¡Hoy es lunes lingüístico! (Today is linguistic Monday!)
La fecha es el seis (6) de marzo del año dos mil veintitrés. (The date is March 6, 2023.)
El fonema de la semana es ch. (The phoneme of the week is ch.)
Let’s expand our vocabulary with 7 verbs that start with ch. You can practice one verb each day of the week.
Siete (7) verbos que empiezan con el fonema ch (7 verbs that start with the phoneme ch):
| 1 (uno) – | chamuscar | (to scorch) |
| 2 (dos) – | charlar | (to chat) |
| 3 (tres) – | chequear | (to check) |
| 4 (cuatro) – | chismosear | (to gossip) |
| 5 (cinco) – | chocar | (to crash; to hit) |
| 6 (seis) – | chorrear | (to drip) |
| 7 (siete) – | chupar | (to suck; to lick) |
Which of these verbs is a cognado (cognate)? To learn more about cognados, refer to page 32 in You Can Speak Spanish! – Volume 1. If you need a refresher on conjugating verbs, check out the section Verbos on page 52.
¡Que tengas un lunes luchador! (May you have a determined Monday!)
L. A. Feliz