Media and Technology: Vocabulary and Impersonal Se
The everyday Spanish words for media and technology, and the impersonal se used to say what one can do and what one needs when going online.
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Talking about technology
En Internet se puede hacer mucho: hay juegos, hay vídeos y me gusta leer las noticias. This module builds the Spanish you need for media and technology: the words for the devices you use, and the impersonal se that lets you say what one can do and what one needs when going online.
Technology words
Learn these four words before you build sentences.
Se puede and se necesita
The impersonal se lets you talk about people in general.
The impersonal se
Use the impersonal se to give a rule for everyone rather than for one named person. Put se before the verb: with a plain verb it says what one can do, and with a thing it says what one needs. Keep the order se puede plus verb, or se necesita plus thing, and your online rules will read correctly.
Match the device
- el móvil
- el ordenador
- la pantalla
- la red
- the phone you carry in your pocket
- the machine you type and work on
- the glass part you look at
- what connects your devices online
Match the word
- el mensaje
- la foto
- la noticia
- el correo electrónico
- a short note you send someone
- a picture taken with a camera
- a piece of news
- a letter sent over the internet
Say one can
Which Spanish phrase means one can, or it is possible to?
- se puede
- se necesita
- me gusta
- tengo
Correct Spanish
Select the TWO sentences that use the impersonal se correctly.
- se puede enviar un mensaje
- se necesita una red
- se puede envío un mensaje
- se me gusta una red
Build the rule
Put the Spanish words in order to say one can send a message.
- se
- puede
- enviar
- un mensaje
Complete the Spanish
The phone you carry is el _____. The machine you work on is el _____. To say one can send a message, write se _____ enviar un mensaje. To say one needs a network, write se _____ una red. The part you look at is la _____.
Build one can use
Build the Spanish for one can use the computer.
Build one needs
Build the Spanish for one needs a network.
Choose the phrase
For each English sentence, choose the best Spanish translation.
- One can take a photo.
- One needs a computer.
- One can read the news.
Write about technology
Write three or four sentences in Spanish about technology. Use se puede and se necesita.
- Say one thing one can do online, using se puede and a plain verb
- Say one thing one needs, using se necesita and a thing
- Add one sentence with me gusta about what you like