1) Estudiar los verbos. Study the verbs.

Ser, estar, ver, ir, hacer, tener, decir, salir, hablar, leer, escribir, decir estudiar, poner, venir, empezar, jugar, lavar, levantar, terminar.

2) Hacer los ejercicios: 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, y 9 Do exercises: 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, and 9

3) Hacer una presentación: "Mi celebración favorita". Make a presentation: “My favorite celebration”

Usar como ejemplo:

El DIA DE LOS MUERTOS.

El Día de los Muertos, una celebración mexicana, es un día para celebrar, recordar y preparar alimentos especiales en honor de muertos. En este día en México, las calles cerca de los cementerios se llenan de adornos de papel picado, flores, calaveras de caramelo (esqueletos y cráneos), y desfiles.

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Se cree que los espíritus de los muertos visitan a sus familias el 31 de octubre y los dejan el 2 de noviembre.

Para celebrar, las familias hacen altares y colocan alimentos como pan de muerto en forma de calaveras y figuras, velas, flores amarillos y una foto del alma del difunto (muerto).

Calaveras (cráneos) están decoradas con colores brillantes con el nombre de los difuntos inscritos en la cabeza.

Niños, que llevan caléndulas amarillas, disfrutar de las procesiones al cementerio. En el cementerio, se reproduce la música y los bailes se hacen para honrar a espíritus.

La muerte es una celebración en México. La muerte es entre ellos.

THE DAY OF THE DEAD

El Día de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead), a Mexican celebration, is a day to celebrate, remember and prepare special foods in honor of those who have departed.

On this day in Mexico, the streets near the cemeteries are filled with decorations of papel picado , flowers, candy calaveras (skeletons and skulls), and parades.

It is believed that the spirit of the dead visit their families on October 31 and leave on November 2.

In order to celebrate, the families make altars and place ofrendas (offerings) of food such as pan de muertos baked in shapes of skulls and figures, candles, incense, yellow marigolds known as cempazuchitl (also spelled zempasuchil) and most importantly a photo of the departed soul is placed on the altar.

It might sound somewhat morbid, but the Mexicans react to death with mourning along with happiness and joy. They look at death with the same fear as any other culture, but there is a difference. They reflect their fear by mocking and living alongside death. Living alongside death means that Mexicans have to learn to accept it within their lives.

Death is apparent in everyday life. It is in art and even in children's toys. It is not respected as it is in other cultures. Children play "funeral" with toys that are made to represent coffins and undertakers. Death is laughed at in its face.

Many euphemisms are used for death, La calaca (the skeleton), la pelona ("baldy"), la flaca ("skinny"), and la huesuda ("bony"). There are refranes, sayings, and poems that are popular with day of the dead. These sayings are clichés and lose meaning when translated. For example "La muerte es flaca y no puede conmigo" means "Death is skinny/weak and she can't carry me."

Calaveras (skulls) are decorated with bright colors with the name of the departed inscribed on the head. Children carrying yellow marigolds enjoy the processions to the cemetery. At the cemetery, music is played and dances are made to honor the spirits.

Death is a celebration in Mexico. Death is among them.

4) Watch video

CGI Student Academy Award Gold Medal Winner Short Film HD: "Día De Los Muertos" from Whoo Kazoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCQnUuq-TEE&feature=youtu.be

5) I recommend to buy CD or download in IPod “RAPID SPANISH” by EARWORMS

LEARNING.

Listen, listen, listen as much as possible.

Verbos Pronominales.

The defining characteristic of pronominal verbs is that their subjects are acting upon themselves. Pronominal verbs are much more common in Spanish than in English.

What sets pronominal verbs apart from non-pronominal verbs is that pronominal must be conjugated with a reflexive pronoun, which always agrees with the subject. The reflexive pronoun is placed directly in front of the verb. Unlike subject pronouns, the reflexive pronoun is required in Spanish.

The reflexive pronouns are object pronouns.

Me myself nos ourselves

Te yourself os yourselves

Se himself, herself, yourself se themselves, yourselves

There are two separate tasks when conjugating pronominal verbs. First, take off the reflexive pronoun se, change it to agree with the subject of the verb, and place it directly in front of the verb. Then, as with all verbs, you must conjugate the infinitive according to whether it's an -ar, -er, -ir, stem-changing, or irregular verb.

Me ducho. I'm taking a shower.

Marco se pone una camisa. Marco is putting a shirt on.

Te lavas la cara. You're washing your face.

Nos quedamos aquí. We're staying here.

Tengo que sentarme. I need to sit down.

Nos casemos. We got married.

You can recognize pronominal verbs by the reflexive pronoun se tacked on to the infinitive: ducharse, ponerse, lavarse, quedarse, etc.