Why study Spanish?

  • Over 425 million people who live in Spain, 18 Latin American countries, Puerto Rico, Equatorial Guinea, the Philippines, and the United States speak Spanish. Spanish is the second most common language spoken in the United States and the third most commonly spoken language in the world. One out of every four families in the United States speak Spanish as their first language.

Studying Spanish helps you to:

Increase your higher level thinking skills.

Improve language skills.

Improve school and career opportunities.

Shine in God’s diverse world.

Please join us in dialogue.

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284 Responses to “Why study Spanish?”

  1. Ryan Butkis Says:

    I like my spanish name.

  2. ghcsespanol Says:

    ¿Cuál es su nombre en español?

  3. phoebe Says:

    also if this is your first lanuage then once you get into high school and say you want to learn French then it will be alot easier to learn because you have alardy learned one lanuage, ;)

    • Señora Kingma Says:

      Sí Phoebe………Yes because that part of your brain will be used to using another language and you find a similarity in some of the words and even names….Spanish originates from Spain and uses the European rule system.

  4. sam bekins Says:

    Pienso que el español es realmente fácil y diversión.( I think that spanish is really easy and fun.) :)

  5. ashly Says:

    I learned something from my grandma that i think is fun to say, dios le bendigo. (God bless you)

  6. Ben Kramer Says:

    I think spanish is fun to it will help all of us a lot in the future.

  7. Ben Kramer Says:

    I like spanish to it will help all of us later in life.

  8. ashly Says:

    What does that mean?

  9. Ben Kramer Says:

    One of my favorite numeros is veinte i dos. Because my luckey number is 23

  10. Ella DeWyn Says:

    I’ve learned soooo much in Espanol – - I really like it. We have it twice a week. I look forward to learning with Senora Kingma more Spanish every week. I’m really glad that GHCS started to teach Spanish – we can also get ahead for high school – because we’ve already taken Spanish 1!

  11. Ella DeWyn Says:

    :) :) *) ;)

  12. TULLY Says:

    my favorite number is treintaeuno

  13. TULLY Says:

    emmmm Pancakes !!!!

  14. ashly Says:

    my favorite number is cuatro because i think it sounds cool.

  15. kyle kingma Says:

    Me gusta el numero cincuenta y cuatro por que eso es mi futbol americano numero.

  16. ashly Says:

    what did you just say?

  17. phoebe Says:

    how did you guys get on the topic of pankakes but i like them too :) mmmm

  18. Madie somers Says:

    spanish rocks

  19. Tejana hoffer Says:

    whats pancakes in spanish

  20. juan Says:

    HOLA

  21. samuel Says:

    el español es la diversión y me gusta esto cuando jugamos a los juegos esto me ayuda a aprender mejor y su mucha diversión.

    samuel

    las tortitas de ps están bien

  22. Samuel G. Says:

    I dont know, I LOVE spanish!!!!!

  23. Rylee Stuk Says:

    Me gusta trece.

  24. Rylee Stuk Says:

    Because it is my favorite and lucky number

  25. Rylee Stuk Says:

    pancakes in spanish is panqueques

  26. Rylee Stuk Says:

    I would have picked numero 4 ’cause i was born on may 4 and ’cause it is usually my favoite and lucky numero. but i picked trece (13) ’cause sydne and courtne usually get that numero for sports.

  27. Madie somers Says:

    go cows hola

  28. juan Says:

    mi número favorito es cincuenta y siete pero no sé por qué me gusta esto:)

  29. sam berens Says:

    mi número favorito es ochenta y ocho

    samuel

    tortitas de umm

  30. ashly Says:

    My favorite two digit number is sesenta y cuatro!

  31. Jeremy Says:

    .Jeremias aquí. Mi número favorito es catorce, debido al modo que suena

  32. Nolan Says:

    Me gusta catorcey because I always get it for my soccer jersy.

  33. Madie somers Says:

    hi hola bye adios

  34. Tully Says:

    My name is Pablo I like to go fishing.

  35. Tully Says:

    Hay un fuego en mi casa.(: [-] [-]
    ]
    ___

  36. Tully Says:

    that means “there is a fire in my house. [-] [-]
    . )
    . ___
    .

  37. phoebe Says:

    Tully you are so random how do you say fishing in spanish??

  38. phoebe Says:

    Is there any way that we can change our little designs by our l post I do not really like mine too light.

  39. Tully Says:

    pescar means to fish.

  40. Tully Says:

    i like to eat helado. helado is ice cream.

