In class: intonation questions
Learning outcomes
I can greet others and use ‘estoy’ and ‘estás’ to ask and answer yes/no questions about where someone is.
I can recognise and pronounce the key sound [u].
In class: intonation questions
Learning outcomes
I can greet others and use ‘estoy’ and ‘estás’ to ask and answer yes/no questions about where someone is.
I can recognise and pronounce the key sound [u].
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
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Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondence [u] sounds like the ‘u’ in the Spanish word ‘universo’.
- ‘Estás’ means 'you are' when talking about location.
- A statement becomes a 'yes/no' question by raising your tone of voice at the end.
Keywords
[u] - pronounced as in 'universo'
Estás - part of the verb 'estar' - 'to be, being', meaning 'you are'
Common misconception
You have to swap words around to make yes/no questions in Spanish.
'You are' does not swap around to 'Are you ...?' in Spanish because 'you are' is one word, 'estás'. Spanish yes/no questions can be made simply by raising the tone of voice at the end of any statement.
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