¿Cómo se dice "9th grader" en español?

[Jessica]

How would you say "9th grader" in Spanish?

[Planet hopper]

There is no ninth grade in Spanish education system. It works like this:

Primaria (el cole)

Primero, segundo, tercero....hasta sexto

Estoy en sexto de primaria

No need to say

Estoy en sexto curso de primaria

But possible and grammatical.

Secundaria is called 'ESO' Enseñanza Secundaria Obligatoria

Primero de ESO (age 12)

Cuarto de ESO (Age 16)

Then we have bachillerato, baccalaurate, 2 years.

Primero de Bachillerato, segundo.

In Ireland, a ninth grader is a kid aged 15, matching the Spanish 'Estoy en tercero de ESO'

[Jessica]

Thanks

[Tomisimo]

In Mexico it's very similar to Spain, and works like this:

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Grade (Mexico) Primero de primaria Segundo de primaria Tercero de primaria Cuarto de primaria Quinto de primaria Sexto de primaria Primero de secundaria Segundo de secundaria Tercero de secundaria Primero y Segundo de prepa(ratoria) (La prepa va por semestres) Tercero y Cuarto de prepa Quinto y Sexto de prepa.

Grade (US) First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Ninth Grade Tenth Grade Eleventh Grade Twelfth Grade

So something similar to "I'm in 9th grade" would be "Voy en tercero de secundaria".

If you want to be more specific, remember that primero, segundo, tercero, cuarto etc., aren't referring to grades (grados)-- they refer to the year (for primaria y secundaria): "Voy en tercero de secundaria" = "Voy en tercer año de secundaria". For the prepa, the ordinal numbers refer to the semester you're in. So "cuarto de prepa" would be the second half of 11th grade.

[Cubanboy]

Quiero aportar algo a este hilo en caso de que a alguien le interese. En Cuba, ''9th grader'' se refiere a un estudiante de noveno grado. Por otra parte, en vez de preparatoria decimos ''preuniversitario''.

Saludos a todos.

[CrOtALiTo]

Jchen, you are studying in the university, Mexico on does not exist the ninth grade, my country on only exits the El prescolar, Primaria 1,2,2,4,5,6 Sixth grade, and later the kid continue with the junior high school, (Secondary) Secundaria 1,2,3 grade, later continue with the high school (Preparatory) preparatoria in this school or kind of educational system are separated in semester for example first semester of high school, it's is around of three months, and well so you continue the beside semesters, and finally you have arrived to the university, similar that the high school the university is divide as the high school in semesters.


Later you will be ready for find a job.

[lee ying]

yes, i´m in sixth semesters at univerity.
1er::first ,2do, second, 3er:third año de kinder: preescolar next:
1er: firts ,2do: second, 2er: third, 4to: fourth, 5to :fifth 6to:sixth:de primaria ana then:
1er:first,2do second,3er third. secundaria. and then.
the same : 1erfirst and second semester, ,2do third and fourth semester: and fifth ans sixth semester is area: you can choose different area whatever you want. quimica, ciencias sociales. fisico-matematico: theré are three area.In the university is only for semester.. do you understand me?
1er or 1ero: primer or primero de .kinder, or primaria or sencundaria or prepa,

[Jessica]

thanks again to all of you

[Planet hopper]

My two cents, I have two kids, 16 and 17, in the same grade. They would say: estoy en bachillerato (primero o segundo). Soy de bachillerato. Being 15 years, they would say: estoy en cuarto de secundaria.

[Jessica]

There was someone who was 14 and he's a junior. I am confused. I am a freshman. Is that the same thing as junior? I thought junior would be 11th grade, and freshman(for high school) 9th grade

[Rusty]

In the U.S., a 14-year-old junior would be a person who is very intelligent and has skipped grades. Most juniors are 16-17 years old.

[CrOtALiTo]

I guess that a freshman is the same than a junior, because they are both going to the first grade, I supposed it.

I don't know, maybe not.

[Jessica]

Originally Posted by Rusty

In the U.S., a 14-year-old junior would be a person who is very intelligent and has skipped grades. Most juniors are 16-17 years old.

wow. also I remember someone getting accepted into a college at age 14. so many smart people

[María José]

Don't worry too much, Jchen. The system changes from country to county, and even in the same country it doesn't stay the same for long. When my husband was at school there were different names for the courses, they changed it when I was little (he's only 5 years older than me) and now it's a new system again. I still have problems remembering what course my daughter is studying because I'm used to my system. The way marks are given also changes quite often in Spain. The traditional method (numbers from 1 to 10 is still understood and widely used but there are other possibilities. In Pablo's school (he's 4 ) they use colours (green= well done, yellow= could be better, red= failed most miserably).

[Jessica]

isn't the US's marks by letter grade and percents?

[bmarquis124]

Originally Posted by María José

In Pablo's school (he's 4 ) they use colours (green= well done, yellow= could be better, red= failed most miserably).

oh, to be a little one again. color time, snack time, nap time...those were the days.

[Elaina]

Originally Posted by bmarquis124

oh, to be a little one again. color time, snack time, nap time...those were the days.

Yeah.........when we are 4 y/o we want to be 6, then 16, then 18 and then the magical number of 21........then we age to 30 then 35 and pretty soon we want to set the clock back....

[CrOtALiTo]

Yes, Jchen, the grade at any country is the same, because I think that the education always goings to same place in your knowledge.

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

I guess that a freshman is the same than a junior, because they are both going to the first grade, I supposed it.

I don't know, maybe not.

In the US:

Freshman - someone in their first year of High School or College.
Sophomore - someone in their second year of High School or College.
Junior - someone in their third year of High School or College.
Senior - someone in their fourth year of High School or College.

Of course, there are other meaning for the words junior and senior as well.

[Jessica]

Originally Posted by Elaina

Yeah.........when we are 4 y/o we want to be 6, then 16, then 18 and then the magical number of 21........then we age to 30 then 35 and pretty soon we want to set the clock back....

I want to stay at age 14!