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Sunday, February 21, 2016

Bienvenidos

Welcome to our Spanish blog.
This week we are learning: to introduce ourselves
                                            to ask someone their name
                                            the  numbers 1-10
                                            Spanish speaking countries

To ask someone their name we say ?Cómo te llamas? or ?Cómo se llama usted? (more formal)

Me llamo Sofia and  Sofia es mi nombre are two different ways to say your name.








Los Números
Listen to this song    Los números  1-10

Can you say 'los números' (the numbers) 1-10 forwards AND backwards?
La canción (the song) will help you.

Spanish is spoken in many countries in the world. Can you discover how many?
The map below will help you.


Spanish Speaking Countries in the World
RankingCountry NameSpanish Speaking Population% of Spanish Speakers in World
1Mexico109,955,40024.30 %
2Colombia45,013,6749.95 %
3United States44,321,0389.80 %
4Argentina40,677,3488.99 %
5Spain40,491,0518.95 %
6Peru29,180,8996.45 %
7Venezuela26,414,8155.84 %
8Chile16,454,1433.64 %
9Ecuador13,927,6503.08 %
10Guatemala13,002,2062.87 %
11Cuba11,423,9522.52 %
12Dominican Republic9,507,1332.10 %
13Bolivia9,247,8162.04 %
14Honduras7,639,3271.69 %
15El Salvador7,066,4031.56 %
16Paraguay6,831,3061.51 %
17Nicaragua5,785,8461.28 %
18Costa Rica4,195,9140.93 %
19Puerto Rico3,958,1280.87 %
20Uruguay3,477,7780.77 %
21Panama3,292,6930.73 %
22Equatorial Guinea616,4590.14 %
Total Worldwide452,480,979100.00 %

Verdad o Falso (true or false)
  1. Mexico has around a quarter of the world's Spanish speaking population.  Verdad   o   Falso
  2. There are more Spanish speakers in Argentina than in Spain  Verdad   o   Falso

Click on this link for some interesting facts about languages spoken in the United States of America

Now try this rap 
It will help you to learn South American countries and their capital cities.
In the canciones page at the top of this blog, you can also find a link helpful for learning Central American countries and their capitals.

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