12 February 2009

Today's Review-Question Words-Questions and Answers








A Questionary (e kueschenéri) un cuestionario
An Interrogation (en interogéishen) una interogación
An interview (en ínterviú) una intrevista
A Consultation
(a konsultéishen) una consulta

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Question Words

What?
(uat) ¿que?
Which? (uich) ¿cual?
Where? (uer) ¿donde?
When?
(uen) ¿cuando?
Who?
(hú) ¿quien?
Whose?
(hús) ¿de quien?

Whom? (húm) ¿a quien?
Why?
(uái) ¿porque?
How?
(hau) ¿como?
How many?
(hau meni) ¿cuantos? (para contables)
How much?
(hau mach) ¿cuanto? (para incontables)
How often?
(hau ofen) ¿en que frecuencia?
How far
? (hau fár) ¿cuan lejos?
How long
? (hau kuikli) ¿cuan rápido?

Questions and Answers (kueschens énd ánsers)
Preguntas y Respuestas


Q. What time do you go to the office?
A. Usually, I leave the house around 8:00 am.

Q. Which subway or bus do you take?
A. I drive my car to work.

Q. Where
do you park your car in the morning.
A. I park it at the parking lot next to the supermarket by the office.

Q. When do you take a vacation?
A.
Sometimes I take a vacation in the summer, but I often take it in the Fall.

Q. Who
cleans your house for you.
A. Nobody. I do it by myself!

Q. Whose house is it?
A.
It belongs to me now that my parents are no longer alive.

Q. With whom do you share the house.
A. With my two cats and three dogs.

Q. Why do you live in such a big house all by yourself?
A. This is the house I was born in and I am single.

Q. How many brothers and sister do you have?
A. I have one sister who lives with her husband and three children.

Q. How much time does it take you to reach the office by car?
A. It takes around 35 to 45 minutes, depending on traffic.

Q. How often do you see your sister?
A. I see her every now and then, perhaps twice a year.

Q. How far does she live?
A.
She lives in Bariloche, that's approximately 3000 kilometers away.


Q. How long does it take to get there by plane?
A. It takes about 5 hours but getting to the airport takes 2 additional hours.


Whatever (uatéver) cualquier cosa
Whichever (uichéver) cualquier cosa
Where ever (uer éver) cualquier lugar/lado
Whenever (uen éver) cualquier tiempo/momento
Whoever (huéver) cualquiera
However (hauéver) cualquier manera/forma

Questions and Answers (kueschens énd ánsers)
Preguntas y Respuestas


Q. What do you want me to do?
A. Whatever you do is all right by me.

Q. Which airline do you recommend?
A. Whichever airline is safer.

Q. When do you think is the best time to visit my sister?
A. Whenever you both feel like seeing each other.

Q. Who takes care of your cats and dogs when you're away?
A. Whoever agrees to stay with them in the house.

Q. How do you compensate for not having a family?
A. However I can but Sometimes, it is lonely out here.


10 February 2009

Today's Class-Some, Any, No, Many, A Few, Much, A Little, Lots of, A Lot of









SOME (sam) algún

ANY (eni) ningún

Usamos "some" en

oraciones positivas.

Usamos“some” para los Contables e Incontables.

I have some friends.

She has some money.

Usamos “any” en oraciones

negativas o preguntas.

Usamos “any” para los

Contablese Incontables.

He doesn’t have any pets.

Do we have any bread?



Usamos "some" en preguntas cuando ofrecemos o pedimos algo que existe.

Would you like some food? (ofrecimiento)

Could I have some water? (pedido)

Usamos “any” en preguntas

o pedidos negativos en los

Contables o Incontables

cuando se supone que

debería ser al contrario.

Don’t you want any bread?

Can’t you lend me any

money?

Usamos palabras con "some"

Somebody (sámbadi) alguien

Someone (sámuan) alguien

Somewhere (sámuer) algun lugar

Something (sámzing) algo

Somehow (sámhau) alguna manera

Sometimes (sámtaim) algún momento

en oraciones positivas.

We know somebody here.

She needs to call someone.

It is somewhere around here.

He wants something special.

They make money somehow.

Sometimes these red birds come to visit us.

