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Subject Pronouns & Ser
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All complete sentences in Spanish must have
a _________ and a _______.
What is a subject?
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Who or what the sentence is talking about
Ejemplo:
Maria is nice.
The store is big
Subj. =
Subj. =
Subject pronouns replace the subject but do
not change the meaning of the sentence.
Ejemplo:
Maria is nice.
The boys are tall.
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Susana is tall.
Liliana and Juan are friends
The boys are in the park.
Felipe lives in a big white house.
You are very nice.
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What is a subject?
What do you need in order to create a
complete sentence?
What are subject pronouns?
What are your subject pronouns in Spanish?
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All verbs in Spanish end in –ar/-er/-ir
You cannot have a complete sentence without
a subject and a conjugated verb.
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The unconjugated form of the verb
(identify the infinitives)
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“to be” is the hardest verb in English to
understand.
Why do we use “ser”?
◦ To describe people or things
◦ To tell what someone or something is.
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Ejemplos
◦ I am nice
◦ Maria is tall
◦ We are doctors.
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English
Spanish
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Yo ___________ de Perú.
(I am from Perú.)
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María _______ de Colombia.
(María is from Colombia.)
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Nosotros __________ de Uruguay.
(We are from Uruguay.)
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I. Fill in the blank
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Carlos y Paco ________ de Venezuela.
Nina y yo __________ de Cuba.
Sra. Rodriquez __________ maestra.
Los chicos _________ estudiantes.
II. Translate
◦ I am from Puerto Rico.
◦ The girls are friends.
◦ We are from Bolivia.
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III. Answer the questions
◦ ¿Eres de Cuba?
◦ ¿Son Miguel y Juan de Nicaragua?
◦ ¿Eres doctor o estudiante?
What does “ser” mean?
 Why do we use “ser”?
 How do we conjugate “ser”?
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Draw a chart
Ask 10 people where they are from in
Spanish.
Record the information on your chart.
Once you have 10 have a seat and wait until
everyone is finished you will write a story in
completely in Spanish based on the
information that you have gathered.
El estudiante
Es de…
Miguel
Trenton
Juana
Pollocksvill
e
Viviana
Maysville
Maria
New Bern
Liliana
Trenton
Jose
Trenton
Yo
Soy de New
Bern
Translate!!!
◦ Hello, my name is… I
have (yo tengo) 10
friends. We are from
different places
(lugares diferentes).
[Write sentences that
describe where you
all are from based on
your results]