Christmas Vocabulary - Learn Spanish With Paul

Hello everyone, this is Paul from SpanishWithPaul.com. As most of you know, I upload a new Spanish lesson every single Monday, and I'd like to thank you for tuning in to this one. What we're going to do is construct sentences around the theme of Christmas and the New Year. I'm going to show you all of the classic expressions and vocabulary that we typically use at this time of year, and I think that, or I hope that, you're going to enjoy it a lot. That's all coming up next. If becoming fluent in conversational Spanish is one of your goals for this year, then consider clicking the link above to download my free course books that go along with all of my YouTube lessons. You can also subscribe to my channel to get a brand new Spanish lesson from me every single Monday. So with that out of the way, let's get started. The word for Christmas in Spanish is Navidad. We have three syllables. The word for happy is feliz. How would you say happy Christmas? The word Navidad is feminine, so you will say la or una. How would you say a happy Christmas? To say I wish in Spanish is deseo. We have de seo. And to say I wish you would be te deseo. This literally means to you I wish. How would you say I wish you a happy Christmas? New year in Spanish is año nuevo. You can see the word order is reversed. Here we have year with año, and here we have new with nuevo. So literally year new. And this is masculine, so you'll use el or un. How would you say the new year? How would you say happy new year? We can combine these two into a classic expression, which is I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Now Spanish makes a change here. Instead of saying happy new year, Spanish says prosperous new year. And the word for prosperous is prospero. Notice that we have an accent over the o, so it's important that your pronunciation stresses that part of the word. If you say prospero, you may not be understood. It has to be prospero. How would you say a prosperous new year? Do you remember how to say I wish you? How would you say I wish you a merry Christmas? Now how would you say I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year? A Christmas card in Spanish is una tarjeta de navidad. Tarjeta is the word for card. Notice we have the strong h sound here. What's the verb to write? How would you say how to write? Next say how to write a Christmas card. What's the expression for we're going to? How would you say we're going to write a Christmas card? What's the verb to learn? Now say we're going to learn how to write a Christmas card. How do you say in Spanish? Now say we're going to learn how to write a Christmas card in Spanish. Most of the time we start off cards with to whoever it is or dear whoever it is. Dear in Spanish can be either querido or querida. Addressing the card to a man will be querido and addressing the card to a woman will be querida. How would you say dear Jose? How would you say dear Anna? Now try this. I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Signing off you can say love from or best wishes. This would be con amor or simply saludos. How would you say dear Maria? I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Often we write Christmas cards to couples and this means we have to make a couple of changes. First of all the word dear will become queridos and the phrase I wish you when talking to you all we have to use the pronoun of les. This means to you all les. So the phrase is les deseo. To you all I wish. How would you say dear Maria and Jose? I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. This word here or this name rather Gabriela is often shortened in Spanish to simply Gabi. How would you say that? Instead of saying dear you could just say to Maria and Jose. This would simply be a Maria y Jose and you would continue in the same way as before. Another common expression is I wish you and your family. I'm going to give you this all at once. In Spanish this would be te deseo a ti y a tu familia. Here we have a centerpiece which is a little bit tricky. So to you and to your. It might not be a bad idea to just cycle that around for a few minutes. This will help you remember it. So once again I wish you and your family. How would you use that? I wish you and your family a happy new year. What about dear Maria? I wish you and your family a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Here I've shortened it. The name might be Alejandrina. Again it gets shortened to simply Ale. How would you write that card? What do we use for you're going to in Spanish? And once again what's the verb to write? How would you say you're going to write? How would you ask what are you going to write? To say for Maria would be para Maria. Now let's put it all together. What are you going to write in the Christmas card for Maria? ¿Qué vas a escribir en la tarjeta de Navidad para Maria? Reply with this. Dear Maria, I wish you and your family a happy Christmas. Something we hear a lot around this time of year is the phrase there's just X number of days till Christmas. In Spanish this would be solo faltan, whatever number it is, días para Navidad. This is coming from the verb faltar which means to be missing. So literally what it's saying is only they are missing the number of days for Christmas. You'll also hear some people say para la Navidad. They'll throw in the definite article but it's also fine to leave it out. So once again solo faltan, whatever number, días para Navidad. Let's imagine it's seven days. This would be siete días. How would you say there's just seven days till Christmas? How would you say there's just three days till Christmas? The word for tree in Spanish is árbol. This is a masculine word. How would you say the tree? How would you say a tree? To say a Christmas tree would be un árbol de Navidad. What you're literally saying here is a tree of Christmas. What's the verb to buy? And how would you say we're going to buy? We're going to buy a Christmas tree. The verb to decorate is very close in Spanish. And if we want to say to decorate it when referring to un árbol de Navidad, it becomes decorarlo. We have the lo standing for it because this is a masculine word. So to decorate it, decorarlo. How would you say we're going to buy a Christmas tree and decorate it tomorrow? What