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Unidad 6 Lección 1
Vocabulary: Los Deportes
Sports
Baseball → el beisbol
To swim → nadar
Swimming → la natación
To skate → patinar
Tennis → el tenis
Volleyball → el voleibol
Sports Equipment
Bat → el bate
Helmet → el casco
Glove → el guante
Ball → la pelota
Racket → la raqueta
Field → el campo
Court → la cancha
Team → el equipo
Stadium → el estadio
Winner → el ganador
Loser → el perdedor
Player → el jugador
Pool → la piscina
Favorite → favorito(a)
To win → ganar
Game → el partido
Dangerous → peligroso
To lose → perder
Grammar: JUGAR
● Jugar is the verb “TO PLAY” when referring to sports or games (not musical
instruments).
● When we use the verb JUGAR with the name of a sport, we use JUGAR + a + sport.
JUGAR To play
● SABER and CONOCER are two verbs in Spanish that mean “TO KNOW.” Despite
having the same meanings, they are used in very different ways.
● We use SABER to talk about knowing facts, information, and how to do something.
● We use CONOCER to talk about being familiar (or knowing) places, people, and
yo SÉ CONOZCO I know
Staying Healthy
Sick → enfermo(a)
Strong → fuerte
Hurt → herido
Health → la salud
Healthy → sano(a)
Mouth → la boca
Arm → el brazo
Head → la cabeza
Heart → el corazón
Body → el cuerpo
Stomach → el estómago
Hand → la mano
Nose → la nariz
Eye → el ojo
Ear → la oreja
Foot → el pie
Skin → la piel
Leg → la pierna
Knee → la rodilla
Ankle → el tobillo
*el dedo → the finger *la garganta → the throat *el codo → the elbow
*el dedo de pie → the toe *el hombro → the shoulder *el diente → the tooth
*el cuello → the neck *el oído → the inner ear *la uña → the ingernail
*la espalda → the back *la muñeca → the wrist
To walk → caminar
Sea → el mar
Beach → la playa
Yesterday → ayer
To end → terminar
Make Excuses
● In English, there are multiple “past tenses.” For instance, the verb “to run” in the past
tense can be used as: I run, I did run, I just ran, I had run, I used to run, I was
running, I would have run, I could have run, I should have run, etc.
● In Spanish, there are also multiple past tenses. The past tense we’ll be studying in class
this year is called the Preterite, or in Spanish, El Pretérito. El Pretérito is used to
describe actions in the past with definite endings (completed).
● In order to form the pretérito of -AR verbs, drop the -AR from the infinitive form, and
then add the appropriate ending:
● Verbs that end in -CAR, -GAR or -ZAR when in their infinitive form have an irregular
spelling change when we used them in the past tense (pretérito). This change only
occurs in the YO form of the verb.
● -CAR verbs (tocar, practicar, sacar, buscar, explicar) change