Adivinanza

La primera persona que me escribe un email con la repuesta correcta gana mi libro: Detras del Biombo!!

Buena Suerte!

Oro no es
Plata no es
Abre la puerta
y sabras que es.

Que es?

hint: no es un metal :-)

Ojala

Since both classes are review the subjunctive, I thought it would be nice if I gave you a little history on a very common word associated with the subjunctive: ojala...

Modern speakers of Spanish use ojalá! The same way that English speakers say if only it were so or let's hope. The original phrase came from Arabic and means "May it be Allah's will that…" Like nearly all of the many words that Spanish acquired from Arabic, it entered the language as a result of the Muslim invasion that occurred in the year 711. For eight hundred years, the Iberian Peninsula was divided into Muslim and Christian enclaves, but they were not totally cut off from each other. Thus many Spanish (and English) words were originally Arabic words - espcially words used in science, math, medicine, agriculture and architecture. For example, both algodon and cotton come from the Arabic al qutn, and álgebra and algebra from al jabra. This even trickled down to when naming places, Guadalajara means "river of the rocks", the root guad means river in Arabic.

Practica con Por y Para

1. Camine __por_ esta calle.
2. Este regalo es _para___ mi?
3. Cuanto pagaste _por__ por tus zapatos?
4. La fiesta va ser _por__ 5 horas.
5. Hoy voy a trabajar __por__ mi hermano que esta enfermo.
6. Necesito saber ___para__ el proximo domingo.
7. Es mas rapido ir __por__ avion a Japon.
8. __Para__ donde van de vacaciones?
9. Quieres caminar __por__ el parque?
10. __Para___ ser tan joven, es muy maduro.
I'll post answers later!

SPAN 2120 Extra Credit Capitulo #7

Future Tense:

1. escribiré
2. será
3. hablarán
4. aprenderá
5. pedirás
6. sera
7. practicarán
8. estará
9. llegaréis
10. cerrará
11. necesitaremos
12. serán
13. daré
14. estarán
15. bailarás
16. dirigiré
17. irán
18. recibirá
19. estará
20. preparemos

1. Escribiremos los ejercicios en el cuaderno.
2. Llegarán el martes.
3. Mi papá comprará un carro.
4. Iréis mañana a España.
5. Qué hora será?

Sabias que....

-España recibe al año más turistas que todas las personas que viven en ese país.

- Hay un solo lugar en Centro América donde se puede ver los dos océanos -el Atlántico y el Pacífico- a la vez. Desde el volcán Irazú, a unos 11,200 pies de altura, en Costa Rica.

- Para sacar una licencia de manejar en Venezuela, hay que tomar un examen psicológico.

SPAN 2110 Extra Credito Examen #2

1. es
2. está
3. son
4. está
5. son
6. eres
7. soy
8. están, son
9. es
10. está
11. somos
12. está
13. son
14. soy
15. estás
16. son
17. está
18. es
19. estamos
20. está

International Fair MCC

Metropolitan Community College presents:

The 20th Annual 

International Fair

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

10 am to 7:30 pm

South Campus Connector Building Commons

El Babalao

If you speak to Cuban-Americans about a bit of bad luck you're having, they might suggest, "tienes que ir al Babalao." You don't really have to see someone named Babalao; it's an old expression that dates back to the colonial times, when African slaves worked on Spanish sugar plantations in Cuba. A Babalao was an African priest, and people who had bad luck could go to the Babalao for a ritual that would free them of the evil spirits that caused the bad luck.

April 2nd

Hola Clase!!
Sorry about the confusion today. I was not aware that Metro CC had an in-serve day. Our syllabus (the one I was given by the Spanish Dept.) had us scheduled for class today. Most of us still came to class and took the test and gave great presentations. Because of this misunderstanding, there will be no Composition #3, everyone will receive credit for it. I will discuss modifications to the syllabus next Thursday April 9th. If you did not attend class on April 2nd, please be prepared to take Examen #2 next week. Gracias and I am so sorry for the confusion. Nos vemos el proximo jueves!!