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Vocabulary:

mi = my

amiga = female friend

TRANSCRIPT:

Hola, amigo. Hey, welcome back. I'm really glad you're here. So last time, we talked about the word HOLA.

H-O-L-A. Do you remember what HOLA means in English? Right, HOLA means HELLO. And remember, the H is totally silent, like it's just there taking a nap or something.

We don't pronounce it, so it's not HOLA, it's just HOLA. And then I said AMIGO. A-M-I-G-O. Amigo means, do you remember?

Friend. So if I say, hola, amigo, I'm saying, hello, friend. Can we try that again together? Hola, amigo.

Hola, amigo. It's okay if it feels a little funny in your mouth right now. Spanish is going to start feeling a lot more natural as we go along. So now, let's add just a little bit more to our hola, amigo.

You know, and spice it up a little. So, I'm going to add a little something to this. Listen. Hola mi amigo, hola mi amigo.

my friend. Ah, nice work. Now, here's something a little fun about Spanish. When I said amigo with the O at the end, I actually meant a male friend or sometimes just a friend in general.

But if I say amiga with an A at the end, amiga, that's a female friend. So, let's try that. Hola, mi amiga. Hola mi amiga.

So if you're saying hello to your guy friend, you'd say, Hola mi amigo. And if you're saying hello to your female friend, you'll say, Hola, mi amiga. So the O on the end makes the word amigo, male, or what we might call a masculine word. And adding A on the end makes it female, or what we might call feminine.

And as we go along, you'll start noticing that it's not just people words that are male and female. Actually, all people, places, and things are male or female in Spanish. English doesn't have this. But you'll catch on as we go along.

Okay, tons of people mix this up a lot when they first start learning Spanish. They get nervous and think, wait, is it the O or the A? Oh no, what if I get it wrong? And honestly, people will still understand you even if you mix it up sometimes.

So no pressure. But here's something that might help you remember. The letter O is just a simple circle. It's plain.

It's kind of like a bald head. O. Nothing extra. So think of the bald head or the O when talking about masculine words.

But the letter A also has a circle, but it's either got a little hat on the top, I guess that's mostly the printed A's, or it has a little ponytail, that little line, especially when you're writing the letter. You know, the A's got that little extra flair. So the A is for the feminine words. So you might want to think, O is plain and A has a little extra.

The O is masculine, the A is feminine. And hey, I mean, some of us love adding a little extra, right? So let's practice this. Say this with me slowly.

When we're talking to a man, we say, Hola mi amigo. Now let's go back and forth, kind of like a ping pong ball. Hola mi amigo. Hola mi amiga.

Okay, here's a quick little recap. Hola is hello. Amigo is your male friend. Amiga is for a female friend.

And mi, M-I, is my. And if you forget, just picture the O as a plain little bald head and the A as someone with a cute hat or a ponytail. So, please, please try these out today. Just walk around the house and talk to everything.

Hola, mi amigo. Hola, mi amiga. And take a moment to write it down in your Spanish journal. It will help you remember later.

Okay, mi amigo, mi amiga. That's it for today. You're doing so well. Thank you so much for learning with me.

See you in our next lesson.