=====OVERVIEW===== Chapter 5 Ana va a ver la tele a las 8 de la mañana Ana is going to watch TV at 8 in the morning At 8 in the morning Ana is at home and she is going to watch TV in Spanish. Ana's mother is in the house also, but she does not want to watch TV with Ana. Ana watches the TV by herself. =====GRAMMAR===== Vocabulary Structures At 8 in the morning A las ocho de la mañana At 8 in the morning At what time? ¿A qué hora? At what time? Ana is going to watch the program alone Ana va a ver el programa sola Ana is going to watch the program alone Is Ana going to watch a program alone? ¿Va a ver sola Ana un programa? Is Ana going to watch a program alone? Her mother does not want to watch the program that is called News of the Day Su madre no quiere ver el programa que se llama Noticias del D'a Her mother does not want to watch the program that is called News of the Day =====DIALOGUE===== Chapter 5 Ana va a ver la tele a las 8 de la mañana Ana is going to watch TV at 8 in the morning At 8 in the morning Ana is in her house, and she is going to watch TV in Spanish. At 8 in the morning Ana is in her house, and she is going to watch TV in Spanish. Q1 Where is Ana? Ana is in her house. Very good memory, Ana is in her house. Ana's mother is in her house also. Ana's mother is in her house also. Who is in the house with Ana? Her mother Excellent, Ana's mother is in the house with her. Where is Ana's mother? In her house Yes, Ana's mother is in her house also. At 8 in the morning there is a Spanish program on channel 34, and the program is called News of the Day. How does one say, 'Noticias del D'a," in English? Noticias del D'a, is, News of the day. Who wants to watch the program on Channel 34 at 8 in the morning at her house that is called News of the Day? Ana Of course, Ana wants to watch the program called News of the Day. Ana's mother does not want to watch the program in Spanish at 8 in the morning that is called News of the Day. Ana's mother does not want to watch the program in Spanish at 8 in the morning that is called News of the Day. Q2 Ana is going to watch the program alone. Ana is going to watch the program alone. Is Ana going to watch the program, News of the Day, on Channel 34 at 8 in the morning in her house alone or is she going to watch the program with her mother? Ana is going to watch the program alone. It's true, Ana is going to watch the program alone in her house. She is not going to watch the program in Spanish with her mother. Is Ana going to watch a program that is called News of the Day on Channel 34 at 8 in the morning in her house alone? Yes Correct, Ana, alone, is going to watch a program in Spanish that is called News of the Day on Channel 34 at 8 in the morning at her house. What does Ana want to do in her house at 8 in the morning? Ana wants to watch television at 8 in the morning Correct, at 8 in the morning Ana wants to watch television in Spanish in her house. The word, televisión has an abbreviation, tele: la televisión, la tele. From now on and because la tele is more commonly used, we will use la tele in place of la televisión. Who is going to watch TV at 8 in the morning? Ana Of course, Ana is going to watch TV in her house at 8 in the morning. At what time is Ana going to watch TV in her house? How does one say, ¿ A qué hora? in English? Very good question, ¿A qué hora? in English is "At what hour/time?" Whenever you hear the time in Spanish it will be either singular a la una at the one o'clock hour or more literally 'at the hour one." Or the plural, A las dos, a las tres up to a las doce and it's a las because las is short for hours las horas. The literal translation for a las dos, is 'at the hours two" or simply, 'at 2 o'clock, a las tres at the hours three, or at 3 o'clock all the way to a las doce at the hours twelve or at 12 o'clock, a las doce. Q3 Let's review everything that went on so far. If there are parts that you don't understand, just go back to that section and review it. Very Good Today Ana is in her house, and she wants to practice and speak Spanish. There is a problem. The problem is that Ana wants to practice and speak Spanish, but she does not want to go to school because she does not like school. Ana has a good idea. Ana's very good idea has three parts. In the first part of Ana's very good idea, she is going to watch TV. In the second part of Ana's idea, she is going to read a Spanish book. And in the third part of Ana's idea, she is going to eat at a Mexican restaurant. In the first part of Ana's idea, she is going to watch TV. Ana's mother is in her house also. At 8 in the morning there is a Spanish program on channel 34 and the program is called News of the Day. Her mother does not want to watch the program called News of the Day. Ana is going to watch the program alone.