Chapter 6A Choo-Choo
Translate: My orange night stand is small. Mi mesita anaranjada es pequeña.
Translate: My television is good, but my brother’s television is the best in the house. (Remember, no apostrophes in Spanish) Mi televisor es bueno, pero el televisor de mi hermano es el mejor en la casa.
What is on the Mexican flag? An eagle perched on a cactus eating a snake.
Write your response in Spanish. What are the colors of the Mexican flag? blanco, verde, y rojo
Translate: The sound system is the best thing I have. El equipo de sonido es la mejor cosa que tengo.
Translate: We can read and sleep in our bedroom. Podemos leer y dormir en nuestro dormitorio.
Translate: Can you (informal) sleep more in the winter? ¿Puedes dormir más en el invierno?
Translate: The purple rug is bigger than the yellow rug. La alfombra morada es más grande que la alfombra amarilla.
Translate: My yellow alarm clock is on top of my nightstand in my room. Mi despertador amarillo está encima de mi mesita en mi dormitorio.
Translate: It is twelve o’clock and I can’t sleep. Son las doce y no puedo dormir.
Conjugate dormir in order(no subject pronouns needed) duermo dormimos duermesdormís duerme duermen
Conjugate poder (no subject pronouns needed) puedo podemos puedespodéis puede pueden
What are luminarias? They are outdoor lanterns usually made of paper bags with sand and a candle. They are used to line walkways to welcome visitors and for special events. They are often used in Mexico and the American Southwest.
Write your answer in Spanish: The opposite of big is _____________. pequeño
Translate: I can sleep in my own bed. Puedo dormir en mi propia cama.
Who is Salvador Dali? A famous Spanish painter know for his surrealist paintings.
Of what does the emblem of the Mexican flag tell the story? How the Aztecs saw an eagle perched on a cactus eating a snake and took it as a sign that it was where they should build their capital city of Tenochtitlan.
The purple curtains are better than the green curtains. Las cortinas moradas son mejores que las cortinas verdes.
Translate: to the left A la izquierda
Choose either poder or dormir and conjugate it correctly for the following sentence. Mis padres ______________ en el dormitorio a la izquierda.
Choose either poder or dormir and conjugate it correctly for the following sentence. Mi hermana no ___________ dormir si hay luz.
The big chairs are next to the pink wall. Las sillas grandes están al lado de la pared rosada.
Translate: Miguel is intelligent but I am more intelligent than he. Miguel es inteligente pero soy más inteligente que él.
Fill in the blank with the correct words. - Me encanta la nieve. - Para ti, _________ estación del año es el invierno. la mejor
Translate: the rug La alfombra
Translate: a nightstand una mesita
Translate: far from Lejos de
Write the second part of the definite indefinite article song. Un y Una both mean a or an Unos, unas mean some The indefinite articles all come from the number one.
Conjugate the verb estar (in order) estoy estamos estás estáis estáestán
Write out the first half of the definite indefinite article song. Él y la, los y las, are the definite articles. There are four forms of the word the that are used before a noun.