Where to start[]
Helping the learning process[]
During the Spanglish tutorial
- Practise. The more you practise, the easier Spanglish will become!
- Think about what you have learnt
- Remember that you can always go back over the lesson to refresh your memory
- Use the glossary and word list whenever you like
- Look out for Latin phrases in use today - some are discussed during the lessons
- Look for similarities and links between Spanglish words and their English meaning.
| Castele/ Spanglish | English | |
| Año | Year | |
| Olle | To hear | |
| Amús | Love | |
| Dez | ten | |
| Dezir | To say | |
| Hógar | House | |
| Labor | labour | |
| Manu | Hand | |
| Mázer | Mother | |
| Pázer | Father | |
| Tempu | Time | |
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Terrenum |
Land | |
| Presti | Today | |
| Ablar | To talk |
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
What is a verb?[]
A verb is a word that describes an action. Verbs are often called ‘doing’ words. Examples of verbs: to work, to call, to pray, to be, to think.
First conjugation verbs[]
Verbs are divided into groups called conjugations. You can recognise first conjugation verbs as they end ‘are’.
These are examples of first conjugation verbs
| confirmo | I confirm |
| do | I give |
| laboro | I build |
| opuso | I work |
| Accipto | I take |
| Charlaro | I talk |
| llamo | I call |
To conjugate, or list the parts, of first conjugation verbs
- Remove the last vowel if there are no Consonants, if there is one just add these to the ending.
- Add these endings
- In the third row is what goes in front of the words
| -o | I | lo |
| -a | you | Vos |
| -a,a,a | he/she/it | é,ela,ep |
| -amos | we | nos |
| -a | you | untis |
| -man | they |
Elos |
| -man | they(feminim) | Elas |
Look at our example of Confirma
| Spanglish | Means in English |
|
Lo confirmo |
I confirm |
|
Vos confirma |
you confirm |
|
él Confrima, Ela confirma, ep confirma |
he/she/it confirms |
| Nos Confirmamos | we confirm |
| Utis confirma | you confirm |
| Elos confirmman | they confirm |