FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Summer A.Y. 2022-2023

Course Number: GEE 104

Course Description: This course is designed to give students additional knowledge and
understanding of other foreign languages like Spanish in particular. This offers basic
vocabularies, expressions, and principles on translation and formulation of words/sentences
necessary for establishing sound communication/conversation using the said language. It is
important to note that this course only offers an introduction to help students become aware of
other foreign languages. Hence, excellent fluency in the manner of speaking/teaching/studying
the said language should not be expected.

MODULE 1: SPANISH AS A LANGUAGE

Overview:

Spanish, also known as Español or Castillan, is part of the Indo-European family of

languages, which are spoken by more than a third of the world’s population. It is also the second
most learned and spoken language in the United States. Thus, having learned Spanish is of great
benefit or advantage to any endeavour being done globally.

This particular chapter gives you a glimpse on what are the components of the Spanish
Alphabet and some basic expressions that are commonly used in ordinary conversation.

Learning Objectives: At the end of the lesson the learners should be able to:

1.) Recite basic Spanish prayers

2.) Enumerate the Spanish Alphabet, diphthongs and triphthongs.
3.) Know basic spanish vocabularies
4.) Discuss and deliver some common expressions in Spanish with correct pronunciation.
5.) Construct basic Spanish sentences.

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BASIC SPANISH PRAYERS

Signum Crucis / Sign of the Cross:

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EN EL NOMBRE DEL PADRE, Y DEL HIJO, Y DEL ESPÍRITU SANTO.
AMÉN.

Our Father (The Lord’s Prayer):

Padre nuestro, que estás en el cielo.

Santificado sea tu nombre. Venga tu reino.

Hágase tu voluntad en la tierra como en el cielo.

Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada día.

Perdona nuestras ofensas,

como también nosotros perdonamos a los que nos ofenden.

No nos dejes caer en tentación y líbranos del mal.

Amén

Hail Mary:

DIOS TE SALVE, MARIA. LLENA ERES DE GRACIA:

EL SEÑOR ES CONTIGO. BENDITA TÚ ERES ENTRE TODAS LAS

MUJERES.

Y BENDITO ES EL FRUTO DE TU VIENTRE: JESÚS.

SANTA MARÍA, MADRE DE DIOS, RUEGA POR NOSOTROS

PECADORES,

AHORA Y EN LA HORA DE NUESTRA MUERTE. AMÉN.

Gloria al Padre / Glory Be / Gloria Patri:

GLORIA AL PADRE, AL HIJO Y AL ESPÍRITU SANTO. COMO ERA EN

EL PRINCIPIO, AHORA Y SIEMPRE, POR LOS SIGLOS DE LOS
SIGLOS. AMEN

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 EL ALFABETO ESPANOL
(The Spanish Alphabet)

A B C CH D E F G H I J K L LL M N Ñ O P Q R RR S T U V X Y Z (before year 2010)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N Ñ O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z (present)

The letters of the alphabet are pronounced in Spanish approximately as follows:

A as in father, task
B as in bell, bed, beckon
C as in thank
CH as in chess, chest, check
D as in dead, desk den
E as in element, emblem
F as in felt, fetter
G as in go
H ----- (silent in Spanish) as in
Heir, honor, honest
I as in ill, index
J as in hotel, home, hermit, habit
K as in Kodak, kin, kit
L as in let, lemon, less
LL as in million, billion, trillion
M as in men, mess, met
N as in nest, never, neck
Ñ as in onion, union, opinion
O as in or, open, of
P as in pen, per, pest
Q as in quintuplets, conquest,
R as in red, rent, rest
RR as in deterrent, horror, terrible,
S as in set, service, sell
T as in tell, tepid, tent
U as in bull, full, pull
V as in vent, ever, very
X as in six, mix, fix
Y as in yen, yell,
Z as in zigzag, zone, zest

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In Spanish, there are fourteen possible diphthongs:

Ai (ay) as in baile = dance

Au as in causa = cause
Ei (ey) as in reina = queen
Eu as in deuda = debt
Oi (oy) as in oigo = I hear
Ia as in viaje = trip
Ua as in cuatro = four
Ie as in bien = well
Io as in diosa = goddess
Uo as in cuota = quota
Ui as in buitre = vulture
Ou as in bou = fishing boat
Iu as in viuda = widow

A triphthong consists of a stressed strong vowel between two weak vowels. There are but four
possible combinations all of which end in “I” (written “y” in the final position.

Iai as in estudiais = you study

Uai (uay) as in fraguais = to forge
Iei as in principieis = may you begin
Uei (uey) as in continueis = may you continue