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Unidad 1, Lección 1
Un rato con amigos: ¿Qué te gusta
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Subject Pronouns and ser
PRONOUNS! What are they??
Words that take the place of the noun
like……it, he, she, we…
Now that we know and understand what
pronouns are, let’s get a little more specific…
SUBJECT pronouns are …
Pronouns
that tell who is being described or
___________________________________
who does the action.
Let’s make a chart of the English subject
pronouns…
Singular
I
Plural
WE
YOU (familiar)
THEY(boys)/THEY(girls)/
HE/SHE/YOU (formal)
YOU ALL (formal)
Write 5 sentences in English and
UNDERLINE the subject pronoun.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Now let’s do the same in Spanish!
Singular
Plural
YO
NOSOTROS
TÚ (familiar)
ELLOS(boys)/ELLAS(girls)/
ÉL/ELLA/USTED(formal)
USTEDES (formal)
Let’s give situations when we use each subject pronoun
because they are all different and we use them in specific
situations.
Yo - Use when you are
talking about
yourself!
Él/Ella – Use él for ‘he’,
and ella for ‘she’
Use when speaking to
Tú- a friend, a family member,
or someone younger.
Ellos/Ellas- Use ellos for ‘they’
when they is a group of boys or
boys and girls, and ellas for ‘they’
Usted- Use when speaking when its only girls.
to a person you don’t know Ustedes- Use ustedes formally
when in Spain; use it in L.A.
somone older, or someone
with any group of people
to whom you want to show
respect
Nosotras- Use nosotros when
talking about any group of
people that includes you!
-AS
If the subject pronoun ENDS in _________,
we use
them when speaking about a group of females*
¡Practiquemos!
Give the subject pronoun that would be used for each name(s).
1.Marcos y yo ___________
NOSOTROS
2. La señorita Zimmer(you are talking about her) ______
ELLA
3. Daniela y Sonia _________
ELLAS
4. Daniela y Javier _____________
ELLOS
We can’t write a complete Spanish sentence
yet……why?? What do we need?
That’s right! We need VERBS!!!
What is a verb?
A word which expresses action or being.
2 types of
In Spanish, even English, we have ___
verbs.
INFINITIVE
 _____________
verbs - these can be
translated to: -ING WORDS; TO_________
HABLAR
COMER
ESCRIBIR
 _____________
CONJUGATED verbs
 Ejemplos
 Ejemplos
GUSTA
LLAMO
ESTOY
SOY
When making a sentence we have be
CAREFUL
____________
when choosing what type of
verb we use.
HAPPENING
When the action is ______________,
we
CONJUGATE the verb to _________
must ___________
WHOM
is doing the action.
**CONJUGATE=CHANGE
The first verb we are going to conjugate is……
IDENTIFY A
SER - _______________
**we use when ____________**
TO BE
PERSONS OR
SAY WHERE HE
OR SHE IS FROM
Yo
Tú
Ella/Él/
Usted
SOY
Nosotros/as
SOMOS
ERES
ES
Ellas/Ellos/
Ustedes
SON
When talking about where someone is from we add
________
after the _________________
DE
CONJUGATED form of SER.
Even though, ella/él/Usted, and ellas/ellos/Ustedes don’t
___________
MEAN the same thing, they have the same
___________________.
CONJUGATION
How can we tell who we are talking about then??
BY PLACING THE CORRECT
SUBJECT PRONOUN (ELLA/USTED/
USTEDES/ELLOS) IN FRONT OF
THE VERB.
Hola, me llamo Lucía. Mi amigo Andrés y yo
_______ de la República Dominicana. Yo
SOMOS
________
de Santo Domingo y él ________
de
SOY
ES
San Pedro de Macorís. La señora Muñoz y el
señor Vázquez ______
SON de Puerto Rico. Son mis
maestros favoritos. Mis amigas Laura y Ana
________
de Colombia. Laura _________
de
SON
ES
Bogotá y Ana _______
de Cartagena. Y tú, de
ES
ERES
dónde _____?
Contesta la
pregunta:_____________________________
YO SOY DE…
¿De dónde es tu maestro del
español?____________________________
SRA. MUSTELIER ES DE…
Did you get it??? (if not…practice at
classzone.com)
Match the phrases to make a complete sentence.
1. Cristóbal y yo
a. soy de México
2. Tomás
b. somos de Honduras.
3. Yo
c. es de la República
Dominicana