La Lección del Repaso

1. La Lección del Repaso Antes de entrar en la clase de Español IV, necesita saber esta información.

2. Los Números

3. Los Números • The number uno(one) and numbers ending in –uno, such as veintiuno, have more than one form. Before masculine nouns, unoshortens to un. Before feminine nouns, unochanges to una. • ¡Atención! The forms unoand veintiunoare used when counting (uno, dos, tres... veinte, veintiuno, veintidós...). They are also used when the number follows a noun, even if the noun is feminine: la lecciónuno • To ask how many people or things there are, use cuántosbefore masculine nouns and cuántasbefore feminine nouns.

4. Los Números • The Spanish equivalent of both there is and there are is hay. Use ¿Hay...? to ask Is there...? or Are there...? Use no hay to express there is not or there are not.

5. Los Números

6. Los Números

7. Los Números • Y is used in most numbers from 31 through 99. Unlike numbers 21–29, these numbers must be written as three separate words. • With numbers that end in uno(31, 41, etc.), unobecomes un before a masculine noun and unabefore a feminine noun.

8. Los Números • As shown in the chart, Spanish uses a period to indicate thousands and millions, rather than a comma as used in English.

9. Los Números • Cienis used before nouns and in counting. The words un, una, and unoare never used before cienin Spanish. Cientois used for numbers over one hundred. • The numbers 200 through 999 agree in gender with the nouns they modify.

10. Los Números • The word mil, which can mean a thousand and one thousand, is not usually used in the plural form when referring to numbers. • Un millón(a million or one million), has the plural form millones, in which the accent is dropped. • ¡Atención! When millónor millonesis used before a noun, the word de is placed between the two: 1.000.000 de hombres = un millón de hombres 12.000.000 de aviones = docemillones de aviones.

11. Los Números • To express a complex number (including years), string together its component parts.

12. La Hora • In both English and Spanish, the verb to be (ser) and numbers are used to tell time. • To ask what time it is, use ¿Qué hora es? • Whentelling time, use es + la withuna and son + las withallotherhours. Es la una Son las dos Son las siete • As in English, youexpress time fromthehour to thehalf-hour in Spanishbyadding minutes. Son las cinco y dieciséis Son las tres y cinco

13. La Hora • You may use either y cuartoor y quince to express fifteen minutes or quarter past the hour. For thirty minutes or half past the hour, you may use either y media or y treinta.

14. La Hora • You express time from the half-hour to the hour in Spanish by subtracting minutes or a portion of an hour from the next hour.

15. La Hora • To ask at what time a particular event takes place, use the phrase ¿A quéhora (…)? • To state at what time something takes place, use the construction a la(s) + time.

16. La Hora • Here are some useful words and phrases associated with telling time.

19. El Tiempo- ¿Quétiempohace?

20. El Tiempo *** Other weather expressions use ESTAR.**** Está nublado Está nevando Está lloviendo Nevar (e-ie) Llover(o-ue)

21. La Fecha, Los Días, Los Meses y Las Estaciones • Para la fecha, usa la forma: Es el # de mes Es el ocho de junio. Es el veintitres de septiembre. **Es el primero de agosto. CORRECTO **Es el uno de agosto. INCORRECTO

22. Los Días de la Semana • Usa el articuloel • Not capitalized

23. Los Meses del Año

24. Las Estaciones del Año