Module 1 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A1, first half), lesson 20 of 30: ¿Quién es? On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
| Spanish | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| ¿quién es? | who is that? | kyehn EHS |
| es mi madre | that is my mother | ehs mee MAH-dreh |
| es alto | he is tall | ehs AHL-toh |
| es simpática | she is nice | ehs seem-PAH-tee-kah |
| tiene dos años | he is two years old | TYEH-neh dohs AH-nyohs |
| amable | kind | ah-MAH-bleh |
| bajo | short (m) | BAH-hoh |
| baja | short (f) | BAH-hah |
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
¿Quién es? asks "who is that?", and this unit answers it in three sentences: Es mi madre. Es simpática. Tiene treinta años.
That three-sentence portrait — who, what they are like, their age — describes any person you know. Pick two family members and write it for each, endings agreeing, ñ on años.
¿quién es? asks who; ¿qué es esto? asks what. The answer to ¿quién es? starts with es: es mi madre.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.
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