fond Yo estay en la Yo estoy en el | / sala estar. dormitorio. Simén el fantasma 2Quién estd en el comedor? eQuién esta en la cocina? Yo estoy ek “Quien est en el cuarto de el Yo estoy en el la cocina. comedor. bafio? 2Quién estd en el dormitorio? Donde esta la abuelita? "Donde esta el fantasma? {Donde esta el perro? "Donde esta Pedro? "Donde esta papa? (Look at the word list) How do you ask someone Can you remember howto Howwould you tell someone where they live? say “in the country”? you were upstairs? How do you ask whether they Can you remember howto How would you tell them you live in ahouse ora flat? say “in the town”? were in the kitchen?Looking for things Here you can find out how to ask someone what they are looking for and tell them where things are. You can also learn lots of words for things around the house. The missing hamster New words buscar to look for algo something hamster hamster encontrar —_to find lo himit sobre on debajode under detrasde behind delantede in frontof entre between alladode next to laalacena cupboard elarmario wardrobe labutaca armchair lacortina curtain la planta plant elestante shelf lamesa table laalfombra carpet el sofa sofa latelevisin _ television elteléfono _telephone el jarréi vase jaqui/alliesta! here/there itis! 3Elor ella? There is no special word for “it” in Spanish. You use él orella (“he” or “she”) depending on whether the word you are replacing is masculine or feminine. You use él to replace masculine words and ella to replace feminine ones. éEsta detras de la cortina? 2Esto es para el hamster? Si, es para él. 2Esto es para la tortuga? Si, es para ella. 8 Busco mi hamster. INo lo encuentro! __iAgui esta! jEntre las plantas!Internet links For links to websites where you can find online exercises and activities about ‘prepositions and learn more animal words, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com on or under? ry to learn these words by heart. Alladode an el word, e.g. al lado del sofa (next to the | changes to al lado del when you putitbefore sofa). Te EY CLEAN en detrasde delante de al lado de debajo de Sobre Where are they hiding? Seftor Lopez's six pets are hiding somewhere in the room, but he cannot find them. Can you tell him where they are in Spanish, using the words above? el hamster ‘gs el gatito la tortugaWhat do you like eating? Here you can find out What like? howto say what you like do,you like and don’t like. New words jle/te gusta?* do you like? me gusta Vike nome gusta** I don’t like aqué..? what. .? meencanta _I love enabsoluto —_notatall entonces then = mucho very much No, ni t loquemés the most pe me gusta en |) preferir to prefer 2 2 sobre todo best of all laensalada salad el pescado fish las patatas chips i Qué L é Qué le gusta, 7 re entontes? Mas casieest | lasalchicha sausage elfilete steak losespaguetis spaghetti comer toeat la pizza za lahamburguesa_ hamburger el arroz rice el pan bread el queso cheese mI ’ le gustan las yo también me too pata pat What do you like best? --. ¥ me gustan sobre todo los espaguetis. Me gustan wiucho las salchichas. BN 20 *Among friends, you ask “te gusta..?” but to be more polite, you would ask “jle gusta..?” +*You can read more about negatives on pages 42-43.Internet links For links to websites where you can learn how to talk about food you like to ‘at and find exercises and games on food words, go 10 www.usborne-quicklinks.com El come pan Y queso. What are they eating? Ella come patatas fritas. Como una neteaes, | | esclichar musica. instrumento? Si, yo toco el violin. Cover up the rest of the page and see if you Spanish, e.g. El juega al futbol. can say what all these people are doing in What are your hobbies?Telling the time Here you can find outhow —_ What is the time? to tell the time in Spanish. You can look up any é Qué hora numbers you don’t know on page 40. é Qué hora es? There is no word for “past” in Spanish; you just add the number of minutes to the hour: son las nueve y cinco (itis five past nine). To say “five to” you say menos cinco (less five): son las nueve menos cinco (it is Here is how to ask what the tim ine). is rete bine] The times... New words E> iquéhora es? whats the a7 time? g-——3) eslauna itis one 8, 4 o'clock 7 6 5 sonlasdos —_itistwo ateloek Son las nueve y Sonlasnuevey Son lasnuevey menos cinco) fiveto cinco. cuarto. media. y cuarto quarter past menos cuarto quarter to q y media half past 10 mediodia midday ¥ 3) medianoche midnight 865 Y delamafana _ in the morning delanoche —intheevening Sonlasdiezmenos Son las diezmenos__Es mediodia/ a at cuarto. cinco. medianoche. levantarse to get up . su his/her What time of day? desayunar —_to have breakfast almorzar to have lunch cenar tohave supper élva he goes al colegio to school alacama to bed ir (to go) yo voy Igo tavas you go (singular) usted va you go (s pol) ella va he/shelit goes nosotros/as vamos we go vosotros/as vais you go (plural) ustedes van you go (pl pol) \ ellosiellas van they go ‘on las seis de la mafana. Son las seis de la tarde. 