hola my name is Kylie and welcome to intro to Spanish in this video you'll
learn the basics of the Spanish language
did you know that Spanish is the second most spoken language in the entire world
it comes second to Mandarin Chinese look for the video called intro to Chinese to
learn about the most widely spoken language in the world the Spanish
language originated in Spain but it is the primary language of 20 other
countries around the world the most Spanish is spoken in these Latin
American countries
there are over 470 million native speakers of Spanish and over 560 million
speakers in total this includes people who speak Spanish as a second language
like people do in the United States there are 45 million Spanish speakers in
the United States Wow if you live in the u.s. you don't even
need to travel to a different country to practice speaking Spanish knowing some
words and phrases in Spanish will come in handy no matter where you practice
the language be careful the Spanish that is spoken in Spain is different from the
Spanish spoken in Latin America even within Latin America there are subtle
differences that's because each region has a different dialect or a different
form of Spanish depending on the place of the origin let me share with you some
basics about the Spanish language that you can use anywhere in the world
including in the United States Spanish nouns have two genders masculine or
feminine the masculine article that is the same as English where the is El in
the singular form and los when it's plural for example el hombre or the man
and los hombres or the men the feminine article is LA in the singular form and
las one is plural for example la mujer or the woman and las mujeres the women
in general nouns that end in an O are considered to be masculine such as el
libro the book words that end in a are usually feminine nouns as in la pelota
the ball but like the English language there are always exceptions to the rule
you can check an English Spanish dictionary to be sure Spanish adjectives
are also either feminine or masculine depending on the word being described
for example we can say a man is bueno or a woman is Buena we can say a boy is
bonito or girl is bonita there are three types of Spanish verbs verbs end in
either er ar or ir these verbs have different endings depending on the
subject who is doing the action look at the endings for the verb comer
to eat do you notice how in Spanish the verb endings change depending on the
person we are relating to whereas in English it barely changes you can
probably read or understand many Spanish words already because there are Spanish
words that are very similar to English words but are pronounced differently
can you guess what some of these words are chocolate melón televisión if you
want to learn more about the Spanish language you can take a class where you
live you can also get a head start on our fun online games and quizzes with
games like learn Spanish in the kitchen or learn Spanish in the park then
advanced or more rigorous games like vocabulary practice adios
until next time always be clever Vámonos