Proper Nouns (2/2)

Proper Nouns

Proper nouns are names of specific people, places or things. In English, proper nouns always start with a capital letter.

Proper nouns in Spanish

Most proper nouns begin with a capital letter in Spanish, but not all of them do.
The following proper nouns DO NOT begin with a capital letter in Spanish.

Days of the week

The days of the week DO NOT begin with a capital letter in Spanish.
- lunes – Monday
- martes – Tuesday
- miércoles – Wednesday

Other days of the week

jueves – Thursday
viernes – Friday
sábado – Saturday
domingo – Sunday

Months of the year

The months of the year DO NOT begin with a capital letter in Spanish.
- enero – Thursday
- febrero – Friday
- marzo – Saturday
- abril – Sunday
- mayo - May
- junio - June

Other months of the year

julio – July
agosto – August
septiembre – September
octubre – October
noviembre - November
diciembre - December

1You, Family & Home

1.1Introducing Yourself & Being Polite

1.1.1Name & Age

1.1.2Being Polite: Hello

1.1.3Being Polite: Please

1.1.4Introductions

1.2Looks & Personality

1.2.1Hair

1.2.2Eyes

1.2.3Physical Appearance

1.2.4Personality

1.3My Family & I

1.3.1Family Members

1.3.2Other Family Members

1.3.3Pets

1.4Days, Months & Time

1.4.1Time

1.4.2Days of the Week

1.4.3Months of the Year

1.5Numbers

1.5.1Numbers 1-10

1.5.2Numbers 11-20

1.5.3Numbers 21-29

1.5.4Numbers: 30-39

1.5.5Numbers: 40-49

1.5.6Numbers: 50-59

1.5.7Numbers: 60-69

1.5.8Numbers: 70-79

1.5.9Numbers: 80-89

1.5.10Numbers: 90-100

2School & Jobs

2.1School

2.1.1School Subjects (1/2)

2.1.2School Subjects (2/2)

3Free Time

3.1Free Time

3.1.1Sports: Jugar

3.1.2Sports: Hacer

3.1.3Music

3.2Town

3.2.1Shops (1/2)

3.2.2Shops (2/2)

3.2.3Places in Town

3.2.4Talking About Places in Town

3.3Shopping

3.3.1Liking & Not Liking

3.3.2Fruit

3.3.3Vegetables

3.3.4Clothes (1/2)

3.3.5Clothes (2/2)

3.4Holiday

3.4.1Good Weather

3.4.2Bad Weather

4Grammar

4.1Verbs

4.1.1Subject Pronouns

4.1.2Subject Pronouns: Explanation

4.1.3Verbs

4.1.4Conjugation

4.2Important Irregular Verbs

4.2.1To Be - Ser

4.2.2Uses of 'Ser' (1/2)

4.2.3Uses of 'Ser' (2/2)

4.2.4To Be - Estar

4.2.5Uses of 'Estar' (1/2)

4.2.6Uses of 'Estar' (2/2)

4.2.7'Ser' or 'Estar' (1/2)

4.2.8'Ser' or 'Estar' (2/2)

4.2.9To Have

4.2.10Uses of 'Tener'

4.3Regular Verbs in the Present Tense

4.3.1Regular 'AR' Verbs in the Present Tense: 'Hablar'

4.3.2Regular 'AR' Verbs in the Present Tense

4.3.3Regular 'ER' Verbs in the Present Tense

4.3.4'ER' Verbs in the Present: Examples

4.3.5Regular 'IR' Verbs in the Present Tense

4.3.6Regular 'IR' Verbs in the Present: Examples

4.4Verbs in the Immediate Future

4.4.1Immediate Future

4.4.2Immediate Future: Uses

4.5Negatives

4.5.1Negatives

4.5.2Just the 'Nada' Bit

4.6Nouns

4.6.1Saying 'A' & 'The' (Singular)

4.6.2Saying 'Some' and 'The' (Plural)

4.6.3Plural Nouns

4.6.4Proper Nouns (1/2)

4.6.5Proper Nouns (2/2)

4.7Adjectives

4.7.1Adjectives

4.7.2Adjectives: Spelling

4.7.3Adjectives That Don't Change

4.7.4'Grande' and 'Bueno'

4.7.5Adjectives that Change Endings

4.7.6Plural

4.7.7Possession

4.8Prepositions

4.8.1Common Prepositions

4.9Questions

4.9.1Asking Questions

4.10Conjunctions

4.10.1What Are Conjunctions?

4.11Adverbials

4.11.1Adverbs of Manner

4.11.2Adverbs of Time

4.11.3Adverbs of Place

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