No new material today. Quick reference up top, practice at the bottom of each section. Nouns & gender gets 4 activities including voice practice.
a, e, i, o, u always sound the same. Say them out loud every time.
Time of day + formal vs. familiar. Latin American greetings are warmer than US greetings — eye contact and acknowledging someone directly matters.
1–15 individually. 16–19 = diez+y+unit. 21–29 = veinti+unit. Accent marks matter: dieciséis, veintidós, veintitrés, veintiséis.
SER = permanent or defining. Who you are, where you’re from, what something is. Not for how you feel — that’s estar (coming later).
| Pronoun | SER | Example |
|---|---|---|
| yo | soy | Yo soy estudiante. |
| tú | eres | Tú eres de México. |
| él / ella / usted | es | Ella es profesora. |
| nosotros | somos | Nosotros somos amigos. |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | son | Ellos son de Puerto Rico. |
English has no grammatical gender, so this takes practice. The article is a package deal — whatever changes about the noun, the article changes too.
Spanish on the front, English on the back. Say the Spanish out loud first.
Type it out. Accent marks are accepted with or without.
Type the correct SER conjugation for each sentence.
Tap the correct definite article. Gender-neutral nouns accept both el and la.
Type the plural form with the correct article (los or las). Three rules: add -s, add -es, or -z becomes -ces.
Type el, la, los, las, un, una, unos, or unas — whichever fits the noun.
Click the mic, say the full phrase in Spanish, and it checks what it heard.