Lesson 2: Introduce yourself. We hope you like it
Lección 2: Preséntate. Esperamos que os guste
See you next week
Os vemos la semana que viene 🙂
La Ñ es la decimoquinta (15) letra del alfabeto español y se ha convertido en el símbolo más reconocible de este idioma.
Esta letra apareció debido a que en los monasterios, y más tarde en las imprentas, se intentaba ahorrar letras para reducir el esfuerzo en las tareas de copiado y colocación de letras. Así, la antigua secuencia «nn» se escribía con una línea muy pequeña denominada virgulilla encima de una «n» de tamaño normal: «ñ».
En la actualidad, el inglés admite la Ñ en préstamos del castellano como «cañón» ( aunque la grafía más común es «canyon»), «cañada» (en Cañada del Oro en Arizona), «jalapeño», «piñata» o «niño».
La Ñ en los ordenadores
En los teclados de los ordenadores españoles, la Ñ está a la derecha de la L. Para los que no tienen la Ñ en sus teclados, aquí van unos consejos para que puedan escribirla:
Fuente: Wikipedia
Here it is! First lesson: Polite sentences. Simple and useful.
¡Aquí está! Primera lección: Frases Educadas. Sencillo y práctico
First of all, thank you for chosing GainSpain to learn Spanish, I hope you will find my method useful in your contacts with this language.
I must admit that it is quite difficult to teach a language online, but I think that with the video-lessons and the printable exercises I will propose you will feel at ease quickly when attempting to communicate in spanish.
What’s more, I have created also this blog instead of confiding only in the Youtube account because I think I will find it easier to manage all your comments, doubts, suggestions, etc, if neccesary. If in the end it does not work, don’t worry, I will search another way to do so.
After having done a bit of research I found that one of my main differences will be that I won’t offer just the basic sentences translated,I will teach also some grammar, so you understand the mechanic of the language; exercises with corrections for many lessons; tips both on the mere linguistic aspects and related to historical, social, ways of living, etc as I think they are very important and interesting for you to know. And if I come up with anything more which could be good, I will use it as well.
I am aware that this is an ambitious project, but I will try with all my heart poured on it. Although I must say: Please be patient, I do not do this for a living (wish I did), it is just something I like to do, so if I do not answer within days, please, be patient, I also have to work and study. I know you all understand, and for that, thank you very much. 🙂
I have a Creative Commons license (CC by) in relation of the autorship of the work, you can consultate the basis here. Note that all the lessons proposed are self-made.
Having all this said, I really hope you find my learning method enjoyable and easy, and that you will travel with me in this journey. First stop, Lesson 1.
And again… GainSpain.