Experiencias Beginning Spanish - PROGRAM SAMPLER

xvi V I SUAL WALKTHROUGH 2. 3. Asunción es la capital de Paraguay. 4. Hay veinte estudiantes en la clase de español. 5. Es un diccionario de español. 6. Los compañeros de clase son simpáticos y generosos. 7. La clase es a las 8:30. 2.34 Situaciones. Choose role A or B to participate in a conversation in Spanish. A - You are going toMexico on a university exchange program. The family youwill live with during your stay would like to know how to recognize you at the airport when you arrive. Describe yourself to your partner as if you were speaking by phone to the mother of your Mexican family. Don’t forget to greet the mother of the family. B - You are the mother of the Mexican family who is about to host a university student from the United States. You call the student to get a physical description, since you are headed to the airport in Mexico City and want to know how to identify the student. Ask a few questions to clarify what the student tells you and describe yourself to the student. 2.35 Situaciones. Choose role A or B to participate in a conversation in Spanish. A - You are interviewing international students to feature in the campus newspaper. Interview your partner by asking five questions of basic information about himself/herself. B - You are an international student. A new Spanish student shows up at the office and wants to interview you for the campus newspaper. You’d like to know something about the student prior to answering his/her questions with basic information about yourself. c02_Unretratopersonal_Press_Optimized_Final.indd 49 Situaciones Real world, interactive tasks are strategically placed throughout each chapter so that students communicate in new contexts. These tasks are open-ended, requiring students to interact in creative conversations. ¡Alerta! The ¡Alerta! section offers students contextualized grammar hints, when needed, in order to facilitate communication. These grammar hints are presented in ¡Alerta! boxes since they do not need a long explanation. ¿Qué observas? Strategically located within the grammar explanations are boxes with guiding questions, prompting students to observe and analyze grammar elements in order to co-construct a conceptual model of the structures that are explored. Cultura viva Information boxes throughout the chapter remind students that language and culture are inextricably connected. Students receive basic tips for getting along in the target culture. Each tip reveals thematically-based practices and perspectives and aids students in deepening their understanding of the target cultures. 184 ciento ochenta y cuatro | CAPíTULO 6 La vida cotidiana 6.11 Un/a compañero/a nuevo/a. Recycle El próximo semestre te quedas sin un/a compañero/a de cuarto/apartamento/casa. Toma una foto de tu habitación. Después, describe la foto a tu nuevo/a compañero/a, a ver si quiere compartir el cuarto contigo. Incluye los muebles, los electrodomésticos y donde está cada cosa en la habitación. Modelo: T ngo una cama e mi habitació . Está entre dos ventanas al lado de la mesita de noche. También tengo un tocador. Está al lado de la puerta. 6.12 Veinte preguntas. Es hora de jugar al juego de veinte preguntas. Haz preguntas de sí o no para poder adivinar el mueble que tu compañero/a tiene. Aquí tienes ejemplos de preguntas que te ayudan a jugar: ¿Está en la cocina? ¿Se usa para cocinar? ¿Es un mueble? ¿Generalmente hay más de uno en la casa? ¿Tiene agua? ¿Está dentro / afuera de la casa? ¿Es necesario lavar o limpiar este aparato? ¿...? Utensilios tradicionales In both Guatemala and El Salvador, a hamaca (See photo in Después de escuchar , section Te presentamos a... ) is a traditional piece of furniture used for sleeping or resting. In the countryside, it was often woven by hand using natural fibers like cotton or henequen and natural dyes to make colorful designs. Today most hammocks are made from synthetic fibers. A comal is a large stone that serves as a griddle or stove top to cook the tortillas when placed on top of a fire or hot coals. A petate is a bedroll woven of dried palm leaves. It is unrolled for sleeping on the floor or on warm evenings, outside. It can also be used to dry seeds or beans. A metate or mortar is a traditional stone used for grinding corn or other grains. Brent Hofacker / 123RF Cultura viva Exploremos la gramática G ammar expl nation ar written in English, i corporating useful and comprehensible terminology. Concise, easy to follow explanations with contextualized examples are incorporated and serve as a guide or road map to communication. 144 ciento cuarenta y cuatro | CAPíTULO 5 La familia y las profesiones Possesive adjectives Possessive adjectives are used to indicate possession and are placed before nouns. Study the following forms and answer the questions found in the ¿Qué observas? box. mi(s) my tu(s) (informal) your su(s) your, his, her, their nuestro(s), nuestra(s) our vuestro(s), vuestra(s) (informal you plural used in Spain) your • There is a singular form and a plural form for all possessive adjectives. The plural is formed by adding an s . Mi sobrina Lola vive en Ciudad de Panamá. My niece Lola lives in Panama City . Mis sobrinas Patricia y Ana María viven en Arraiján. My nieces Patricia and Ana María live in Arraiján . Tu primo trabaja en Panamá. Your cousin works in Panama. Tus primos trabajan en Panamá. Your cousins work in Panama. • Possessive adjectives nuestro/a and vuestro/a reflect the gender of the noun that is possessed. Nuestr o hij o se llama Sami. Our son’s name is Sami . Nuestr a famili a es muy grande. Our family is very large . Vuestr o hij o tiene cinco años. Your son is five years old . Vuestr a tí a vive en Panamá. Your aunt lives in Panamá . ¿Qué observas? 1. Which possessive adjectives have forms that reflect gender? Su and sus have more than one meaning: his, her, its, your, and their . Su prima = his, her, your, or their cousin To clarify the meaning of su(s) and to avoid ambiguity, use de + the possessor after the noun. Su sobrino es panameño. = El sobrino de María Elena/El sobrino de Samuel y María Elena es panameño . Sus sobrinos son panameños. = Los sobrinos de María Elena/Los sobrinos de Samuel y María Elena son panameños . ¡Alerta!: Su y sus Exploremos la gramática 1 c05_Lafamiliaylasprofesiones_Press_Optimized_Final.indd 144 15/05/19 3:49 PM