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| ¡Buenos
días! ... |
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...
o posiblemente: ¡Buenas
tardes! |
|
| Depende
en la hora ... |
| (It)
depends - on - the hour ... |
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¿Qué
número es? |
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|
| Now
you have a "question
word." |
|
¿Qué?
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| Whenever
you hear or see ... "¿Qué es?" |
| ...the
question is "What is (it)?" |
|
| Now,
... there isn't a word for "it"
in Spanish, cuz "its" don't
exist. |
|
Get
that through your head. |
| That's
an English word, for an English concept, that DOES NOT exist
in Spanish. |
All
nouns in Spanish are masculine
or feminine. |
| But
there's no such thing as an "IT." |
| So,
... |
| Back
to the basic question ... |
|
"¿Qué
es?" = "What is (it)?" |
|
| But
the REAL question here is: |
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¿Qué
número es? |
|
| This
question asks: |
|
What
number is (it)? |
|
| The
"it" is thrown in there to make the English make sense. |
| The
correct response here in Spanish would be: |
| For
"3"
it would be: Es el número tres. |
| For
"5"
it would be: Es el número cinco. |
| For
"9"
it would be: Es el número nueve. |
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|
In
these answers you're saying: "(It) is the number
[#]. |
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|
| Go
back to Day 4,
and go through the numbers exercise there, using this formula
to identify the numbers. |
| You
won't hear the entire response that you're giving, but you
can't get this part wrong! |
| You
may want to go ahead and annotate that the question: |
|
¿Qué
es? |
|
| ...
also is the equivalent of the English: |
|
What
is it !?! |
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Huh?
Wotcha want? |
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Now
what is it ... ? |
| ...
or however it is you talk. |
|
| Keep
reviewing the sounds. |
| Go
over and over and over the numbers ... 0-9. |
| Say
as many telephone numbers as you know OUT LOUD in Spanish. |
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And
... come back mañana.
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Starting Points in Language
Study:
The concept of IT does not exist in Spanish.
There is NO WORD for IT in Spanish. Never. Never ever.
Nunca.
All things in the Spanish-speaking universe
are either masculine or feminine. Nothing is neuter in
gender. Never. Never ever. Nunca.
Notice
that a question in Spanish starts off with an upside-down
question mark: ¿. This lets you
know right off the bat that the enclosed verbage is indeed
a question. You don't have to wait until the end to realize
that what you're reading is a question.
Oh, ... and the question ends with a
regular question mark ... |
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