Una Casa Dividida
Los Quehaceres
Gramatica
Hispanic Architecture
¿Quién es este Pokémon?
100
Probably the most important room to know since it is where people do their "business".
¿Que es el baño?
100
It's dinnertime! Maybe I should do this.
¿Que es cocinar?
100
When verbs end with this suffix in English, we will use the present progressive tense in Spanish.
¿Que es "-ing"?
100
Most Hispanic homes are surrounded by this structure, which can be solid or barred.
¿Que es un wall or fence?
100
The real life Drowzee pokémon, this animal is the national animal of Belize.
¿Que es el Tapir?
200
Many room names in Spanish are derived from the actions that happen in that room, name one of these rooms.
¿Que es dormitorio, cocina, o comedor?
200
After we eat dinner, we should make sure that we do this with the dishes.
¿Que es lavar los platos?
200
These are the endings for the active verb in the present progressive tense.
¿Que es -ando y -iendo?
200
The walls of Hispanic homes are most often made of one of these two materials. They are also typically painted white to act as natural heat reduction.
¿Que es stucco or adobe?
200
Columbia contains the northernmost reaches of the Andes mountains, and so takes this bird (considered the largest bird of prey in the world) as its national animal.
¿Que es el Andean Condor?
300
A cognate to the English word, this is where one might store a vehicle of some kind.
¿Que es garaje?
300
ACHOO! In cartoons, this chore always makes characters sneeze from the clouds it kicks up.
¿Que es quitar el polvo?
300
When using the Imperative (command) tense in Spanish, we use the same conjugations as the present tense for this group of subjects.
¿Que es el/ella/elle/usted?
300
Most homes in Spanish-speaking countries will have terracotta roofs made of this kind of rounded tile.
¿Que es Spanish tile?
300
The quetzal bird is a bright green, Central American avialan that derives its name from the Mayan feathered serpent deity, and is the national bird of this country.
¿Que es Guatemala?
400
Some people include this underground room when counting the stories of a building, while others do not.
¿Que es sótano?
400
If my mother asks me "clean my room", what I would actually be doing is this.
¿Que es arreglar el cuarto?
400
Since the present progressive tense is a compound tense, we have to always use a conjugated form of this verb before our active verb.
¿Que es estar?
400
Hispanic homes often feature a central, outdoor open area known by this term starting with a "p" (a term also used in English, but somewhat different in design).
¿Que es patio?
400
The West Indian manatee might have been the original inspiration for the legend of the mermaid, and is also the national animal of this happiest country in the Spanish-speaking world.
¿Que es Costa Rica?
500
In Spanish: primer piso
In America: this
¿Que es second floor (literal translation first floor)?
500
The lexical translation of "quehaceres"
¿Que es "to do's" or "what do's"?
500
The three irregular forms of verbs for the two verb tenses we learned in this chapter.
¿Que es pon, haz, and leyendo?
500
The front exterior of a building. In Hispanic architecture, they are typically asymmetrical.
¿Que es facade?
500
This animal is a close relative to the llama, and is the national animal of Peru (the ancestral homeland of the Inca peoples).
¿Que es la Vicuna?