word do we use in Spanish to express in order to? How would you say in order to decorate? Now say in order to decorate a Christmas tree. Do you remember how to say we need? We covered this in the mini course series previously. It's quite a lot of syllables in there. How would you say in order to decorate a Christmas tree we need? Well, let's take a look at what we need. The word in Spanish for baubles, meaning those colored spears that you see on the trees everywhere, is esferas. Here you can see the remnants of the word sphere in English with esferas. But we have an e in front of it, so esferas. This means baubles. Then we have lights, which is luces. How would you say baubles and lights? The word for star is estrella. This is a feminine word. How would you say a star? Let's try to use this vocabulary. We need to buy baubles, lights, and a star in order to decorate the Christmas tree. Esferas, luces, y una estrella para decorar el árbol de Navidad. How would you say we're going to decorate the Christmas tree today? To say on top in Spanish is one word. It's encima. Let's use it. We're going to decorate the Christmas tree with baubles, lights, and with a star on top. How would you say that? Why do I like Christmas? First of all, I wonder if you can remember how to say I like. Again, this is something we covered in the mini course series. To me, it is pleasing. How would you say why do I like? Now ask, why do I like Christmas? In Spanish, they will throw in the definite article here and literally say, why do I like the Christmas? How would you say that? The expression to spend time is to pass time. And the word for family is This is a feminine word. How would you say the family? Now say to spend time with the family. How do you say I can? To express my family would be Now say, I like Christmas because I can spend time with my family. Aside from family, we also refer a lot to loved ones. And they do this in Spanish as well. Loved ones would be I'd like to focus on this word. We have in Spanish the verb which means to be. Or at least it's one of the verbs that means to be. But can also be a noun. We have This means the being, like a sentient being. Now what's happening here with is that the noun meaning being is becoming plural. So in a sense, what you have is This is how they are expressing in Spanish loved ones. How would you say I can spend time with loved ones? I like Christmas because I can spend time with loved ones. Let's work through some more vocabulary. Christmas day in Spanish is Literally, the day of Christmas. Once again, what is to spend time? How would you say to spend Christmas day? What is you're going to? Now ask, how are you going to spend Christmas day? To say that you love something in Spanish is How would you say I love Christmas? Now say, I love Christmas day. New Year's Day has a very similar formula. It goes So we have the day of year new. It's reversed. Remember this bit. So you can see that we have a little formula here. We have For Christmas Day. For New Year's Day. In both cases, we have How would you ask, how are you going to spend New Year's Day? Now reply. New Year's Eve is all one word in Spanish. This literally means night and old. This is a feminine word. How would you say the New Year's Eve? What's the word for friends? Now say, we're going to spend New Year's Eve with friends and family. The verb to celebrate is another one that's very close in Spanish. It's How would you say we're going to celebrate? We're going to celebrate New Year's Eve here. Now try this. We're going to celebrate New Year's Eve here with friends, family, and loved ones. Vamos a celebrar la noche vieja aquí con amigos, familia, y seres queridos. Christmas Eve in Spanish is You can see just like New Year's Eve, it's all one word. Noche means night and buena means good. So the good night. It's a feminine word. So how would you say the Christmas Eve? The word for special in Spanish is How would you say it is special? Now say, Christmas Eve is very special. To express for us would be Now say, Christmas Eve is very special for us. Now try this. Christmas Eve is very special for us and we're going to spend it here with family. One point I want to mention is that this word, it, is going to be la because you're referring to the Christmas Eve which is So try to translate this now. La noche buena es muy especial para nosotros y vamos a pasarla aquí con la familia. Let's organize that vocabulary now so that it becomes easier to remember. First of all, we have Christmas Day. How do you say it? The day of Christmas. Then we had New Year's Day. How do you say it? Here we have a group. In both cases. Christmas Day, you tag on Navidad. New Year's Day, you tag on Año Nuevo. Next up, we had Christmas Eve. How do you say it? And we have New Year's Eve. How do you say it? This again has a formula in common. We have la noche buena, the good night, for Christmas Eve. And la noche vieja, the old night, or New Year's Eve. All one word in both cases. It's also interesting to note that the Eves, whether it be Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve, are feminine. La noche buena, la noche vieja. While the days, Christmas Day and New Year's Day, are masculine. Something used a lot in the U.S. is the expression of Happy Holidays. This would be Felices Fiestas. Then we have the question of Santa Claus. Now, in Spain and some other countries, this is referred to as Papa Noel. While in Mexico and again other countries, simply call him Santa. So you either have Papa Noel or Santa. We've covered quite a lot in this lesson, so let's run a drill now. How do you say Happy Christmas? Happy New Year. I wish you. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. How do you say a Christmas card? Dear Maria and Jose. With love. Best wishes. I wish you, when it's plural. I wish you and your family. What's the word for Christmas tree? To decorate. Baubles. Lights. Star. On top. To spend time. Loved ones. Christmas Day. New Year's Day. Christmas Eve. New Year's Eve. To celebrate. Special. For us. Happy holidays. Santa Claus. There's just seven days till Christmas. Funnily enough, that last statement is true. If you're watching this on Monday, December 18th, 2017, then there really are just seven days until Christmas. 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