  41. phoebe Says:

    What is your favorite kind of helado?? I like moose tracks:) mmmm

  42. Abbie Alfree Says:

    Tengo gusto del helado de chocolate

    I like chocolate ice cream.

  43. Abbie Alfree Says:

    ghcsespanol says they like the black and white kind… cookies and cream????

  44. phoebe Says:

    ya have fun in mehico you are so lucky

    and i learned how to say my cat’s name in spanish
    it is boo ombre chekiee i think that is how you spell it
    his name is boo man chew

  45. phoebe Says:

    this is how you say my other cat’s name; carne de vaca; Beef!!

  46. phoebe Says:

    ¡¡Acción de gracias Feliz!!!!

    Happy Thanksgiving!!!

  47. Ella DeWyn Says:

    Senora Kingma reminded us on miercoles (Wednesday) how important studying Spanish is – - later in life we’re going to need to use it – and we’ll have to take Spanish1 sometime – I’m glad that’s now almost out of the way through Middle School – so then we don’t have to take it in High School! I’m very grateful that our school has made this one of our classes so that we may stay academically ahead as best as we can in High School – less to worry about then!!!

  48. Tully Says:

    I like to eat cookie dough helado.

  49. Tully Says:

    my pero is digging in her bed. That means my dog is digging in her bed. I bought an x box 360 at target this long week end. x box 360 is x box 360 in spanish.

  50. Tully Says:

    mi pero es asleep!

  51. Ben Kramer Says:

    I have to go to the banyo.

  52. rylee Says:

    my birthday month is mayo y caturo (may 4) whats yours? What is uno (1) thing that you would like for christmas and what do you do for a tradition ?(like hide the pickle ect.)

  53. rylee(Daniela) Says:

    Oh and my favorite kind of helado is vinilla with chcolate syrup on top

  54. rylee(Daniela) Says:

    my birthday is mayo cuatro(may 4) whats yours?

  55. Ella DeWyn Says:

    Hola!
    Espanol is very fun. Even thgough it’s not the easiest thing in the world – it’s teaching us how to use different skills and languages to interact with others, and other countries! Another cool thing about Spanish is we got to choose Sapnish names – mine was easy – ella – (pronounced ay – ah) is my name in Spanish. ella also means “she” in Espanol. Sometimes even “her”. But in English Ella means elf-like fairy woman – - which is really funny b/c i love Tinkerbell!
    Adios!

  56. Ella DeWyn Says:

    Senora Kingma – how do you say “dance” in Spanish – or even “I love to dance” or “I love dance”??????????

  57. Tully Says:

    helado is ice cream!

  58. Ella Says:

    I like pie :)

  59. Rylee Stuk Says:

    “baila” is the spanish word for “dance”.Ella what is your birthday?

  60. Señora Kingma Says:

    ¡Me gusta bailar!

  61. Olivia Hippe Says:

    How do you do an upside down ! or ? ?????

  62. rylee(Daniela) Says:

    can you belive we had a snow day when the first snow came down
    yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    by the way what is snow in spanish?

    • Señora Kingma Says:

      I was waiting for someone to ask me that…great job! Nieva …is it’s snowing or it snows. Nieve….snow. Está nevando…It’s snowing now.

  63. Tully Says:

    I like snow days.

  64. Tully Says:

    I like snowdays.

  65. phoebephoebe Says:

    Merry christmas to everone and a happy new year!!!

  66. phoebephoebe Says:

    ¡¡Navidad alegre y feliz año nuevo everbody!!!

  67. Ella DeWyn Says:

    I LOVE SPANISH ! We have a test on Monday – don’t we? And right now i’m studying so i can keep a good grade! I <3 Espanol!

  68. Tully Says:

    umm do we stiil get E.C for writing on the spanish blog?

  69. Tully Says:

    umm do we still get E.C for writing on this blog???

  70. Elissa lile Says:

    where is the assingment. I don’t see it. I can’t find it. SOMEONE HELP ME

  71. Elissa lile Says:

    sorry I don’t know how to spell assingment. oh assignment. never mind that.

  72. Elissa lile Says:

    How do you say the little mermaid in Spanish!

  73. rylee (Daniela) Says:

    me gusta el inverino porque because you can go snow boarding and sleding and also build snow forts and have a snow ball fight otherwise my favorite would be spring and summer one my b-day is in the spring and two because you can wear sandles and tanks and stuff like that. whats yours?

