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Please play your audio marked Lesson Two - Advanced Pronunciation.

Follow the instructions that are given to you on the audio by Ricardo.¡Como siempre, quiero que abras la boca, hables alto y hables con pasion!

la deuda

la ganancia

las finanzas

el bebe / la bebe

el higado

la plancha

el pais

el proceso

la mercancia

la frazada

la cantidad

los frenos

el motor

la administracion

el servicio

el puente

el trato / el negocio

el descuento

el porcentaje

la muestra

la ventana

el sobre

molestar

aplicar

pintar

reducir

callarse

confesar

aconsejar

cubrir

sonar

toser

solamente

ocupado

ancho

angosto

Paso UnoPronunciation

AUDIO

¡Si, termine de pronunciar las palabras y estoy muy feliz!

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AUDIO

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Paso DosVocabulary Building

Paso TresSentence Structure

Favor de usar las Tarjetas de Retencion para la Leccion Dos y practicar con las palabras 10 veces.

Yo termine de usar las Tarjetas de Retencion 10 veces por cada palabra.

Please play your audio marked Lesson One - Advanced Instruction. Follow the instructions on the audio.

Hoy vamos a aprender tres cosas importantes...

• como decir “could have” en espanol,• como escribir una carta y un “email” en espanol y• como usar “mayusculas” (capital letters) y “minusculas” (small letters).

¡Te va a gustar esta leccion porque es muy buena y como todo, muy facil!

Como formar “could have”

Para hacer esto se necesitan tres pasos...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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A. Use the conditional of “poder.”

B. Use the full verb "haber" after the use of "podria."

C. Use a past participle.

It looks like this:

“podria” + “haber” + a past participle

Vamos a tomar el ejemplo mas famoso del mundo.

You could have done that.

Podrias haber hecho eso.

Juana could have read the book at her office.

Juana podria haber leido el libro en su oficina.

The employees could have done a better job.

Los empleados podrian haber hecho un mejor trabajo.

This Spanish course couldn’t have been better!

¡Este curso de espanol no podria haber sido mejor!

POREJEMPLO

yo podria

tu podrias

usted, el, ella podria

nosotros podriamos

ustedes, ellos, ellas podrian

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Como formar “could have”

A. Here are some greetings and closings...

“Dear”...

“Estimado” if a man “Estimada” if a woman “Estimados” if more than one man or a mixed group “Estimadas” if more than one woman “To whom it may concern” “A quien interese” “Sincerely” “Sinceramente” “Atentamente” (“Atentamente” is more common.)

“With love” “Con amor” “Con carino”

“Hugs and kisses” “Besos y abrazos”

B. Here is some general advice about writing letters and emails in Spanish.

• Follow the same structural rules that you use in English.

• If you are writing a business letter and don't know the person well, use "usted" rather than "tu."

• Follow the same rules of etiquette that you would use in English.

• Learn how to use capital letters correctly.

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C. If you’re verbally giving your email address to someone in Spanish, spell out the letters. You can find the Spanish alphabet in Appendix C at the end of this manual.

D. To say “@” in Spanish, say “arroba.”

To say “.” in Spanish, say “punto.”

To say “com” in Spanish, say “com.”

My email is... [email protected] It would be said...rgonzalez...arroba...spanishpower...punto...com (This is not Ricardo’s e-mail address)

When to use capital letters

There are a few things to know here.

• English uses capitalization more frequently than Spanish. Because ofthis it is easier to learn what not to capitalize in Spanish rather than learning what to capitalize.

• If it’s not on the following list that tells you what not to capitalize, then do what you would do in English.

• “en minuscula” means “in small letters,” and “en mayuscula” means “in capital letters.”

Here are the times to leave the words “en minuscula.” In other words, here are the times that you do not capitalize a word in Spanish that is normally capitalized in English....

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A. Los dias de la semana (The days of the week)

domingo, lunes, martes, miercoles, jueves, viernes, sabado

B. Las estaciones del ano (The seasons of the year) la primavera, el verano, el otono, el invierno

C. Los nombres de razas (The names of races)

hispano, afro-americano, indio, asiatico, etc.

D. Los nombres de los idiomas (The names of languages)

el ingles, el espanol, el japones, etc. E. El pronombre “yo” (The pronoun “I”)

F. Los dias feriados (Holidays) navidad, dia de la independencia, dia de la madre, etc.

G. Las nacionalidades (Nationalities) mexicano, puertorriqueno, norteamericano, latinoamericano, etc.

H. El puesto de personas importantes (Position of Important People)

el presidente, el embajador, el ministro de educacion, etc.

I. Los articulos antes de nombres de paises, estados o lugares importantes.

los Estados Unidos, la Casa Blanca, la Florida, el Peru, etc.

Well, there you have it. A comprehensive list of what you don't capitalize in Spanish that you do capitalize in English.


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Measurements

I just want to mention here quickly that in Appendix D of this manual there is a great section on communicating different measurements. I think that it would be very helpful for you to begin learning how to give measurements properly.

Also, in regards to measurements, there is one word that is really important to understand and it is the word “medio.”

“Medio” means “half” and can be used either in the measurement of things or also in time, when talking about “half an hour.” Here are a few examples of this, so that this is clear for you....

Half an hour Media hora

In that "medio" is an adjective and "hora" is feminine, you change "medio" to "media" in this instance.

Half a cup Media taza

The same thing applies here. "Taza" is feminine so you change "medio" to "media."

Half a glass Medio vaso

In this case "vaso" is masculine so you leave it "medio."

