This is just one of the many reasons why language and communication is so important.

Let’s learn a few more basic words today.

 

‘La mujer’ translates to ‘the woman’ and in plural it is ‘Las mujeres.’ The man is ‘el hombre’ in Spanish and the plural is ‘los hombres.’

For children there are a few options; ‘la chica’ literally translates to ‘the girl’ while ‘el chico’ is ‘the boy.’

You’ve no doubt heard of ‘El Niño,’ the weather phenomenon that became trendy back in the 90’s.

While the weather phenomenon ‘El niño’ and ‘La niña’ refers to the warm and cool phases of a recurring climate pattern across the tropical Pacific, in Spanish it refers to ‘the child.’ When you make it masculine or feminine you refer to the child’s gender.

So you want to learn Spanish? Alright, let’s dive in!

For starters, all objects in Spanish are either masculine or feminine. You may recall this episode of The Office when Oscar was trying to teach this to Michael…

‘El’ is the masculine form of ‘the’ and ‘la’ is the feminine form. For example, coffee is masculine so ‘the coffee’ literally translates to ‘el café,’ while milk is feminine so ‘the milk’ literally translates to ‘la leche.’

Here are a few additional vocabulary words to finish off today’s lesson:

Once you’ve learned the basics of a new language it can be intimidating to use it, especially when conversing with a native speaker of that language. But fear not, most people won’t look down upon you for butchering their language, instead most will appreciate you making the attempt. So as Joey would say…

Thanks for joining me!

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