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Las mayúsculas

Las mayúsculas. When do we use them in English?. First letter of the sentence. I went to the club last night. Names of places, people, organizations, etc. M exico M ary U niversity of T exas Adjectives that determine origin S panish J apanese.

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Las mayúsculas

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  1. Las mayúsculas

  2. When do we use them in English? First letter of the sentence. • I went to the club last night. Names of places, people, organizations, etc. • Mexico • Mary • University of Texas Adjectives that determine origin • Spanish • Japanese Names of movies, books, etc. ONLY the first word of each letter. Finding Nemo • Star Wars Names of holidays. ONLY the first letter of each word. • Valentine’s Day • Independence Day

  3. In Spanish 8 rules

  4. When do we use them in Spanish? Rule 1: At the beginning of the sentence. • Ella es soltera. Rule 2: Names such as: • Animals  Rocco • People  Evelyn • Things  computadora Mac • Places  Los Angeles • Institutions  Simon Tech You must write in lower case the generic nouns that are in front of nouns Examples: • calle Cuatro • isla de Toro • río Nilo

  5. When do we use them in Spanish? Rule 3: With the names of officials that are referring to a specific person and it is not before the name. Examples: • el Rey  el rey Juan Carlos • el Presidente  el presidente Obama

  6. When do we use them in Spanish? Rule 4: When referring to certain people with titles, specially in abbreviated form. Examples: • su Excelencia • Señora García (Sra.) • Licenciado (Lic.)

  7. When do we use them in Spanish? Rule 5: Names of holidays Examples: • Día de Independencia • Navidad

  8. When do we use them in Spanish? Apart from the first letter, only proper names are capitalized. Ecamples: • En busca de Nemo • El Zorro • Olvidándose Sarah Marshal Rule 6: With the first letter of the title of plays, movies and books Examples: • La casa en Mango Street • Cuando era puertorriqueña • Como agua para chocolate

  9. When do we use them in Spanish? Rule 7: Every letter for newspaper and magazine titles. Examples: • La Prensa Libre • Hoy • La Opinión

  10. When do we use them in Spanish? Rule 8: With initials or acronyms of organism, nations, companies. Examples: • CIA • EE.UU. • FBI

  11. When DON’T we use them? We use lower case for: • days of the week • months • seasons • languages • nationalities • religions • school subjects

  12. A ver si entiendes Vamos a usar las tablas

  13. A ver si entiendes • juan jiménez Juan Jiménez

  14. A ver si entiendes 2. calle manchester calle Manchester

  15. A ver si entiendes 3. señora evans señora Evans

  16. A ver si entiendes 4. ee.uu. EE.UU.

  17. A ver si entiendes 5. un presidente Así es correcto

  18. A ver si entiendes 6. presidente obama presidente Obama

  19. A ver si entiendes 7. el presidente el Presidente

  20. A ver si entiendes 8. lea un artículo de hoy. Lea un artículo de Hoy.

  21. A ver si entiendes 9. La canción de café tacuba se llama esa noche. La canción de Café Tacuba se llama Esa noche.

  22. A ver si entiendes 10. cinco de mayo Cinco de Mayo

  23. A ver si entiendes 11. el cinco de mayo el cinco de mayo

  24. A ver si entiendes 12. la clase de cálculo Así es correcto.

  25. A ver si entiendes 13. maría es católica. María es católica.

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