Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
56 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
la acera
|
sidewalk
|
|
|
|
adelante
|
ahead
|
|
|
|
allA
|
over there
|
|
|
|
all(i with accent)
|
there
|
|
|
|
el almacEn
|
department store
|
|
|
|
aqu(i with accent)
|
here
|
|
|
|
barato
|
cheap
|
|
|
|
el barrio
|
neighborhood
|
|
|
|
la calle
|
street
|
|
|
|
caro
|
expensive
|
|
|
|
la carretera
|
highway
|
|
|
|
el centro commercial
|
mall
|
|
|
|
cerca
|
close
|
|
|
|
la ciudad
|
city
|
|
|
|
conducir
|
to drive
|
|
|
|
conseguir
|
to obtain/get
|
|
|
|
el correo
|
mail
|
|
|
|
la cuadra
|
block
|
|
|
|
derecha
|
right
|
|
|
|
derecho
|
straight
|
|
|
|
enviar
|
to send
|
|
|
|
escoger
|
to choose
|
|
|
|
la esquina
|
street corner
|
|
|
|
los aviones
|
airplanes
|
|
|
|
mercado
(also: remember staciOn and aeropuerte?) |
market
|
|
|
|
la fuente
|
fountain
|
|
|
|
la glorieta
|
rotary
|
|
|
|
hacia
|
toward
|
|
|
|
hasta
|
until/up or down to
|
|
|
|
izquierda
|
left
|
|
|
|
lejos
|
far
|
|
|
|
llegar
|
to arrive
|
|
|
|
mandar
|
to order, send
|
|
|
|
manejar
|
to drive
|
|
|
|
parar
|
to stop
|
|
|
|
pasar
|
to pass
|
|
|
|
prOxima
|
next
|
|
|
|
el puente
|
bridge
|
|
|
|
los regalos
|
presents, gifts
|
|
|
|
la ropa
|
clothes
|
|
|
|
la seNal de alto
|
stop sign
|
|
|
|
seguir
|
to keep doing, to follow, to continue
(yo form is sigue, remember?) |
|
|
|
la torre
|
tower
|
|
|
|
la vitrina
|
store window
|
|
|
|
el norte
|
north
|
|
|
|
el sur
|
south
|
|
|
|
el este
|
east
|
|
|
|
el oeste
|
west
|
|
|
|
Tips for Maps
|
-Listen carefully, know your vocab!
-Streets are labelled. Dubla a la derecha = turn right, for example -Keep paper upright etc |
|
|
|
Positive commands
|
How to Make 'em (tU form)
-Take the El form of the verb. Direct/indirect pronouns must be attached. |
|
|
|
Negative commands
|
how to make 'em (tU form)
-Change verb to yo form -remove o ending, add opposite vowel and s -Pronouns come before the verb -"No" must be used |
|
|
|
Irregulars
|
Decir
Hacer Ir Poner Salir Ser Tener Venir |
Di
Haz Ve Pon Sal SE Ten Ven |
|
|
Culture
|
-Mexico has diverse cultures. Started more than 2000 years ago, civilizations including olmeca maya and tolteca, Mexicans/Aztecs made Tenochtitlan in 1325
-Hernan Cortes went to MExico in 1519, took control in 1521, colonized with spanish peeps, independence in 1821, revolution in 1910 -Aztec pyramids and colonial stuff, artists like Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Jose Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Sequiros |
|
|
|
Sections on Test
|
-Answering with indirect and direct object pronouns and commands
-changing to negative -conjugating into command -conjugating commands in sentences |
|
|
|
Culture number 2
|
-Guadalajara, city of roses, capital of Jalisco and second most important Mexican city
-flourishing music, dance, and muralist art -vacation spots: historic central etc (just directions in the reading) |
|
|
|
Culture number 3
|
-Mexico is very contrasty, combines history culture and modern life
-Mexico City/DF is large city with millions of peeps, modern life can be seen in transportation, skyscrapers -history and culture in streets, museums and universities -Cuernavaca -- eaternal spring city, south -north, Monterrey, much industry -east, Yucatan peninsula Merida, history -NE - guadalajara, Baja California with mountains and deserts and shit -popular cities for tourism, Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan in Pacific Ocean, Cancun in Mar Caribe -Mexico enjoys good things but has problems of modern countries -- contamination/pollution, but big efforts to solve |
|
