Blog 2

I found it interesting that there are so many state and city names in the United States that are based on Spanish words or phrases. I knew of a couple such as Amarillo and El Paso, but I did not realize just how many city names are based on Spanish words or phrases. I found it interesting that in San Agustin, Flordia you can still see the Spanish influence in the architecture, street names, food, and art. I also found it interesting that the state name Flordia is based on a Spanish phrase, Pascua Flordia.

When learning spanish, it is important to realize that nouns are assigined a grammatical gender: either masculine (the article el) or feminine (article la). This is different from English where there is no femine or masculine words. It is also important to remember that gender agreement is very important in Spanish.

Another difference between English and Spanish is that in Spanish the adjective goes after the noun instead of before like in English. For example in English we would say brown hair but in Spanish you have to say pelo cafe because the adjective has to come after the noun.