Usamos palabras con"any":

Anybody (énibadi) cualquiera

Anyone (éniuan) cualquiera

Anywhere (éniuer) cualquier

lado

Anything (énizing) cualquier

cosa

Anyhow (énihau) cualquier

manera

Anytime (énitaim) cualquier

momento

En oraciones negativas o

preguntas.

She doesn’t like

anybody.

Do you know

anyone in NY?

We can’t go

anywhere today.

He can’t see

anything.

They don’t mind

anyhow.

Can you go there

anytime?






NO (nou) no

Usamos “no” en oraciones

o preguntas negativas

para los contables e

incontables.

She has no money and

no home.

There are no limits to

what one can do.

Is there no phone

around here?

Usamos palabras con

“no”en el negativo:

Nobody (noubádi) nadie

No One (nou uan) nadie

Nowhere (nou uer) ningún

lado

Nothing (názing) nada

No time (nou taime) ningún

instante

Nobody wants to hurt

hese pretty birds.

No one knows this man.

It comes out of nowhere.

It is nothing to worry

about.

They will get there in

no time.

MANY (méni) muchos

A FEW (a fiú) unos pocos

LOTS OF (lats ov) muchos


MUCH (mach) mucho

A LITTLE (a lítel) un poco

A LOT OF (a lat ov) mucho

Usamos para los contables

Usamos para los incontables.

Their house has many rooms.

There are a few birds sitting on the branch.

Can you stay for a few minutes?

She doesn’t have lots of friends in this city.

We all have much to learn.

Do you have a little time

to talk?

He doesn’t need a

lot of money.



09 February 2009

Today's Key-Cause and Effect/If, When, Because-Present Habitual (Simple)-Causa y Efecto








La estructura de los condicionales del Presente Habitual (Simple) en
ingles coinciden con aquellas en español- Cuando queremos expresar una causa de un hecho o una verdad usamos "If", "when" o "because" con el presente habitual (simple), y despues de la coma, el efecto tambien es en el presente habitual.

por ejemplo:



If-
Si


(are, need=Present Simple)
(tienes, necesitas=Presente Simple)

If
you are thirsty, you need to drink water. (You need to drink water if you are thirsty)
Si tienes sed, necesitas tomar agua. (Necesitas tomar agua si tienes sed.)

(walk, get=Present Simple) (caminas, emojas=Presente Simple)


If
you walk in the rain without an umbrella, you get wet. (You get wet if you walk in the rain without an umbrella.)
Si caminas en la lluvia sin un paraguas, te emojas. (Te emojas si caminals en la lluvia sin un paraguas.)

(shines, rains, appears=Present Simple) (brilla, llueve, aparece=Presente Simple)

If
the sun shines when it rains, a rainbow appears ins the sky. (A rainbow appears in the sky if the sun shines when it rains.)
(Si el sol brilla cuando llueve, un arco de iris aparece en el cielo. (Un arco de iris aparece en el cielo si el sol brilla cuando llueve.)


When-Cuando

(reaches, boils=Present Simple) (llega, hierva=Presente Simple)

When water reaches 100º centigrate, it boils. (Water boils when it reaches 100º centigrate.)
Cuando el agua llega a los 100º Celcius, se hierva. (El agua hierva cuando llega a los 100º Celcius.)

(feel, cry=Present Simple) (sienten, lloran=Presente Simple)

When babies feel uncomfortable, they cry. (Babies cry when they feel uncomfortable.)
Cuando los bebes sienten incómodos, lloran. (Los bebes lloran cuando sienten incómodos.)

(arrives, bloom=Present Simple) (llega, florecen=Presente Simple)

When spring arrives, flowers bloom. (Flowers bloom when spring arrives.)
Cuando llega la primavera, florecen las flores. (Las flores florecen cuando llega la primavera.)


Because-
Porque


(is, makes=Present Simple) (es, hace=Presente Simple)

"Because the sky is blue, it makes me cry." Beetles (The sky makes me cry because it is blue.)
"Porque el cielo es azul, me hace llorar." (El cielo me hace llorar porque es azul.)

(have, feel=Present Simple) (tenemos, sentimos=Presente Simple)

Because we have a watch dog, we feel safe. (We feel safe because we have a watch dog.)
Porque tenemos un pero guardiano, sentimos seguros. (Sentimos seguros porque tenemos un pero guardiano.)

