Hola Primary Two.
¿Qué tal? ¡Estoy feliz porque hoy hace sol! (I’m happy because it is sunny today!)
This week will be all about you in Spanish – how to ask and answer questions like what is your name, age and where do you live.
¿Cómo te llamas? – What is your name?
Me llamo… – My name is …
Me llamo Toby. – My Name is Toby.
¿Y tú? – And you?
¿Tienes cuantos años? – How old are you?
Tengo ….. años – I am …. years old.
Tengo ocho años – I am eight years old.
¿Cuando es tu cumpleaños? – When is your birthday?
Mi cumpleaños es ….. – My birthday is
Mi cumpleaños es veintitrés de mayo. – My birthday is the 23rd of May.
¿Dónde vives? – Where do you live?
Vivo en Edimburgo / escocia – I live in Edinburgh / Scotland.
*Ms F’s Top Tip* – When you see ll in Spanish, it is actually a special letter. The sound it makes is y, like in ‘you’, so estrella sounds like es-tray-ya. You may recognise it from me llamo (my name is) and amarillo (yellow) and llueve (rain). In Spanish the letter ñ is also a special letter, where you make a nyu sound, so año sounds like an-yo. You might remember seeing it in mañana (tomorrow) or araña (spider).
So, a simple conversation might sound like:
Maria: ¡Hola! ¿Cómo te llamas?
Tomás: ¡Hola! Me llamo Tomás. ¿Y Tú?
Maria: Me llamo Maria.
Tomas: ¿Tienes cuantos años?
Maria: Tengo ocho años. ¿Y tú?
Tomás: Tengo ocho años.
Maria: ¿Dónde vives? Etc.
Ideas to help you practise
- Create your own all about me flashcards – one set with the Spanish words and another set with a picture or photo of the answer. You can then use these to play a game of memory, match pairs, or create your own game.
- Have a conversation with a parent or sibling. See if you can teach them how to say the Spanish words.
- Write out these questions and your answers – put them up in your house so you can practise saying these.
- Make an ‘all about me’ poster with a picture of you in the middle and the questions (with answers) around the outside.
- Make a sock puppet and use it to practise asking and answering questions in Spanish.
¡Que te diviertas!
Ms Ferguson
Here are some fun songs to help you practise.
