Hello!
How are you? Let's look today at names in Spanish!
The picture above shows the most common surnames in Spain. You can see that overall, the most common surname is Garcia.
Activity/homework
There are some interesting points about naming in Spanish that is different from both English and Japanese.
Watch this video about Spanish names. Watch it as many times as you want or need, then answer the questions below it in your notebooks.
(If you cannot see the video, go to this link, or go to YouTube and look for "Primer Nombres y Apellidos" at https://youtu.be/HUosdlR6Gy8)
1. What is the
first name called in Spanish?
2. What has had
the biggest influence (影響) on names in Spanish in history?
3. What is
another influence on naming that is talked about in the video?
4. What are last names (surnames) called in
Spanish?
5. How many
surnames do Spanish people use?
*Which name comes first, and which name
comes second?
*What is traditionally used to connect
the two surnames?
6. What does the
~ez at the end of some surnames (like Gonzalez, or Martinez), mean?
7. What does the
de mean in surnames?
8. In the
example of Pablo Picasso, which side of the family does “Picasso” come from – his father’s, or mother’s?
I hope you find this interesting. See you next time!
I hope you find this interesting. See you next time!
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