(knows, trusts=Present Simple) (conoce, confia=Presente Simple)

Because she knows you, she trusts you. (She trusts you because she knows you.)
Porue ella te conoce, te confia. (Ella te confia porque te conoce.)


08 February 2009

¿Que Dicen los Alumnos de daleingles?









Dahli,

Tu blog es muy completo y nos ayuda mucho!! Gracias por pensar en tus alumnos!

Te deseo lo mejor ya que realmente sos una persona que llega al corazón de tus alumnos con tu conocimiento y tu linda personalidad!!

Aprendemos de una manera distinta, distendida y divertida!
Espero volver pronto a las clases de ingles, y me encanta k emprendas cosas nuevas, te felicito!!!


Felicidades para vos y un muy buen año!!!

XIMENA

Today's Special Vocabulary













Truth (truz) verdad True (tru) verdadero Truely (truli) verdadamente
Simplicity (simplísiti) simplicidad Simple (símplel) simple Simply (símpli) simplemente
Openness (óupenes) abertura Open (ópen) abierto Openly (ópenli) abiertamente
Frankness (frénknes) Frank (frénk) franco Frankly (frénkli) francamente
Sincerity (sinsériti) sinceridad Sincere (sinsír) sincero Sincerely (sinsírli) sinceramente
Honesty (ónesti) honestidad Honest (ónest) honesto Honestly (ónestli) honestamente
Reality (riáliti) realidad Real (rííl) real Really (rííli) realmente
Authenticity (ozentísiti) autenticidad Authentic (ozéntic) autentico
Naturalness (náturalnes) naturalidad Natural (náchural) natural Naturally (náchurali) naturalmente
"To understand the ultimate truth, ... you have to be utterly simple
because truth is simple," says Prem Rawat.

"How simple?" asks Maharaji "With the heart of a child.
What does a child have that you don't have? Simplicity."

We express ourselves openly.
Frankly, I need to spend some time by myself.
A sincere person always has my approval.
"Honesty is the best policy."
Be real!
This is an authentic Van Goch painting.
Her expression is very natural and free.

Student's Compositions-"Dear Dahli"






Dear Dahli,

I want to understand the motive for which people think that is easier to say lies that to tell the truth. I hate to justify me when sometime I say some lie. If a person thinks and feel a thing in your heart because after his mouth another different thing goes out. If we cannot express it that we feel, our emotions and bodies were paying the consequences.
We must learn to love our life and bodies.

We must not live only for the image. We must enjoy what feel in ours.

This is healthier and entertaining.
I love myself!!!

Nancy Fontes

Nancy's second composition in Present Habitual (simple)
incorporating a reflexive pronoun.

Edited version by dahli with Nancy's approval:

Dear Dahli,

I want to know the reason why people think that it is easier to tell lies than to tell the truth. I hate to justify myself when I lie. When people think and feel something in their heart, why then something different comes out of their mouth? If we cannot express what we feel, our body pays the consequences physically, emotionally and mentally.
We must learn to love our life and
body.
We
need not live only for our image. We should enjoy what we feel within. This is healthier and more enjoyable.
I love myself!!!


07 February 2009

Today's Class-Reflexive Pronouns-Pronombres Reflexivos







Cuando el Sujeto y el Objecto en una oracion refieren a la misma persona o cosa, usamos el Reflexive Pronoun


PRONOUNS

Subject Reflexive

One
I

Oneself (uánself) uno mismo
Myself (maisélf) mi mismo
You Yourself (yorsélf) ti mismo
He Himsel (himsélf) si mismo
She Herself (hersélf) si misma
It Itself (itsélf) si mismo
We Ourselves (auersélvs)
You (pl) Yourselves (yorsélvs)
They Themselves (demsélvs)

  • Please (you) make yourself at home. (Sienta (ti mismo) en tu casa)
  • He cleans his house by himself . (El limpia su casa por si mismo)
para YOU en plural el reflexivo es- yourselves (yorsélvs)
You and Reina can try to study by yourselves, but it isn't easy. (Tu y Reina pueden tratar a estudiar por ti mismos (solos, sin ayuda), pero no es fácil.)
Para ellos decimos themselves (demsélvs)
They sew their cloths by themselves.(Ellos cosen sus vestidos por si mismos)


¿Cuando usamos los Pronombres Reflexivos?

