Exploring Likes and Dislikes: Activities and Cultures

1. Unit 3:Function and Structure NotesWhat do youliketo do? Thispresentation has beenfeminizedby Cheyenne and Aliya. NO thankyou!

2. Functions: Copy BLACK only! • I can understand when someone talks about activities they like or dislike. • I can understand simple questions about my likes and dislikes. • I can understand basic information about activities people like or don’t like and why. • I can answer questions about my likes and dislikes. • I can ask and answer questions about activities including when, why, and with whom. • I can react to someone else’s likes or dislikes. • I can describe my activities in e-mails, texts or conversations. • I can express my likes / dislikes about activities. • I can express why I like or dislike activities. • I can say when and with whom I like or don’t like to do something.

3. Discussing Culture: DON’T Copy! • In the target culture, I can tell you: • Which sports are more/less popular than in the U.S. • Where teenagers meet their friends. • What activities teens will do with their friends. • About the popularity and usage of e-mail, texting, Facebook, etc.

4. Unit 3 Structures • Verbs: GUSTAR and PREFERIR • AskingQuestions • Negatives • UsingConjunctions • Adverbs

5. StructureGUSTAR+PREFERIR • Theconstruction of a sentencewithGUSTARplaces anObjectPronounfirst, then a form of GUSTAR, and thentheSubject. • Object Pro + GUSTAR + Subject = Correct! • GUSTARisusuallyseen as gusta / gustan. • You can also use GUSTARwithInfinitives • PREFERIR = Yo prefiero. Tú prefieres. Easy • Examples:ObjectPro+GUSTAR+Subject Me= me Megusta la escuela. Te= youTegustanlos perros. Le= him, her, you (formal) Legusta comer. Nos= usNosgustanbailar y beber. Les= them, youallLesgustaCincinnati.

6. Structure: AskingQuestions • Use a questionwordvocab at thebeginning of thesentencetoask a question. • ¿Quién es la maestra? • They do notsayDO in questions; just use thecorrectform of theverb. • Questionword+ Verb + Subject (sometimes) • ¿Dóndevives (tú)?  Where do youlive? • Toask a questionwithout a questionword, simply place theverbbeforethesubject: • ¿Eres atlético? = Are youathletic? • QuestionWords ¿Cómo?=How?/What? ¿De dónde?=Fromwhere? ¿Qué ?=What? ¿Quién / quiénes?=Who? ¿Cuál / cuáles? = Which? ¿Cuándo?=When? ¿Dónde?=Where? ¿Por qué?=Why? ¿Cuánto(s)?=Howmuch/many?

7. StructureNegatives • In Spanishthey use doublenegatives. Thesenegativewords are used in negative responses toquestions. • Nada = nothing • Nadie = no one / nobody • Ni, ni = neither, nor • No = no, not • Nunca = never • Ninguno (a) = None/ Nothing / any • In additiontosaying “no”, youmust use one of thewordstocontinuethenegativemeaningthroughtheverbphrase. • Examples: • ¿Eres atlético? = No, nosoyatlético. • ¿Te gusta baloncesto? = No, no me gusta nada.

8. StructureUsingConjunctions • Conjunctionsare wordsthatjoinclausesorevenentiresentences. • They are connectingwordssuch as “and,or/either, nor/neither, but.” • Here are theforms in Spanish: • Y= and • O= or • Ni= neither / nor • Pero= but • There are otherwaystosaybut, includingSINOandSINO QUE; these are usedforspecificreasons and willbediscussedlater. • Me gusta comer perote gusta beber.

9. Structure: Adverbs • Use theseadverbstoexpressfrequency of actions. • Adverbsdo notchangelikeadjectives do! Siempre = always nunca = never rara vez = rarely a veces = sometimes todos los días = everyday poco = a little Mucho = a lot / often de vez en cuando = once in a while