  74. rylee (Daniela) Says:

    hola Elissa the little mermaid is… theta poco sirena… in spanish

  75. clay Says:

    how do you say under the sea in spanish because for the pops concert a group of boys are doing it (im not in it)

  76. Madie (Maria) Says:

    me gusta el verano porque es mi cumpleanos

  77. sam berens (samuel) Says:

    el verano es mi tiempo favorito del año porque ninguna escuela y tiempo con amigos y familia

  78. juan Says:

    mi temporada favorita es la causa de invierno puedo ir esquiando:)

  79. Tully Says:

    What is our assignment??

  80. Ben Says:

    Me gusto el verano porque I really like the warmth.

  81. kyle kingma Says:

    Me guesta el verano porque pescando es bueno.

  82. kyle kingma Says:

    Me gusta bananas.

  83. clay N. Says:

    Me guesta el verano porque surfing

  84. max (bruno) Says:

    me guesta el verano because of aqua (water). is this my home work?
    i love spanish!

  85. william (ceaser) Says:

    Me gusta el verano pogue because I like aqua at the beach. I love spanish it just seams like a funhouse not a class.

  86. Olivia Hippe Says:

    Me guesta el verano el cumpleonose

  87. Ben Says:

    Me gusta otono porque i like the leaves.

  88. Ben Says:

    Me gusta verano porque el cumpleanose.

  89. Samuel Goorman Says:

    Me gusta el invierno porque yo puedo ir snowboarding y jugar en la nieve.

  90. Samuel Goorman Says:

    What is snowboarding in espanol? <(")

  91. Tully Says:

    Mi estacion favorita es verano porque me gusta el sol.

  92. ashly Says:

    Me gusta el verano porgue because I like to play all kinds of games outside.

  93. Elissa lile Says:

    Me gusta el inverino porgue I LOVE THE SNOW!!!!!!!!!!! (i found it but it’s late)

  94. Alejandro Says:

    Me guesta el verano porque no hay classes!

  95. Alaina (bella) Says:

    HOLA! hablas espanial?

  96. Alaina (bella) Says:

    yo tango uno gato

  97. Alaina (bella) Says:

    mi gusta es el verano

  98. Alaina (bella) Says:

    porque mi gusta es aqua

  99. Alaina (bella) Says:

    HELLO!………………….. (i mean HOLA!)

  100. Alaina (bella) Says:

    is anyone alive out there?

  101. Alaina (bella) Says:

    ..
    ~

  102. Alaina (bella) Says:

    senora kingma, how do you say “Laugh” in espanial, my mom was wondering.

  103. Alaina (bella) Says:

    cual es tu nombre is espaniol?

  104. clay n Says:

    yesterday i learned how to say “may i have a beef burito please”

  105. Samuel Goorman Says:

    My birthday is 25 de marzo (March 25)

  106. kyle kingma Says:

    tu’ = a fimilier person

  107. kyle kingma Says:

    tu’ also means you familier

  108. kyle kingma Says:

    usted= you like if i am talking to T-Pain i would say usted.

  109. clay n Says:

    ested…….a formal you………tu is unformal……… usted as in as i was talking to a proffesor.

  110. BelllfcsjfvidsdfBella {alaina} Says:

    sdgfdgfrhi guys!!!!!!!!!! why is half of the screen cut off?

  111. Max Elve (bruno) Says:

    I have learnd so much this year thanks!

  112. ashly Says:

    Can we just go on here anytime to get extra credit?

  113. clay negen (Antonio) Says:

    how come i got an ”f” for extra credit on the online grades?

    • ghcsespanol Says:

      I don’t know because I thought you had 3 extra credit blogs….I’ll check to see what happened. You should be plus 3.

  114. Elissa lile Says:

    mi color favorito es azul

  115. Alaina (Bella)nfguAlaina (Bella) Says:

    mi nombre es Bel que es Jesus en espaniol?

  116. Alaina Bella Says:

    I love espaniol!

  117. Elissa lile Says:

    cabeza y hombros rodillas y del pie rodillas del pie rodillas del pie cabeza y hombros rodillas y del pie ojos orejas boca!!

  118. jamie Says:

    what does paz firme y duradea translate to?

  119. Eduardo Mast Says:

    Me gusta veinte y cinco porque es mi cumpleanos.

  120. clay (antonio) Says:

    that poster was fun but im sort of glad we did not have the test today

  121. clay (antonio) Says:

    i hope i did well on the test i wasnt too sure on one or two of them :)

  122. sarah Says:

    me gusta once

  123. Erin (alicia) Sawyer Says:

    me gusta nueve y seis porque it was the year i was born.

  124. Alaina (Bella) Says:

    Homework:
    Mi carmello es violeto, bueno, piqueno, Superior y, simple.