26 *For one o'clock, midnight and midday, you use the singular verb, e.g. es la una y diez itis ten past one). For other times of day, you use the plural verb, e.g. son las tres y cuarto (it isa quarter past three).Marcos’ day Read what Marcos does throughout the day, then see if you can match each Internet links For links to websites where you can learn some useful phrases for telling the time, with online exercises and games, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com c d clock with the right picture. You can find ‘out what the answers are on pages 44-45. Pap Marcos se levanta a las. siete y media.* Alas nueve menos Almuerza** alas doce cuarto va al colegio. | y media. A las dos y diez juega al futbol. What time is it? Can you say in Spanish what times these clocks show? Alas cinco y cuarto ve | Alas sets cena. Se vaalacama alas latelevision. ocho y media. *Some verbs are formed from two parts. You can read about these on pages 42-43. 7 ~"To learn more about verbs like almorzar (verbs that sometimes change letters in their stem), see page 43.Arranging things Here is how to arrange Tennis things with your friends. i Vamos a jugar|{ éCudndo? | (Si, de acuerdo. New words al tenis? gvamos..? shall we go... ? : cuando? when? el martes on Tuesday porlamafana in the morning porlatarde in the afternoon porlanoche in the evening lapiscina swimming pool hacia at about hasta el martes until Tuesday hoy today hastamafana until tomorrow ts fare Ba tls evening acuerdo O.K. immi no puedo Ican't Swimming noes posible that’sno good (“3Vamosa la jauépenal it's apity! piscina el ira 10 goto a Z = elcine aie miércoles ? Flex, Muy / lafiesta party oe Days of the week domingo Sunday lunes Monday martes Tuesday miércoles Wednesday jueves Thursday viernes Friday sabado Saturday Going to the cinema dy maiiana? éHacia las ocho ? éVamos al cine esta tarde?Internet link For a link to a website where you can watch a slide show of Spanish Going to a party p.29 El viernes por la tarde voy a bailar con Jaime. Juego al tenis el lunes, el miércoles y el domingo. Voy al cine el miércoles por la tarde. No, toco el piano el martes. El domingo por la tarde juego al tenis. Esa las siete. p.33 2Cémo se vaa la plaza del mercado, por favor? Perdone, shay un café cerca de aqui? 2Esté lejos? Tome la tercera calle la izquierda, después siga todo recto. Tome la tercera calle a la derecha, después siga todo recto. El mercado esta la izquierda. To the school. p37 de plétanos y Quiero cuatro limones, un una pila. Cuatro limones cuestan un euro sesenta. Un kilo de platanos cuesta un euro setenta. Una pifia cuesta dos euros. una pifia. los melocotones. las uvas. un limén p.39 El cumpleafios de Marisa es el dos de abril. El cumpleafios de Armando es el veintiuno de junio. El cumpleafios de Elena es el dieciocho de octubre. El cumpleafos de Clara es la treinta y uno de agosto. El cumpleafios de Carlos es el tres de marzo. El cumpleafios de Roberto es el siete de septiembre. p40 Lacalle es gri EI Sol es amarillo. El tejado es naranja. Elcielo es azul. Las flores son rosas. El perro es marrén. El pajaro es negro. El coche es rojo. Los drboles son verdes. La casa es blanca. 45Glossary Adjectives are shown in their masculine singular form. In general, you change the masculine ending 0 to ato make them feminine. aladerecha alaizquierda ala orilla del mar api abril laaficion agosto el agua allado de ia alacena el albergue juvenil aleman ‘Alemania laalfombra algo mas? algun alguna cosa or algo alli, el almuerzo alto el amigo, la amiga elano el apartamento aproximadamente aqui el arbol elarmario arriba blanco jBuen provecho! buenas noches buenas tardes buenos dias buscar labutaca el buzon la cabina telefénica cada uno elcafé at, to on the right on the left by the sea on foot April grandmother Granny Grandad grandfather grandparents hobby August water next to cupboard youth hostel German Germany carpet anything else? any something over there lunch tall yellow friend (mi) year flat about here tree wardrobe upstairs ‘Austria blue todance bank good, well white Enjoy your meal! good evening, good night good afternoon hello, good morning to look for armchair post box telephone box each (one) café, coffee lacalle lacama el camping ‘carifioso lacarne la carniceria lacasa casi el castillo lacena cerca de aqui la chimenea el chocolate el cielo elcine lacoca-cola el coche lacocina el colegio el comedor comer cmo estis? 