Travel 4
Making plans
If you are going to do something in the future, use a form of ir, plus a, then an infinitive form of what you’re doing.
Mañana voy a viajar a México.
Tomorrow I am going to travel to Mexico.
Vamos a visitar a nuestros padres.
We're going to visit our parents.
Ella va a viajar en avión.
She is going to travel by plane.
Spanish sounds
Spanish x usually sounds just like x in the English word taxi.
exámen
examen
As in taxi.
An exception is México! The x here is like a Spanish j. In fact, another spelling for México is Méjico!
The Spanish z usually sounds like an English s.
zapato
zapato
As in see.
Menos cuarto
Cuarto refers to a quarter of an hour (15 minutes) in Spanish.
Vamos a llegar a las seis y cuarto.
We are going to arrive at quarter past six.
In English, we say It's quarter to five. In Spanish you'd say It's five minus a quarter.
Son las cinco menos cuarto.
It is quarter to five.