There is one fun thing that is used as an expression with “medio” and it is the saying, “media naranja.” Literally, this means “half an orange.” As an expression it refers to your sidekick or your spouse.

"Cecilia es mi media naranja."

Another common expression is “medio, medio” which is used to say either “half way” when talking about a job not being done well or to mean “so, so” when talking about how someone feels.

"Rafael hizo ese trabajo medio, medio."

¿Como esta hoy? Medio, medio porque perdi mi trabajo.

Some people confuse the words "medio" and "mitad." The difference is that "medio" is used to give measurement and means "half," and "mitad" is used to express the idea of "being half way done with something" or "in the middle of something."

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POREJEMPLO

POREJEMPLO

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They are in the middle of the project.

Ellos estan a la mitad del proyecto.

We are in the middle of this lesson.

Estamos a la mitad de esta leccion.

The children are half way done with the game.

Los ninos estan a la mitad del juego.

You can see that you say “a la mitad” to say in the middle of something. There is more to the use of “medio” and “mitad,” but for now that will allow you to express most things correctly.

• Quiero que revises esta leccion al menos tres veces antes de seguir al paso numero cuatro.

Debes hacer los ejercicios escritos ahora. Quiero que escribas cinco ejercicios y que los revises.

1. Rosa could not have put that stamponhernose. _______________________________________________________________

2. Her desire could not have been to be fired, but it was her supervisor’s desire. _______________________________________________________________

3. Manuel could have made that telephone call to his best friend when he was playing in the yard._______________________________________________________________

4. Maria and Carlos could have brought the napkins before serving the turkey. _____________________________________________________________________

5. Roberto could have done exercises with his supervisor after the movies. _____________________________________________________________________

6. Could the players have played the game in the snow with an umbrella? _____________________________________________________________________

Paso CuatroWriting and Revision

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7. Could you (ustedes) have been ready to (in order to) go to the beach if you had not slept well last night?_____________________________________________________________________

8. Who could have paid more attention in the class on (from) Friday?_____________________________________________________________________

9. Could Laura have met with the buyer of the house in the winter?_____________________________________________________________________

10. Could the policeman have investigated the newspaper on that date?_____________________________________________________________________

11. ¿Podriamos habernos divertido si el clima hubiera estado frio y con nieve? Si,..._____________________________________________________________________

12. ¿Podria habernos ensenado Jesucristo mejores cosas? No,..._____________________________________________________________________

13. ¿Podria haber horneado ella el biftec con salsa y papas en el horno del barco? No,..._____________________________________________________________________

14. ¿Podria haber llenado Marisa el envase con aderezo para la ensalada? Si,..._____________________________________________________________________

15. ¿Podria haber operado mejor la fotocopiadora si hubiera tenido tinta? Si,..._____________________________________________________________________

Please Use Capital Letters Where Necessary, Gracias.

16. el codigo postal de la direccion de ese negocio esta en las paginas amarillas. _____________________________________________________________________

17. el policia le dio una multa a manuel en la ciudad de san antonio. _____________________________________________________________________

18. un miercoles del mes de noviembre, rosa se caso con miguel. _____________________________________________________________________

19. ¿queria el que yo fuera a miami en el otono o en el invierno? _____________________________________________________________________

20. maria antonieta y carmen dejaron la alfombra en su propiedad. _____________________________________________________________________


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21. la admision a los estados unidos para los mexicanos es muy dificil. _____________________________________________________________________

22. al viajero, julio rodriguez, le gusta usar su motocicleta cuando viaja a florida. _____________________________________________________________________

23. el dia de la independencia es muy importante en el pais. _____________________________________________________________________

24. los jugadores de “los bravos de atlanta” tienen muchos fanaticos. _____________________________________________________________________

25. unos platos del restaurante “el bigote mexicano” son frios y otros son calientes. _____________________________________________________________________

Please Write The Following Letter in Spanish

Dear Mr. Borges,

Thank you for your help last week with the shipping of our merchandise.

We needed those machines to be in Mexico in three days, and with your excellent service we were able to accomplish our goal.

We will continue using your company for the shipment of our products to Latin America.

Sincerely,

Pedro Perez President

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Si, los termine y quiero que sepas que me gusta aprender espanol.

WRITING


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Favor de...

• Revisar las tarjetas para la Leccion Dos de este nivel cinco veces.• Revisar las tarjetas para la Leccion Uno de este nivel cuatro veces.• Revisar las tarjetas para la Leccion Doce del Nivel Intermedio tres veces.• Revisar las tarjetas para la Leccion Once del Nivel Intermedio dos veces.• Revisar las tarjetas para la Leccion Diez del Nivel Intermedio una vez.

Debes dejar de usar las palabras de la Leccion Nueve del Nivel Intermedio

Please check off each repetition you do....

Leccion Uno: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ Leccion Doce: (Int.) ____ ____ ____ ____Leccion Once: (Int.) ____ ____ ____ Leccion Diez: (Int.) ____ ____Leccion Nueve: (Int.) ____

¡Quiero que actues con las palabras, abras la boca y hables con pasion!

Si, termine de revisar con las Tarjetas de Retencion.

Please play your audio marked Lesson Two - Advanced Paced Reading 1 Follow the instructions on the audio.

¡Como siempre, necesitas..

• Seguir al instructor una a dos silabas atras y• hablar con vida y pasion!

Si, termine de hacer el Paced Reading para esta leccion.

Paso CincoVocabulary Reinforcement

Paso SeisPaced Reading

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