  125. clay negen Says:

    :) :):):):):):):):):):):):):)):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
    =)

  126. Max Levandoski Says:

    Mi carmello es rojo, bueno, dulce, pequeno, y fantastico.

  127. Elissa lile Says:

    Mi caramelo es azul, fantastico, diferente, bajo, y divertido.

  128. Ella DeWyn Says:

    Mi caramelo es amarillo, fantastico, bueno, divertido, y interesante.

  129. kennedy Says:

    Mi caramelo es rojo, fantastico, divertido, y fantastico, simple, bajo

  130. Will Deur (Matias) Says:

    Mi caramelo es negro, bueno, piqueno, fantastico, extrano, simple, amable (to my stomach).

  131. samuel Says:

    Mi caramelo es anaranjado, cafè ,terrible ,malo ,bueno ,y sabroso

  132. Tully Says:

    me caramelo es bueno, fantastico.

  133. clay negen Says:

    roller scating was fantastico. i wander how you say “roller rink” in espanol.

  134. clay negen Says:

    haha bet you cant do these▀ Ç ← ←▼█╡╓┘☼╗

  135. Tully Says:

    ok im going to earn bask my points now mrs kingma… here are the words i spelled wrong,seis, siete,quince.
    and now im going to say it is son las haha i got 5 points off cause i forgot to put son las! hahah there. :)

  136. nolan Says:

    It is 9:50 It is 8:35 it is 1:35 It is 3;20 it is 5:40 Son las trese Que hora traes?

  137. Benajmin Says:

    It is 8:50
    It is 7:35
    It is 1:35
    It is 3:20
    It is 5:15
    Son las seis y diez.
    Son las siete y once.

  138. hunter Says:

    here are the words i spelled wrong on my quiz dos,qatrace. it is 8:50. it is 7:29. it is 1:35. it is 3:20. it is 5:15. Es la una. Son las ocho y trienta. Son las cinco y Qince. son las Seis y diez. son las Ocho menos sinco.

  139. Bella(Alaina) Says:

    Que Hora es?

  140. clay negen Says:

    sunday is beautiful, and i drove by some spanish resteruant on the way to my step-aunts wedding. i love the warm weather :HAY! i think i can say that in spanish.. mi gusta… wait nvm.

  141. Bella(Alaina) Says:

    utyuiu What is the name of your rockband? ours is Pues, which means um :)

  142. Clay Negen (Antonio) Says:

    (^^^)

  143. Bella (Alaina) Says:

    senora Kingma…. Is this still extra credtit?

  144. Bella (Alaina) Says:

    cause if it is: yo tengo uno gato!!!!

  145. sam goorman Says:

    <(") Penguin

  146. sam goorman Says:

    [',,']robot…….ish……whatev…

  147. sam goorman Says:

    @% snail
    ~~~~*

  148. sam goorman Says:

    this doesnt count as ec (“)>does it

  149. sam goorman Says:

    :(

  150. sam goorman Says:

    at least i hope not ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o…(thats the king)

  151. murrff Says:

    hola what is this

  152. sam goorman Says:

    uhhhh

  153. muurrfff Says:

    what is this thing nee hoooww

  154. sam goorman Says:

    uhhh uhhh

  155. sam goorman Says:

    dum dum dum dee dum dum dum dee dum dum dum deee du du dum dum deee dum dum dee duuuuumm What theme song is that

  156. sam bekins Says:

    tengo un perro. :)

  157. Ella DeWyn Says:

    Yo realmente lo quiere a snow pronto para que podamos tener nieve días! (I really want it to snow soon so that we can have snow days!)
    Estoy seguro de que alot of esté de acuerdo conmigo! (I’m sure that alot of you agree with me!!!!!:))

    • Clay Negen (Antonio) Says:

      Estoy de acuerdo, nevó viernes, pero no pienso que va a nevar en cualquier momento pronto. cada uno un color IceCube en el inodoro por si acaso.

      (i agree, it snowed Friday but i dont think it will snow anytime soon. everyone flush a icecube down the toilet just in case)

  158. Clay Negen (Antonio) Says:

    mi pero nombre es frasier.

  159. Elissa Lile Says:

    Mi el cuaderno es pierde. I looked for it everywhere and I know I put it back on the self so it is going to be very hard for me to study for the spanish test on lunes.

  160. analia Says:

    Tengo una casa blanco.

  161. phidog99 Says:

    mi numero favorito es el cincuent y cuatro
    sophia :) <3

  162. Alaina (Bella) Says:

    Mi Casa es blanca (homework)

  163. Alaina (Bella) Says:

    mi cuarto favorito es mi dormitorio

  164. Pablo (Tully) Says:

    Mi casa es azul.

