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35 Spanish words and 2 grammar points, in the order Huerta teaches them. Each word has an example sentence and a memory hook.
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Ask ¿Qué hora es? (what time is it?). One o'clock is singular: Es la una. Every other hour is plural: Son las dos, son las diez. Add minutes with y: son las tres y cinco; y media is half past, y cuarto quarter past, and menos cuarto quarter to. To say when something happens, use a las: a las ocho (at eight), a la una (at one).
Days are written with a small letter and are masculine. To say 'on Monday', just use el: el lunes trabajo (on Monday I work), with no word for 'on'. For every Monday, make it plural: los lunes trabajo (I work on Mondays). Lunes to viernes are the same in the plural; sábado and domingo add -s.
volverto return, to come back, to go back
Vuelvo a casa a las seis.I come back home at six.
Volver, like revolve: turning round and coming back. Careful: yo vuelvo.
conjugation →encontrarto find, to meet
No encuentro mi libro.I can't find my book.
Encontrar, like encounter: finding something or meeting someone. Careful: yo encuentro.
conjugation →entrarto enter, to go in, to come in
Entramos en la tienda.We go into the shop.
Entrar, like enter and entrance.
conjugation →viajarto travel
Me gusta viajar.I like travelling.
Viajar, like a voyage: travelling.
el lunesMonday
El lunes trabajo.On Monday I work.
Lunes comes from luna, the moon: Moon-day.
el martesTuesday
El martes tengo clase.On Tuesday I have class.
Martes is the day of Mars.
el miércolesWednesday
El miércoles voy al mercado.On Wednesday I'm going to the market.
Miércoles is the day of Mercury.
el juevesThursday
El jueves vuelvo a casa.On Thursday I'm coming back home.
Jueves is the day of Jupiter (Jove).
el viernesFriday
Hoy es viernes.Today is Friday.
Viernes is the day of Venus.
el sábadoSaturday
El sábado no trabajo.On Saturday I don't work.
Sábado, like the Sabbath.
el domingoSunday
El domingo como con mi familia.On Sunday I eat with my family.
Domingo, like dominus, the Lord: the Lord’s day.
el fin de semanaweekend
¿Qué haces el fin de semana?What are you doing at the weekend?
Fin de semana: the end (fin, like finish) of the week.
tempranoearly
Salgo temprano.I leave early.
Temprano, like temporal: early in time.
el autobúsbus
El autobús llega a las ocho.The bus arrives at eight.
Autobús is just "auto-bus". In Mexico people often say el camión, and in Argentina el colectivo.
Elsewhere: Mexico: el camión; Argentina: el colectivo
el minutominute
Vuelvo en cinco minutos.I'll be back in five minutes.
Minuto: the same as minute.
veintetwenty
Tengo veinte años.I'm twenty.
Veinte, like vingt in French: twenty.
cuandowhen
Cuando llego a casa, como.When I get home, I eat.
Cuando, no accent: when, joining two ideas (cuando era niño). ¿Cuándo?, with an accent, asks the question.
onceeleven
Son las once.It's eleven o'clock.
Once: eleven. Nothing to do with "once"!
docetwelve
Tengo doce años.I'm twelve.
Doce: twelve. Think of a dozen.
trecethirteen
Mi hermano tiene trece años.My brother is thirteen.
Trece: thirteen. Tres + diez, squeezed together.
catorcefourteen
Hay catorce sillas.There are fourteen chairs.
Catorce: fourteen, cuatro + diez.
quincefifteen
Espero quince minutos.I wait fifteen minutes.
Quince: fifteen. Think of quintet: five, plus ten.
dieciséissixteen
Mi hija tiene dieciséis años.My daughter is sixteen.
Dieciséis: ten and six (diez y seis), written as one word.
diecisieteseventeen
Son diecisiete euros.It's seventeen euros.
Diecisiete: ten and seven.
dieciochoeighteen
Tengo dieciocho años.I'm eighteen.
Dieciocho: ten and eight.
diecinuevenineteen
Vivo en el número diecinueve.I live at number nineteen.
Diecinueve: ten and nine.
el mediodíanoon, midday
Comemos al mediodía.We have lunch at midday.
Mediodía: midday, the middle (medio) of the day (día).
la medianochemidnight
Me acuesto a medianoche.I go to bed at midnight.
Medianoche: midnight, the middle of the night.
el segundosecond (of time)
Espera un segundo.Wait a second.
Segundo: a second of time. Also second, as in first and second.
importarto matter, to import
No importa.It doesn’t matter.
Importar: to matter, to be important. No importa: it doesn’t matter.
conjugation →el mundoworld
Quiero viajar por el mundo.I want to travel around the world.
Mundo, like mundane: of this world.
hastauntil, up to
Trabajo hasta las cinco.I work until five.
Hasta: until. Hasta luego, until later.
desdesince, from
Vivo aquí desde enero.I've lived here since January.
Desde: from a point in time or place onwards, since.
abiertoopen
La tienda está abierta hasta las ocho.The shop is open until eight.
Abierto: open, from abrir.
cerradoclosed, shut
El museo está cerrado los lunes.The museum is closed on Mondays.
Cerrado: closed, from cerrar.