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1 You can learn how to read
¿Interesante? Spanish is a phonetic language, which means that words are written as they are pronounced. It´s so much easier… You can learn how to read in 20 mins!

2 ¿Interesante? Spanish is the second largest native language in the world, the second language used for international communication, and the 3rd most used language on the Internet. 

3 Spanish is the official language of 22 countries in four continents.
¿Interesante? Spanish is the official language of 22 countries in four continents.

4 ¿Interesante? Mexico is the largest Spanish-speaking country with over 121 million people. The United States is the world’s second-largest Spanish-speaking population with almost 53 million people.

5 ¿Interesante? Spanish is spoken by 500 million people (the most spoken language in the world after Mandarin Chinese).

6 ¿Interesante? “E” is the most used letter in Spanish with 16%, while “W” is the least used, with only 0.01%.

7 The most used word in Spanish is the preposition “de” meaning “of”
¿Interesante? The most used word in Spanish is the preposition “de” meaning “of”

8 ¿Interesante? The largest word in Spanish, with 22 letters, is “ esternocleidomastoideo”. (Neck Muscle)

9 ¿Interesante? The largest word in Spanish, with 22 letters, is “ esternocleidomastoideo”. (Neck Muscle)

10 arroz (rice) and almohada (pillow).
¿Interesante? The Spanish language has about 4,000 words of Arab origin, such as azúcar (sugar), aceituna (olive),  arroz (rice) and almohada (pillow).

11 ¿Interesante? About 70% of the Spanish words are of Latin origin. Examples of words from Latin origin are agua (aqua-water), Tierra (terra-Earth) and Navidad(nativitas-Christmas).

12 ¿Interesante? About 70% of the Spanish words are of Latin origin. Examples of words from Latin origin are agua (aqua-water), Tierra (terra-Earth) and Navidad(nativitas-Christmas).

13 ¿Interesante? The letter ñ is the only Spanish letter of Spanish origins. It´s so important that without it, you couldn´t say “España”

14 Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
¿Interesante? Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

15 ¿Interesante? Exclamations and questions in Spanish need to begin with an “opening” exclamation mark (¡) or question mark (¿). These punctuation marks do not exist in other language.

16 Guess these Famous Spaniards?
1 2 Guess these Famous Spaniards? 3 4 5 6

17 Guess these Famous Spaniards?
7 8 9 Guess these Famous Spaniards? 10 11 12

18 1. Antonio Banderas, actor 2. Sergio García Fernández , golfer. 3
1.Antonio Banderas, actor 2.Sergio García Fernández , golfer. 3.Christopher Columbus, explorer. 4. Enrique Iglesias, singer. 5.Salvador Dali, artist. 6.Penelope Cruz, actress, 7. Pedro Almodovar, director. 8. Catherine of Aragon, queen. 9. Luis Fonsi, singer. 10. Pablo Picasso, artist. 11.Fernando Torres, footboller. 12.Cervantes, writer.


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