Marcus Santamaria’s Sideways Spanish lesson # 3 Transcript

The One Verb Spanish Lesson

See how much you can say with just one verb when you add some simple mortar words. Best of all you can use the mortar words from this lesson to say more with any Spanish verb you already know.

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www.SnowballSpanish.com Sideways Spanish lesson # 3 - Transcript Hola Amigos. Marcus here. And today I’ve got for you, a special gift, that’s the Sideways Spanish Lesson #3. This one builds on concepts that were introduced in “Sideways Spanish” 1and 2. If you haven’t yet done those lessons, you’ll see links to them on the page where you got this lesson. This lesson is a little different. In fact, it has only one verb in one conjugation, yet when we add a special ingredient, you’ll be surprised to see how much flowing Spanish you can use. The special ingredient we’re going to add is something I like to call “mortar” words. Once you add them, it really does glue your Spanish together, and give you lots of ways of expressing yourself. Best of all, you can apply the “mortar” words to just about any verbs you already know. It’s a real multiplier. Let me show you how it works. Say, I go out. Salgo. Say, I don’t go out. No salgo. Say, I don’t go out much. No salgo mucho. Say, I go out with a Mexican. Salgo con un mexicano. Or if you might want to say, a Mexican woman, you say, una mexicana.

Depending on which version suits you, say, I go out with a Mexican. Salgo con un mexicano. Salgo con una mexicana. A Spanish man is called, un español. Say, I out with a Spanish man. Salgo con un español. Say, I go out with a Spanish woman. Salgo con una española. Do you know the Spanish word for, never? Nunca. Say, I never go out, by saying, never, I go out. Nunca salgo. In Spanish to say, at night, you can say, por la noche. Say, at night. Por la noche. Say, I never go out Nunca salgo at night. por la noche. Say, I never go out at night. Nunca salgo por la noche. Do you know the Spanish word for, almost? Casi. Say, almost never. Casi nunca. That’s equal to the English expression, hardly ever. Casi nunca. Say, I hardly ever go out, by saying, I almost never go out Casi nunca salgo

at night. por la noche. Say, I hardly ever go out at night. Casi nunca salgo por la noche. Do you remember how to say, on Fridays, by saying, the Fridays? Los viernes. Say, I hardly ever go out on Fridays. Casi nunca salgo los viernes. The Spanish word for, alone, is very easy. Solo. If you’re speaking about a woman or you’re a woman speaking about yourself, you say, sola. Say, I don’t go out alone. No salgo sola. No salgo solo. Say, I never go out alone. Nunca salgo sola. Nunca salgo solo. How do you say, here? Aquí. Say. I go out here. Salgo aquí. To say, this way, when you mean, over here or around here, you can say, Por aquí. Using that, say, this way. Por aquí. Say, I get out this way. Salgo por aquí. In Spanish, you can use your voice to make questions. Listen to the difference between I get out this way, salgo por aquí, and the question, do I get out this way? ¿salgo por aquí?

Using that same phrase, with voice intonation to make a question, ask, do I get out this way? ¿Salgo por aquí? Ask, where? ¿Dónde? Listen to how you ask, which way? ¿Por dónde? Ask, which way? ¿Por dónde? Ask, which way do I get out? ¿Por dónde salgo? Do I get out this way? ¿Salgo por aquí? Ask, which way do I get out? Do I get out this way? ¿Por dónde salgo? ¿Salgo por aquí? Ask, how? ¿Cómo? How do I get out? ¿Cómo salgo? Do I get out this way? ¿Salgo por aquí? Ask, how do I get out? Do I get out this way? ¿Cómo salgo? ¿Salgo por aquí? When you say, salgo, as well as meaning, to go out, it can also mean, to come out, as in, “to come out in a photo”. Say, I come out well. Salgo bien. Say, I don’t come out well. No salgo bien.

The Spanish word for, the photos, is almost like English. Las fotos. The word, photo, la foto, is short for, la fotografía, so even though the shortened form ends in the letter “o”, it’s a feminine word, la foto. And in the plural it’s, las fotos. Say, the photos. Las fotos. Say, I don’t come out well No salgo bien in the fotos. en las fotos. Say, I don’t come out well in the photos. No salgo bien en las fotos. I never come out well in the photos. Nunca salgo bien en las fotos. I am pretty sure that you know how to ask, why, in Spanish. Ask, why? ¿Por qué? Ask, why don’t I come out well in the photos? ¿Por qué no salgo bien en las fotos? As well as meaning, to go out and to come out in photos, when you say, salgo, it also means, to get out. Salgo. Do you remember how to say, at five o’clock? A las cinco. Say, I get out at five o’clock. Salgo a las cinco on Fridays. los viernes.

Say, I get out at five o’clock on Fridays. Salgo a las cinco los viernes. Do you know how to say, always? Siempre. Say, I always get out at five o’clock on Fridays. Siempre salgo a las cinco los viernes. Say, I get out at four o’clock. Salgo a las cuatro. Say, every day, by saying, all the days. Todos los días. Say, I get out at four o’clock every day, Salgo a las cuatro todos los días, but on Fridays, pero los viernes, I get out at five, salgo a las cinco, and I go out with my friends. y salgo con mis amigos. I always go out with my friends on Fridays. Siempre salgo con mis amigos los viernes. I hope you’ve enjoyed this lesson on “mortar” words. They’re a great way to get your Spanish flowing. If you’re just finding your way in the Spanish language, you can put these “mortar” words to great use, especially if you combine them with “synergy” verbs and “brick” verbs. In fact, by combining those three ingredients, you can as many as 88,000 Spanish phrases from just 138 words. There’s a step-by-step program that shows you exactly how to build those Spanish phrases and details are at www.synergyspanish.com If you’re already a little further down the track, we have another program that on from “Synergy Spanish”. It’s designed to take the momentum “Synergy Spanish” gives you, and like a snowball rolling down hill, you can make your Spanish grow

and grow very easily. Which is why we call the program “Bola de Nieve”. That’s Spanish for snowball. You can find details about that program at www.snowballspanish.com I hope you enjoyed this lesson, and I’ll look forward to meeting you again, either on “Synergy Spanish”, “Bola de Nieve” or when I release the “Sideways Spanish, Lesson #4”. Bye for now.

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