spanish language presentation

8/2/2019 Spanish Language Presentation

1/15

Spanish Language

Part I


2/15

How many people speak

Spanish at present? More than 300 million - which includes the

Spanish speaking people in Spain in 18 Latin

American countries, in Puerto Rico, and in

the United States.


3/15

Romance Languages

The word romance designates languages

that have their origin in the Latin Vulgate or

were spoken in the ancient empire of Rome.

Other romance languages include French,

Italian, Portuguese, Rumanian, Catalan, and

Provencal


4/15

Comparing Romance Languages

Comparing grammar, vocabulary andpronunciation:

Portuguese and Italian are the most similar toSpanish. Native/fluent speakers dont havedifficulty in reading and comprehending forthe most part.

French is the most difficult due topronunciation.


5/15

Latin American Spanish

vs.

Spain Spanish

The difference is more or less like the

difference between North American Spanish

and British English.

Pronunciation/vocabulary/vosotros/Vos


6/15

Spanish colonization

There were regional dialects in Spain in the

days of colonization of America and the

colonists are responsible, in part, for the

Spanish that is spoken in Hispanic

American now. It is believed that 60% of the

colonists in the beginning years of America

came from Spain. There is also somevocabulary influence from the Native

Americans.


7/15

Examples of Vocab.

From the West Indies: canoa, maiz, canibal,

tabaco, yuca, huracan.

From the language of Mexico: cacao, chocolate,

tiza, tomate

From the language of Peru: alpaca, condor y

papa


8/15

Spanish Language - II

On comparing Spanish, French and German

three of the most common languages taught in

schools today.


9/15

Spanish is easy?

Easy is not the correct term.actually, less

difficult would be more appropriate. No

language is easy to learn. Like a musical

instrument, all languages are more or less

difficult to master.


10/15

Easy Spanish - II

In general, Spanish is easier than French and

German. Pronunciation and spelling is less

difficult than French and German for the

majority of the people. On the other hand,

Spanish verbs are more complicated than

French or German verbs and Spanish pronouns

are more difficult than German ones.


11/15

Vocabulary comparison

Difficulty of vocabulary in Spanish and French

are similar because they are both romance

languages. But, if you compare Spanish with

German, you will find that the concrete words

are easier in German and the abstract words are

easier in Spanish.


12/15

Why the difference?

English is a Germanic language. Vocabulary

that describes the daily life has a Germanic base.

On the other hand, abstract vocabulary, that

describes concepts and emotions are from Latin

or French.


13/15

Examples

German concrete vocab:

die hand, der arm, der finger.

vs.

el mano, el brazo, el dedo

Spanish abstract vocab:

la paciencia, la idolatria, la justification

vs.der geduld, der gotzendienst, die rechtfertigung


14/15

1st year vocab

German vocabulary is easier than Spanish during

the first year because most of the vocabulary is

concrete. However, after thatSpanish is easier

because of the abstract vocabulary.


15/15

Bible Translation

German Bible: Historical narratives, with a lot

of concrete nouns, easier in German

Spanish Bible: The epistles, with much more

abstract concepts, would be easier in Spanish

spanish language presentation

Documents