## 5. USTEDES SON ESTUDIANTES?

- A. Read these conversations at a university. Where are the people from?

1.

- ·Hola, itu tambien eres estudiante?
- oSi, hola, me llamo Luciano. Soy argentino. iYvos?
- ·Yo me llamo Carlos y soy colombiano.

2.

- ·Hola, ustedes son estudiantes?
- o Si, somos Marta y Miguel, de Espana. Vosotros tambien sois estudiantes?
- ·Si. Venimos de Chile.
- B. Look at the words in bold in section A. Which words are used to talk to one person, and which words are used to talk to more than one person?

## 6. LETRAS Y SONIDOS /MAS EJ. 10, 11

## ) 07-08 Listen to the following words and note down how the letters in bold are pronounced.

|                 | /k/ como casa   | /s/010/ como pizarra   |
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
| 1. francesa     |                 |                        |
| 2. correo       |                 |                        |
| 3. suiza        |                 |                        |
| 4. nacionalidad |                 |                        |
| 5. arquitecto   |                 |                        |
| 6. cubano       |                 |                        |
| 7. médica       |                 |                        |
| 8. qué          |                 |                        |
| 9. zumba        |                 |                        |
| 10.venezolano   |                 |                        |

## Paracomparar

- →Do these sounds exist in English?How are they written? Do any of these sounds not exist in English? Which ones?
- → In English, are there any letters or groups of letters that are pronounced differently depending on where the speaker comes from (like the letter z in Spanish)?

|                  | /x/ como Javier   | 1g/ como Gael   |
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 1. ginecologo    |                   |                 |
| 2. jueza         |                   |                 |
| 3. bloguero      |                   |                 |
| 4. Jiménez       |                   |                 |
| 5. lenguas       |                   |                 |
| 6. belga         |                   |                 |
| 7. cirujana      |                   |                 |
| 8. jefa          |                   |                 |
| 9. guineano      |                   |                 |
| 10. ingeniera    |                   |                 |
| 11. trabajo      |                   |                 |
| 12. linguista    |                   |                 |
| 13. psic6logo    |                   |                 |
| 14. nicaraguense |                   |                 |