4cémo te lamas? ‘comprar construir cosas lacortina costar(ue) cuando? ycuanto? el cuarto de bano lacuenta el cumpleafios de acuerdo de nada ade donde? debajo de delante de delgado el deporte el desayuno después detras de diciembre el domingo idénde? el dormitorio al en el campo en espanol ena ciudad encantar encontrar(ue) enero laensalada entonces entre street bed campsite friendly meat butcher's house almost castle supper, dinner nearby chimney chocolate sky coca-cola car kitchen to. cook school dining room toeat how are you? what is your name? tobuy with to make things curtain tocost when? how much? bathroom bill birthday OK. not at all in answer to“gracias") from where? under in front of thin sport breakfast then behind December Sunday where? bedroom the (masculine) in in the country in Spanish in the town tolove, like alot tofind January salad then betweenEscocia escuchar los espaguetis Espana ‘espaol Iaestacion elestante esto, esta la familia cl fantasma la farmacia febrero elfilete la flor Francia frente a lafruta el futbol elgaraje la gasolinera elgatito elgato firar sracias aris sgrueso sustar hablar hacer la hamburguesa el himster hasta hasta la vista hasta pronto hay cel helado la hermana/el hermano iHola! et hotel hoy ‘el huevo Hungria imposible laindia Inglaterra ingles elinvierno ide compras eljamon eljarron joven (pl. jovenes) Scotland tolisten to spaghetti Spain Spanish station bookshelf this (rf) family ‘ghost chemist’s February steak flower France opposite fruit football garage petrol station kitten cat totum thank you grey fat tolike to speak tomake, todo hamburger hamster as faras goodbye see you soon there is, there are sister/brother Hil! Hello! hotel today 88 Hungary that’s no good India England English winter togo to go shopping ham vase young Thursday to play (games) July June Internet link For a link to a website where you can find an online English-Spanish dictionary, go to www.usborne-quicklinks.com elkilo la laleche leer lejos levantarse ellibro ellitro lo mejor ellunes lamadre mal lamamé lamafana la mantequilla lamanzana elmartes mas mayo lamedianoche el mediodia mejor el melocotén el mercado el mes la mesa ri, mis el miércoles el minuto rmirar mucho muy nadar naranja lanaranja rnaturalmente negro elnido laoficina de turismo elotorio elpadre los padres elpajaro kilo the (feminine) milk toread far toget up book lemon lemonade litre best Monday mother bad Mum morning tomorrow butter apple brown Tuesday March more, most May me midnight noon, midday better peach less market month table my (singular/plural) Wednesday minute towatch dark-haired alot, much, many very to swim orange (colour) orange (fru of course black nest no evening, night November October post office tourist office autumn father parents bird 47bread baker's bread roll Dad chips cake small excuse me budgie but puppy dog fish peseta (Spanish money) Piano Pineapple topaint pizza plant banana market place please Spring first door what? it'sapity! cheese who? would you like red rose pink blond Saturday living room. sausage second Mr. Sir Mrs. Miss tobe (from) snake yes with pleasure always fon top of best of all elsofa el Sol suficiente el supermercado también latarde la tarieta postal la tarta/tarta de frutas alte eltejado tejer el teléfono latelevision tener (ie) tener... afos tener hambre eltenis tercero latia la tienda de comestibles eltio tocar todo recto tomar cel tomate latortuga tu, tus wun, una lasuvas el vaso vender venir (ie) laventana el verano verde laverdura laverja zzumo de naranja sofa sun his, hers, its enough, quite supermarket also, too afternoon posteard tarvruit tart tea roof toknit telephone television tohave tobe... years old tobe hungry tennis third aunt grocers uncle toplay (instrument) straight ahead totake tomato tortoise your (singular/plural) a,an (m,f) grapes glass (for drinking) tosell tocome window summer green vegetable fence hall old Friday tolive and orange juice First published in 1987 by Usborne Publishing Lid, 83-85 Saffron Hill, London ECIN 8RT, England. wiww.usborne.com ‘Copyright © 2001, 1987 Usborne Publishing Lid. 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