Learn the uses of the demonstrative adjectives
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Javier: Hola soy Javier. Hi I’m Javier. |
| Jessie: And I’m Jessie - There is some interesting architecture on offer in the Spanish city. In this lesson, you will learn the usage of - hay, which means there is and there are in Spanish, as in there is a TV. |
| Javier: Hay una televisión. Where does this conversation take place? |
| Jessie: This conversation takes place at a department store. |
| Javier: Who is the conversation between? |
| Jessie: The conversation is between Christina and Javi. Two language students in Barcelona planning their vacation. |
| Javier: Escuchemos la conversación. |
| Jessie: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| 1. JAVI: Me voy de vacaciones a Granada! |
| 2. CHRISTINA: ¿Granada? ¿Qué hay allí? |
| 3. JAVI: Hay muchos edificios musulmanes, como la Alhambra. |
| 4. CHRISTINA: Ah, ya me acuerdo. ¿Y también hay edificios modernistas de |
| Gaudí? |
| 5. JAVI: No, eso solo es aquí, en Barcelona. |
| Jessie: Let’s listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| 1. JAVI: Me voy de vacaciones a Granada! |
| 2. CHRISTINA: ¿Granada? ¿Qué hay allí? |
| 3. JAVI: Hay muchos edificios musulmanes, como la Alhambra. |
| 4. CHRISTINA: Ah, ya me acuerdo. ¿Y también hay edificios modernistas de |
| Gaudí? |
| 5. JAVI: No, eso solo es aquí, en Barcelona. |
| Jessie: And now with the translation. |
| 1. JAVI: Me voy de vacaciones a Granada! |
| 1. JAVI: I'm going to Granada on holiday. |
| 2. CHRISTINA: ¿Granada? ¿Qué hay allí? |
| 2. CHRISTINA: Granada? What's there? |
| 3. JAVI: Hay muchos edificios musulmanes, como la Alhambra. |
| 3. JAVI: There are a lot of Muslim buildings, like the Alhambra. |
| 4. CHRISTINA: Ah, ya me acuerdo. ¿Y también hay edificios modernistas de |
| Gaudí? |
| 4. CHRISTINA: Ah, I just remembered. Are there also modernist buildings like |
| Gaudí's? |
| 5. JAVI: No, eso solo es aquí, en Barcelona. |
| 5. JAVI: No, that is only here in Barcelona. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Jessie: Okay so in the dialogue, they mentioned Gaudí. |
| Javier: Yes, Antoni Gaudí. |
| Jessie: He is a famous architect originally from Spain right? |
| Javier: That’s right. He is well known all around the world because of his descent in Barcelona. |
| Jessie: And he is known for his modern style. |
| Javier: Right. |
| Jessie: In the dialogue, we thought that they are also talking about Grenada and the types of buildings that are there. Is it a similar design? |
| Javier: No not at all. Gaudi’s buildings are modernist but in the South of Spain where Granada is, it’s more influenced by Arabic and Muslim culture. |
| Jessie: Like Javier said. |
| Javier: Right Spain is influenced from a lot of different countries. European influences in the North. |
| Jessie: Like Roman or Gothic. |
| Javier: And Arabic in the South. |
| Jessie: That’s quite interesting. |
| Javier: Yes I think so. Alright, let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Jessie: The first word we will look at is |
| Javier: musulmán |
| Jessie: Muslim. |
| Javier: mu-sul-mán, musulmán |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: haber |
| Jessie: To have, there is, there are |
| Javier: ha-ber, haber |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: allí |
| Jessie: There |
| Javier: a-llí, allí |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: edificio |
| Jessie: Building |
| Javier: e-di-fi-cio, edificio |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: modernista |
| Jessie: Modernist |
| Javier: mo-der-nis-ta, modernista |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: acordarse |
| Jessie: To remember |
| Javier: a-cor-dar-se, acordarse |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: sólo |
| Jessie: Only |
| Javier: só-lo, sólo |
| Jessie: Last is |
| Javier: en |
| Jessie: In. |
| Javier: en, en |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Jessie: Let’s take a look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first one we will look at is |
| Javier: allí |
| Jessie: An adverb that means there. Some examples please. |
| Javier: Sure. How about - Vamos allí. |
| Jessie: Let’s go there. |
| Javier: Allí está |
| Jessie: There it is. All right, the next one is |
| Javier: modernista |
| Jessie: This is an adjective neutral in gender that refers to a person or thing related to the art movement of modernism. |
| Javier: Earlier, we talked about Gaudi. He is - Un arquitecto modernista. |
| Jessie: A modernist architect. |
| Javier: La casa Güell es un edificio modernista. |
| Jessie: The Casa Güell is a modernist building. |
| Javier: But do not confuse moderno with modernista |
| Jessie: Right. Don’t confuse the word for fashionable or modern with the word for modernist and one last one. |
| Javier: edificio |
| Jessie: A masculine noun that means building. For example |
| Javier: Éste es un edificio muy alto. |
| Jessie: This is a very tall building. |
| Javier: Un edificio antiguo. |
| Jessie: An old building. Alright, on to the Grammar. |
Lesson focus |
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| Jessie: The focus of this lesson is the use of the verb - haber, to show existence as in |
| Javier: Hay un perro. |
| Jessie: There is a dog. While in English to explain or to say a person or thing exists in a certain location, we use the phrases there is and there are. However in Spanish, to express that something exists in some place, the verb - haber, is used. |
| Javier: haber |
| Jessie: And while in English you have the singular there is and pleural there are forms, in Spanish, there is just one form for both. |
| Javier: hay |
| Jessie: All right. Let’s see some examples. |
| Javier: Hay un perro. |
| Jessie: There is a dog. |
| Javier: Hay tres perros. |
| Jessie: There are three dogs. See how it stays the same. Okay now what if you want to make this negative and say that there isn’t something. |
| Javier: Very easy. You just need to add No before the verb - haber. For example, No hay leche. |
| Jessie: There is no milk |
| Javier: Or - No hay naranjas. |
| Jessie: There are no oranges, great. Now what if you want to make it a question like is there a supermarket around here. How do we say is there or are there? |
| Javier: No need to change anything but the intonation. So is there a supermarket around here would be - ¿Hay un supermercado por aquí?. Let’s compare them both now. Affirmative, Hay un supermercado por aquí. |
| Jessie: There is a supermarket around here. |
| Javier: Question form. ¿Hay un supermercado por aquí? |
| Jessie: Is there a supermarket around here? Great, now time for some examples. Listeners, listen and repeat. There is a plant. |
| Javier: Hay una planta. |
| Jessie: There is a mouse. |
| Javier: Hay un ratón. |
| Jessie: There are some flowers. |
| Javier: Hay unas flores. |
| Jessie: There are some guys. |
| Javier: Hay unos chicos. |
| Jessie: There is a hospital. |
| Javier: Hay un hospital. |
| Jessie: All right. It’s time to recap this lesson. We studied the word - hay, to show existence. The equivalent in English is there is and there are. |
| Javier: Hay muchas lecciones. |
| Jessie: There are many lessons. |
Outro |
| Jessie: Well, that’s all for this lesson. |
| Javier: Please, leave us a comment if you have any question. |
| Jessie: Thank you everyone for listening. |
| Javier: Muchas gracias, hasta pronto. |
| Jessie: Bye. |
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