First phrases
You already know some Spanish words, here are some international words that we can use also in Spanish.
Bar, Sandwich, Taxi, Parking, Manager, Marketing, Pub, Stress, Cafeteria (Cafe), Gas, ticket also names of minerals and elements in Latin, sciences and medical specialities (Cardiologia, Urologia etc...) it only changes slightly the end.
The words of Latin origin are changed very easily from English: Action= Accion, Extraction= extraccion, constelation= constelacion,...
Latin and greek adverbs such as Rarely, Purely, Naturally etc change into -amente.
Rarely= raramente
Purely= puramente
Naturally= naturalmente
Latin expressions don´t change: Gratis, Pro forma, Quid pro quo.
The latin and greek prefixes and sufixes are also in Spanish:
Re= again
Re-make= Rehacer (only changes the verb as its natural)
Anti= Against ( antiterrorista )
Trans= through ( transporte)
Word finishing in the greek sufix -ist in English are in Spanish -ista (except for some exceptions like scientist).
Usually these words ending in T in English (latin-greek ones) come to Spanish as -Te
President= Presidente
Important= Importante
Words like Impact, Tact, Contact... will be done like: Impacto, Tacto, Contacto
It will take you some time to identify these latin words in other languages, but once you know the method, a phrase like "A taxi normally transports a person" would be "Un taxi normalmente transporta una persona" .
Starting with the initial words:
- . The days of the week from Monday to Sunday:
Lunes, Martes, Miercoles, Jueves, Viernes, Sabado, Domingo
monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday
- The seasons:
Primavera, Verano, Otoño, Invierno
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- The colours:
Rojo, Amarillo, Naranja, Verde, Azul, Marron, Blanco, Negro, Gris
red, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown, white, black, grey
- The plural and gender of the colours:
Rojo/amarillo is masculine, to make the feminine we simply put an A
Roja= Red (feminine names)
Amarilla= yellow (feminine names)
To make the feminine plural we put an S ( rojas/amarillas)
La casa= The house (finishes in A, so house is feminine)
La casa es roja/amarilla= the house is red/yellow
Las casas son rojas/amarillas= the houses are red/yellow
ES= IS
SON= ARE
Naranja already finishes in the masculine case in A, so we don´t have to change anything.
It´s the same for masculine and feminine.
El libro es naranja= the book is orange
Una casa es naranja= a house is orange
For plural:
Los libros son naranjas= the books are orange
Las casas son naranjas= the houses are orange
Verde finishes in E, another ending we don´t have to worry about, because it´s the same for masculine and feminine.
Un libro verde
La casa es verde
Los libros son verdes
Unas casas son verdes
Azul also doesn´t finish in O or A, so it also doesn´t change, notice how we make the plural adding -ES, because it ends in a consonant (it would be very difficult to pronounce AZULS, so we add an E, AZULES)
This happens with all the plurals when there is a consonant in the end.
El libro es azul
La casa es azul
Los libros son azules
Las casas son azules
Marron= Marrones
El libro es marron
La casa es marron
Las casas son marrones
Los libros son marrones
Gris= Grises
Las casas son grises
Los libros son grises
La casa es gris
El libro es gris
Negro finishes in an O, it makes the feminine in A and the plural with S
Las casas negras= the black houses
Unos libros negros= some black books