1.Cuando el sujeto y el objeto refieren a la misma persona o cosa.
2.Usamos los Reflexive Pronouns para émfasis.
  • I bake bread myself! (Yo mismo cocino pan.)
3. Algunas veces les usamos para decir "también"
  • She enjoys the class very much. I enjoy it very much myself. (Yo también la disfruto mucho.)

¿Cuando no usamos los Pronombres Reflexivos?

1. Con varios verbos en Ingles raramente o nunca usamos los pronombres reflexivos.
por ejemplo: adapt, behave, complain, concentrate, get up, hide, lie down, meet, move, relax, remember, shave, shower, sit down
2. Despus de una preposicion de espacio usamos pronombre personal no reflexivo.
  • He complains about the neighbor who lives next to him. (El queja del vecino que vive al lado de el.)

Ourselves, Themselves and Each Other

1. Usamos each other cuando dos o mas personas o cosas comiten la misma acción uno a otro.
  • My friend and I always call each other late at night. (Mi amiga y yo siempre llamamos una a otra de noche)
  • Politicians usually compete with each other. (Los politicos usualmente competen uno con el otro.)
2. Observa la diferencia entre themselves y each other:
  • John and James teach themselves many things. (John teaches himself many things and James teaches himself many things).
  • John and James teach each other many things. (John teaches James many things and James teaches John many things.)

06 February 2009

First, Second, Third...















1st- First (ferst) The first month of the year is January
2nd-Second (sekend) The second month of the year is February
3rd-Third ( zerd) The third month of the year is March
4th-Fourth (forz) The fourth month of the year is April.
5th-Fifth (fifz) The fifth month of the year is May
6th-Sixth (sixz) The sixth month of the year is June
7th-Seventh (sevenz) The seventh month of the year is July
8th-Eighth (éiz) The eighth month of the year is August
9th-Ninth (náinz) The ninth month of the year is September
10th-Tenth (tenz) The tenth month of the year is October
11th-Eleventh (ilévenz) The eleventh month of the year is November
12th-Twelfth (tuélvz) The twelfth month of the year is December
13th-Thirteenth (zertíínz)
14th-Fourteenth (fortíínz) February fourteenth is Valentine's Day
15th-Fifteenth (fiftíínz)
16th-Sixteenth (sixtíínz) On his 16th birthday he will be able to drive a car
17th-Seventeenth (seventíínz)
18th-Eighteenth (eitíínz)
19th-Nineteenth (naintíínz)
20th-Twentieth (tuéntiez)
21st-Twenty first (tuénti ferst) On her 21st birthday she will be an "adult".
etc....
31st- thirty first (thérti ferst) Thirty first of October is Haloween
41st- forty first (fórti ferst)
etc...
100th- hundredth (hándredz) The hundredth year is the end of a century
1000th-thousandth (záusendz) The thousandth year is the end of a millenium
10,000th- ten thousandth(ten tháusendz)
100,000th-hundred thousandth (hándred záusendz)
1,000,000th- millionth (uán mílionz)

1/2- half (háf) When you cut an apple into two parts, you have two halves.
2/3- two thirds (zerds)
3/4- three quarters (kuárters)
4/5- four fifths (fifzs)


05 February 2009

Blackbird - The Beatles - Lyrics-Con Traduccion







Blackbird
- The Beatles
- Lyrics

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free
Blackbird fly
Blackbird fly
Into the light of a dark black night
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise


Mirlo

Mirlo cantando en plena noche
Toma estas alas rotas y aprende a volar
toda tu vida
Solo esperabas que este momento llegue
Mirlo cantando en plena noche
Toma estos ojos hundidos y aprende a ver
toda tu vida
Solo esperabas a este momento para ser libre

vuela, Mirlo
vuela, Mirlo
hacia la luz de la oscura, negra noche
Mirlo cantando en plena noche

Toma estas alas rotas y aprende a volar
toda tu vida
solo esperabas que este momento llegue
solo esperabas que este momento llegue
solo estabas que este momento llegue

traducido por dahli