Questions / Las preguntas ¿Qué te gusta hacer en tu tiempo libre? = What do you like to do in your free time? ¿Qué te gusta jugar en tu tiempo libre? = What do you like to play in your free time? Quisiera – I would like Me gustaría – I would like Jugaba – I used to play Hacía – I used to do Los deportes /Sports Hacer … - to do El atletismo - athletics El gimnasio - gymnastics La escalada - climbing El patinaje – ice skating El ciclismo - cycling la natación - swimming la equitación – horse riding la vela – sailing hacer windurf – windsurfing Jugar … - to play El fútbol – football El golf – golf El rugby - rugby El tennis - tennis El hockey sobre hielo – ice hockey El baloncesto – basket ball Los bolos – bowls juego – I play Jugamos – we play Justifications/Los justificaciónes Porque es… – because it is … Nulo - rubbish Interesante - interesting Aburrido - boring Relajante - relaxing barato - cheap caro - expensive divertido - fun peligroso – dangerous difícil – difficult fácil – easy emocionante – exciting fatigante – tiring Buena para la salud – good for your health energético – energetic Opinions / Las opiniones Me gusta (n) – I like Me gusta (n) mucho - I really like No me gusta (n) – I don’t like No me gusta (n) nada – I really don’t like Prefiero – I prefer Me encanta (n) – I love Odio – I hate El tiempo-libre Free Time Mi My Mis My ( pl ) Tu Your Tus Your ( pl ) Su His / Hers Sus His / Hers ( pl ) When - ¿ Cuándo ? Una vez a la semana – once a week Dos veces a la semana – twice a week Todos los días - everyday El fin de semana – at the weekend Los … – every + day Cada semana – every week Cada mes – every month Raramente - rarely A veces - sometimes Nunca - never Fernando Alonso Racing Car Driver Rafael Nadal Tennis Player Pau Gasol Basketball Player Mireia Belmonte Olympic Champion Swimmer Seve Ballesteros Golfer in the 70’s Fernando Torres Footballer Present Tense ER verbs – o/ es /e/ emos / éis / en IR – o/ es /e/ imos / ís / en AR – o/as/a/ amos / áis /an Spanish Sports Personalities Pasatiempos - hobbies Ver la televisión – to watch TV Escuchar música – to listen to music Navegar por internet – to surf the net Mandar SMS – To send texts Escribir correos – To write emails Salir con amigos – to go out with friends Leer – to read Jugar a los videojuegos – to play videogames Chatear – to chat
GRAMMAR & CULTURE – GRÁMATICA & CULTURA National Sport Football ( fútbol ), or soccer, is Spain's national sport and easily the country's most important participant and spectator sport . Spanish football fans are among the most dedicated and fervent in Europe and are matched The football clubs Real Madrid C.F and Barcelona FC are known as the most successful soccer teams in Europe. in their fanaticism only by the Italians. Christmas in Spain . Each year between December 24 and January 6, Spain comes alive to celebrate Christmas , or Navidad in Spanish. Christmas Eve 24 th December is known as Nochebuena – they go to Midnight Mass (la Misa del Gallo) and children take part in ‘ piden el Aguinaldo’ where they sing carols. Decemeber 28 th is Día de los santos inocentes which is like April Fools day. New Years Eve is Nochevieja and it is tradition to eat 12 grapes with the 12 strokes of the clock at midnight. January 6 is a very important holiday in Spain called el Día de los Tres Reyes Magos , the 3 kings day. Most presents are opened this day rather than Christmas Day. Hacer To do/make (yo) hago I do/make (tú) haces You do/make (él/ella) hace He/she does/makes (nosotros/as) hacemos We do/make (vosotros/as) hacéis You do/make (ellos/ellas) hacen They do/make When talking about sports in Spanish, we use: Hacer with sports that don’t require a ball , and they are sports which can be done individually , i.e. hago ciclismo = I do cycling Jugar with sports that do require a ball , and played as part of a team , i.e. juego baloncesto = I play basketball Example if you’re saying ‘ el cicilismo ’ is fun you would use divertid o , however if you say ‘ la natación ’ is fun you need to use divertid a . Jugar To play (yo) juego I play (tú) juegas You play (él/ella) juega He/she plays (nosotros/as) jugamos We play (vosotros/as) jugáis You lot play (ellos/ellas) juegan They play