  165. ashly schuitema Says:

    Tengo una casa cafe. (homework)

  166. mason Says:

    Mi numero favorite es 12 because im turing 12 on thursday

  167. Gabriella Says:

    Mi numero preferido es noventa y nueve

  168. Gabriella Says:

    because ninty nine is the year i was born

  169. Cassie Says:

    Mi numero favorito es veinte y uno porque you turn into a adult and you fell like your so much older and on top of things!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

  170. ghcsespanol Says:

    mi cuarto favorito es mi el baño.

  171. Emilia Betten Says:

    Estoy feliz in el dormitorio.

  172. Clara Reenders Says:

    Mi cuarto favorito es dormitorio.

  173. Gabby (Anna) Says:

    Mi numero favorito es dies y ocho!

  174. Gabby (Anna) Says:

    Mi favorito numero es dies y ocho!

  175. pedro Says:

    mi numero favorito es siete

  176. kaitlyn vanhekken Says:

    mi favorito numbre es nueve

  177. Ella DeWyn Says:

    Espanol is a great way to enrich our learning in culture and vocabulario.

  178. Ella DeWyn Says:

    Senora Janusz is a great new teacher! Gracias for giving up your tiempo senora!!!

  179. sam bekins Says:

    me encanta esquiar, jugar baloncesto,levanta pesas, y pascar!

  180. Ashly Schuitema Says:

    !Me encanta jugar al voleibol, jugar al baloncesto, y andar en bicicleta!

  181. kyle Says:

    hola, Me encanta al voleibol, pascarr, el tenis, y al baloncesto

  182. Alaina Hager Says:

    me encanta voleibal y futbal

  183. Alaina Hager Says:

    no me gusta el jogging :)

  184. Tully Says:

    !Me encanta esquiar, jugar al baloncesto, andar en bicicleta, nadar, y lavantar pesas!

  185. Tully Says:

    !Me encanta jugar al baloncesto por la noche`

  186. Tully Says:

    !Me encanta jugar al bolancesto por al noche`!

  187. Tully Says:

    !Me encanta me pero AnnE!

  188. Tully Says:

    i mean Mi

  189. Ryan Butkis Says:

    me gusta jugar al baloncesto, practicar beisbol

  190. will langejans Says:

    Me gusta jugar el biesbol practiar futbol americano.

  191. Lily Says:

    Hola Senora! me gusta fat perro ti llamo Julie! I’m not sure I said that right in spanish so this is translated: I like my fat dog named Julie! It’s true! no te gusta golf! I don’t get the point of golf! It’s pointless like other sports but the other ones are more fun than yelling FORE all day and chasing a ball saying” nice shot” to everyone. te gusta futbol! My dog used to play futbol!

  192. Tully Says:

    i can’t upload the video bc im not the web master guy, sorry, what do u want me to do?

    • ghcsespanol Says:

      I can give it ti Kyle Kempster or put it on Kyle’s facebook so my mom can see it. Gracas…don’t delet delet it por favor until you can put it on something.

  193. special K Says:

    Faliz cupuanos ati to kyle

  194. special K Says:

    Hola

  195. special K Says:

    I cant wait to go to el resturante

  196. Alaina (Bella) Says:

    me encanta zapitos! <3

  197. C@$$13!!! Says:

    Me gusta la cocrina porque me gusta comer.

  198. C@$$13!!! Says:

    hello my name is BOBBBB!!! :)

  199. C@$$13!!! Says:

    hey whats up dawgg?????

  200. Miranda / Adelina Says:

    ! mi gusta el numero veinte y cinco porque es mi cumpleanos!

    I could not figure out how to do the accent*

  201. Jordan Says:

    yo no tengo un numero favorito, si tu necesitas un numero, voy a ir con nueve

  202. evanisawsome12 Says:

    me gusta el numero dieciseis porque es mi cumpleanos….. couldnt figure out how to do the accent.

  203. Caitlin(Catalina) Says:

    ¡Me gusta el número viente y tres porque es mi cumpleaños!

  204. Nate Gilson (Messi) Says:

    me gusta el numero doce por que es mi cumpleanos…..couldnt figure out accent. ghcssssssssssssss

  205. ALAINA :) Says:

    el gato en la agua :)

  206. ALAINA :) Says:

    el elefante en el llano
    el patos in el agua
    el jirafa en el casa

  207. Catherine Bradford-Royle/Catarina Says:

    hola hola hola i am so hiper and about to eat chinese!!

  208. Catherine Bradford-Royle/Catarina Says:

    is there a difference between chinese and japanese food?

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