{"id":3489,"date":"2011-10-05T16:09:02","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T20:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2011-10-05T16:09:02","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T20:09:02","slug":"spanish-lesson-beginner-23-leisure-activities-and-frequency-expressions-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-lesson-beginner-23-leisure-activities-and-frequency-expressions-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Lesson Beginner 23 Leisure activities and frequency expressions in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spanish Lesson Beginner 23 Leisure activities and how to describe how often we do things in Spanish\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Cx5toRWPr8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Hola! \u00bfQu\u00e9 tal?<\/p>\n<p>Today, we are going to see some common leisure activities in Spanish and how to say when and how often we do them.<\/p>\n<p>First let\u2019s see some useful leisure activity verbs:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ver la televisi\u00f3n: To watch TV<br \/>\n\u2022 Leer el peri\u00f3dico: To read the newspaper<br \/>\n\u2022 Leer un libro: To read a book<br \/>\n\u2022 Salir con los amigos: To go out with friends<br \/>\n\u2022 Jugar al f\u00fatbol\/tenis\/golf: To play football\/tennis\/golf<br \/>\n\u2022 Ir de compras: To go shopping<br \/>\n\u2022 Ir al cine: To go to the cinema<br \/>\n\u2022 Ir a un concierto: To go to a concert<br \/>\n\u2022 Cocinar: To cook<br \/>\n\u2022 Escuchar m\u00fasica: To listen to music<br \/>\n\u2022 Viajar: To travel<br \/>\n\u2022 Ir a la playa: To go to the beach<br \/>\n\u2022 Ir al monte: To go to the countryside<br \/>\n\u2022 Ir de excursi\u00f3n: To go on an excursion<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s look at Spanish adverbs of frequency that allow us to describe how often we do a certain thing:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Siempre: Always<br \/>\n\u2022 A menudo: Often<br \/>\n\u2022 Muchas veces: Many times<br \/>\n\u2022 A veces: Sometimes<br \/>\n\u2022 Muy pocas veces: Not very often<br \/>\n\u2022 Casi nunca: Hardly ever<br \/>\n\u2022 Nunca: Never<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s practice using the adverbs of frequency with the verb \u201cTo go\u201d, el verbo \u201cIr\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Vamos siempre: We always go<br \/>\n\u2022 Vamos a menudo: We often go<br \/>\n\u2022 Vamos muchas veces: We go many times<br \/>\n\u2022 Vamos a veces: We sometimes go<br \/>\n\u2022 No vamos casi nunca: We hardly ever go<br \/>\n\u2022 Casi nunca vamos: We hardly ever go<br \/>\n\u2022 No vamos nunca: We never go<br \/>\n\u2022 Nunca vamos: We never go<\/p>\n<p>Next we are going to see other Spanish phrases to express how often we do things:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Todos los d\u00edas: Every day<br \/>\n\u2022 Todas las semanas: Every week<br \/>\n\u2022 Todos los meses: Every month<br \/>\n\u2022 Todos los a\u00f1os: Every year<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Una vez al d\u00eda: Once a day<br \/>\n\u2022 Una vez a la semana: Once a week<br \/>\n\u2022 Una vez al mes: Once a month<br \/>\n\u2022 Una vez al a\u00f1o: Once a year<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dos\/Tres\/&#8230; veces al d\u00eda: Twice\/Three times&#8230; a day<br \/>\n\u2022 Dos\/Tres\/&#8230; veces a la semana: Twice\/Three times&#8230; a week<br \/>\n\u2022 Dos\/Tres\/&#8230; veces al mes: Twice\/Three times&#8230; a month<br \/>\n\u2022 Dos\/Tres\/&#8230; veces al a\u00f1o: Twice\/Three times&#8230; a year<br \/>\n\u2022 Una vez: Once<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s practice those phrases now with the verb \u201cTo study\u201d, el verbo \u201cEstudiar\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Estudio todos los d\u00edas: I study every day<br \/>\n\u2022 Estudio dos veces al d\u00eda: I study twice a day<br \/>\n\u2022 Estudio tres veces a la semana: I study three times a week<br \/>\n\u2022 Estudio una vez al mes: I study once a month<br \/>\n\u2022 Estudio cuatro veces al a\u00f1o: I study four times a year<\/p>\n<p>This is a good time to refresh our knowledge about the days of the week and the months of the year in Spanish so that we can describe on which days and in which months we do certain things:<\/p>\n<p>The days of the week in Spanish are:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Lunes: Monday<br \/>\n\u2022 Martes: Tuesday<br \/>\n\u2022 Mi\u00e9rcoles: Wednesday<br \/>\n\u2022 Jueves: Thursday<br \/>\n\u2022 Viernes: Friday<br \/>\n\u2022 S\u00e1bado: Saturday<br \/>\n\u2022 Domingo: Sunday<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 El lunes\/martes\/mi\u00e9rcoles\/etc&#8230;: On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc<br \/>\n\u2022 Los lunes\/ martes\/ etc&#8230;: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, etc<br \/>\n\u2022 El viernes voy a un concierto: On Friday I am going to a concert<br \/>\n\u2022 Los domingos voy al cine: On Sundays I go to the cinema<\/p>\n<p>The months of the year in Spanish are:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Enero: January<br \/>\n\u2022 Febrero: February<br \/>\n\u2022 Marzo: March<br \/>\n\u2022 Abril: April<br \/>\n\u2022 Mayo: May<br \/>\n\u2022 Junio: June<br \/>\n\u2022 Julio: July<br \/>\n\u2022 Agosto: August<br \/>\n\u2022 Septiembre: September<br \/>\n\u2022 Octubre: October<br \/>\n\u2022 Noviembre: November<br \/>\n\u2022 Diciembre: December<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 En enero\/febrero\/marzo\/etc&#8230;: In January\/February\/March\/etc&#8230;<br \/>\n\u2022 En agosto no trabajo: I don\u00b4t work in August<br \/>\n\u2022 El (date) de (month): The (date) of (month)<br \/>\n\u2022 El cinco de marzo: The 5th of March<br \/>\n\u2022 El veintid\u00f3s de septiembre. The 22nd of September<\/p>\n<p>This is all for today. As an exercise to practice what you have just learned I suggest you try writing about what activities you usually do and how often and when exactly you do them. For example, when you study Spanish, when you go shopping, when you play sport, etc\u2026 This will help you to memorise the new vocabulary and the structure of the sentences.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great week and see you next time with more Spanish!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Hasta luego!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a1Hola! \u00bfQu\u00e9 tal? Today, we are going to see some common leisure activities in Spanish and how to say when and how often we do them. First let\u2019s see some useful leisure activity verbs: \u2022 Ver la televisi\u00f3n: To watch TV \u2022 Leer el peri\u00f3dico: To read the newspaper \u2022 Leer un libro: To read&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-lesson-beginner-23-leisure-activities-and-frequency-expressions-in-spanish\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6,13,2617],"tags":[3528],"class_list":["post-3489","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-grammar","category-vocabulary","category-videos","tag-adverbs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3492,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489\/revisions\/3492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}