Capítulo 2 Alumnos y Cursos
Identifying A Person or Thing
El profesor – The professor (male)
La profesora– The professor (female)
La clase– The class
El curso– The course
Identifying School Subjects
Las ciencias – The sciences
La biolog Í a – The biology
La qu Í mica – The chemistry
La f Í sica – The physics
Las matem á ticas – The math
La aritm é tica – The arithmetic
El á lgebra– The algebra
La geometr í a– The geometry
El c á lculo– The calculus
Las ciencias sociales– The social sciences
La historia– The history
La geograf í a– The geography
Las lenguas– The languages
El ingl é s– The English
El espa ň ol– The Spanish
El franc é s– The French
El alem á n– The German
El lat í n– The Latin
Otras asignaturas o disciplinas – Other assignments or disciplines
La educaci ó n f Í sica – The physical education
La m ú sica– The music
El arte– The art
La econom í a dom é stica– The home economics
La inform á tica– The computing
Describing Teachers and Courses
inteligente - intelligent
interesante - interesting
aburrido(a) - boring
peque ñ o(a) - small
grande- large
f á cil- easy
dif í cil / duro- hard
popular - popular
obligatorio(a) - obligatory
Identifying Other Nationalities
argentino (a) - Argentinian
dominicano (a) - Dominican
ecuatoriano (a) - Ecuadorian
paname ñ o (a) - Panamanian
Finding Out Information
¿Quiénes? – ¿Who?
¿Cuántos (as)? – ¿How many?
Agreeing and Disagreeing
Sí, tambi é n – Yes, also (too)
No de ninguna manera – No way
Other Useful Expressions
hay – there is
mucho – many (a lot)
poco – little
mismo(a) - same
todos(as) - all