Download The verb *ser*

To be
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The Verb “to be”
Let's use the pronouns you learned to learn the forms of a commonly
used verb -- the verb
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In English, you might not have thought much about the different
forms of the verb to be that we use in everyday speech. If
we
the verb to be in English, we get the following:
I
We
You
Y’all
He
She
They
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You might have noticed that in
English that we really just have 3
forms of the verb to be:
In Spanish, however, we will always
have different forms of any verb
we conjugate, including the
verb ser ("to be").
That means that we'll have a
different are that goes
with you, we, y'all, & they.
You can't switch them up -- there is
a
are that you must
always use to say you are, a different
one to say we are, another to
say y'all are, and yet another to
say they are. That's a lot of are's!
The Verb “to be”
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Conjugating:
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Form:
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Anytime you conjugate any verb in Spanish you have to
remember that
will always have
separate from for each box of the chart:
,a
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We'll start with the yo form of the verb ser: To say I
am, you say yo soy
(Yo) soy = I am
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In Spanish you are allowed to leave out the
when using verbs. Since soy can only go with the
pronoun yo, we can omit the yo and simply say
soy for I am.
Yo soy = I am
Soy = I am
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To say you are, you have to keep track of who you are talking to.
If you are addressing someone who is your
use the tú form and say tú eres, or
simply eres since we can omit the pronoun.
Tú eres = You are
,
Eres= You are
However, if you are addressing someone to whom
you wish to show
, you have to use
the Usted (Ud.) form. The Ud. Form always “hangs
out” and will be the same as the he & she form. To
say you are using the Ud. form, say Ud.
Ud. es = You are
(formal)
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The he & she form of the verb in Spanish will
always be the same as the Ud. form.
So, to say he is or she is you will say él / ella es,
or simply es.
Él es = He is
Es = He is
Ella es = She is
Es = She is
The he & she form of the verb is also the one you will
use for "it," so to say it is you also say es.
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Es = It is
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Yo __________ de los Estados Unidos.
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¿De dónde _________ tú?
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Él ______ de Puerto Rico.
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Ella ________ de México.
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Tú ___________ dominicano.
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Santiago ________ de España.
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María ________ panameña.
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The are that goes with we (nosotros &
nosotras) is completely different. To say we
are, you use somos:
Nosotros/Nosotras somos= We are
Somos= We are
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To say y'all are, you have to keep track of the
country you are in.
If you are in
, you will use the are that
goes with vosotros & vosotras which is sois.
(Vosotros) sois= Y’all are (Spain only)
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If you are in any other Spanish speaking
place, you will use the are that goes
with
-- son.
(Ustedes) son = Y’all are
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As you already learned, the Uds. form of the
verb is always the same as
the ellos & ellas form.
Ellos and ellas both mean they, but to
say they are you will use the same are that
you used for Uds. -- son.
Ellos son = They are
Ellas son = They are
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Nosotros __________ de los Estados Unidos.
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¿De dónde _________ ustedes?
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Ellos ______ de Puerto Rico.
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Ellas ________ de México.
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Vosotros ___________ de España.
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Santiago y Maria ________ de España.
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Sara y yo ___________ estadounidenses.
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There are
different forms of the verb ser (to
be) in Spanish. You must use the correct form
based upon who you are talking about:
(Yo)
(nosotros)
(Tú)
(vosotros)
(Ud.)
(Uds.)
(Él)
(Ella)
(Ellos)
(Ellas)
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There are different "are"s for
,
, and
,
Using the pronoun is
The
form is the same as the he and she form -In Spanish, the Ud. will always
with
the he & she form of the verb
The
form is the same as the they form -- In
Spanish, the Uds. will always
with
the ellos & ellas form of the verb
Soy
Eres
Es
Somos
Sois
Son
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With nouns and names of people, use the
of the verb as for él/ella or ellos/ellas.
Mi profesora
Juan y Carlos
de Cuba.
de España.
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To make a sentence negative, place no
the verb.
Mi profesora
es de México. Es de España.
Make the following sentences negative:
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Mi amiga es de Argentina.
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Los estudiantes son de Guatemala.
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Samuel y yo somos de Bolivia.
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To ask a yes/no question, the verb comes
the
subject and an is placed in front of the question.
Turn the following statements into questions:
◦ El profesor es de Chile.
◦ Marta y Andrés son de Paraguay.
◦ Tú eres de Costa Rica.
The question word “do” does not exist in Spanish! You need to
use a question voice to indicate that you are asking a question.