Page 12 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - 15-minute Spanish

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LAS RELACIONES
Warm up (1minute)
Say “hello” and “goodbye” Relatives
in Spanish. (pp.8–9) The Spanish equivalents of mom and dad are mamá
Now say “My name is…” and papá. The male plural can refer to both sexes—for
(pp.8–9) example, niños (boys and children), padres (fathers (fathers ( and
Say “sir” and “madam.” parents), abuelos (grandfathers and grandparents), tíos
(pp.8–9) (uncles and aunt and uncle), hermanos (brothers and
siblings), and so on.
Match and repeat (5 minutes)

Look at the people in this scene and match their numbers
with the list at the side. Read the Spanish words aloud.
Then conceal the list with the cover flap and test yourself.
❶ la hermana grandfather ❷❷ ➌ father
➌
lah airmanah
❷ el abuelo
el abweloh sister ❶❶ ❹ brother
❹
❸ el padre
el pahpahdray
❹ el hermano
el airmanoh
❺ la abuela
lah abwelah
➏ la hija
lah ee-hah
➐ la madre
lah mahdray
➑ el hijo
el ee-hoh

➑
❻ daughter ➑ son
❻
❼
❺ grandmother ❼ mother
❺
Conversational tip In Spanish, things as well as people
are masculine or feminine—for example, wine is masculine
(el vino) but milk is feminine (la leche). Use los and las for
masculine and feminine plurals, respectively. For a/an, use
un for masculine and una for feminine items.