Learn Spanish with Norma

Today we are going to learn the Months of the Year in Spanish:  Los meses del año.            January =   Enero            February =   Febrero            March =  Marzo            April =   Abril            May =   Mayo            June =   Junio            July =  Julio            August =   Agosto            September =   Septiembre            October =   Octubre            November =  Noviembre            December =   Diciembre ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy?  What is today's date? Hoy es diez de agosto  Today is the tenth of Augut Hoy es veinte de agosto  Today is Augut twentieth Note: The name of the month are not capitalized in Spanish In Spanish, the month comes after the day. In English the month can come before or after the day. In Spanish cardinal numbers are normally used to talk about dates, while in English ordinal numbers are used. Use the preposition "de" when talking about a specific day within a month and put the

Today we are going to learn the Days of the week in Spanish:  Los Días de la Semana           Monday = Lunes           Tuesday = Martes           Wednesday = Miércoles           Thursday = Jueves           Friday = Viernes           Saturday = Sábado           Sunday = Domingo Today = Hoy Hoy es martes Today is Tuesday Tomorrow = Mañana Mañana es miércoles Tomorrow is Wednesday Yesterday = Ayer Ayer fue lunes Yesterday was Monday Use the correct articles for the Days of the Week in Spanish This means that when you’re referring to a day, you must use the masculine artic les  el or los . In English, it' s used the preposition “on” to talk about something happening on a specific day. But in Spanish, when talking about days of the week, it's used the articles  el  and  los  to mean “on.” Use the singular masculine article  el  when talking about one single occurrence. el  lunes el  martes el  miércoles el  jueves el

Word Stress and Acent Mark in Spanish Today we are going to learn the Word Stress and the Accent Mark in Spanish, I will show you the rules and many examples for you to get familiar with this topic. El Acento: The Spanish word for "stress" is Acento   - El acento is the emphasis that you put on a syllable as you speak it. -  In every word, one syllable always gets more emphasis than the others. - With single-syllable words, you don't have to worry about it, but many words have more than one syllable. La Tilde The Spanish word for "accent" is Tilde -  La tilde is written from lower left to upper right. -  Spanish accents can only be written over the five vowels. - If a Spanish word has a written accent mark, or tilde, the word stress falls on whatever syllable has the tilde. In Spanish, there are four main categories of words based on where the position of the stress is: Palabras Agudas Are words that are stressed