Unidad 3, Lección 1

¿Quién soy yo?

Subject Pronouns and ser

PRONOUNS! What are they??

Now that we know and understand what pronouns are, let’s get a little more specific…

Words that take the place of the nounlike……I, he, she, we they…

SUBJECT pronouns are …

___________________________________

Let’s make a chart of the English subject pronouns…

Pronouns that tell who is being described or who does the action.

Singular Plural

I

YOU (familiar)

HE/SHE/YOU (formal)

WE

THEY(boys)/THEY(girls)/ 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

TÚ (familiar)

ÉL/ELLA/USTED(formal)

NOSOTROS/AS

ELLOS(boys)/ELLAS(girls)/ USTEDES (YOU ALL formal)

Let’s give situations when we use each subject pronoun because they are all different and we use them in specific situations.

Yo - Tú-

Él/Ella – Ellos/Ellas-

Usted- Ustedes-

Nosotros-

Use when you are talking about yourself!

Use when speaking toa friend, a family member,or someone younger.

Use él for ‘he’, and ella for ‘she’

Use ellos for ‘they’ when they is a group of boys or boys and girls, and ellas for ‘they’ when its only girls.Use when speaking

to a person you don’t knowsomone older, or someoneto whom you want to showrespect

Use ustedes formally when in Spain; use it in L.A. with any group of people

Use nosotros when talking about any group of people that includes you!

If the subject pronoun ENDS in _________, we use them when speaking about a group of females*

-AS

¡Practiquemos!Give the subject pronoun that would be used for each name(s).

1.Marcos y yo ___________

2. La señorita Zimmer(you are talking about her) ______

3. Daniela y Sonia _________

4. Daniela y Javier _____________

NOSOTROS

ELLA

ELLAS

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.

In Spanish, even English, we have ___ types of verbs.

_____________ verbs - these can be translated to:

Ejemplos

_____________ verbs

Ejemplos

2

INFINITIVE

-ING WORDS; TO_________

HABLARESCRIBIR

COMER

CONJUGATED

GUSTASOY

LLAMOESTOY

When making a sentence we have be ____________ when choosing what type of verb we use.

When the action is ______________, we must ___________ the verb to _________ is doing the action.

The first verb we are going to conjugate is……

CAREFUL

HAPPENINGCONJUGATE WHOM

**CONJUGATE=CHANGE

SER - _______________ **we use when ____________**

YoNosotros/as

Tú

Ella/Él/Usted

Ellas/Ellos/Ustedes

TO BE IDENTIFY A PERSONS OR SAY WHERE HE OR SHE IS FROM

SOY

ERES

ES

SOMOS

SON

When talking about where someone is from we add ________ after the _________________ form of SER.DE CONJUGATED

Even though, ella/él/Usted, and ellas/ellos/Ustedes don’t ___________ the same thing, they have the same ___________________.

How can we tell who we are talking about then??

MEANCONJUGATION

BY PLACING THE CORRECT SUBJECT PRONOUN (ELLA/USTED/USTEDES/ELLOS) IN FRONT OFTHE VERB.

Hola, me llamo Lucía. Mi amigo Andrés y yo _______ de la República Dominicana. Yo ________ de Santo Domingo y él ________ de San Pedro de Macorís. La señora Muñoz y el señor Vázquez ______ de Puerto Rico. Son mis maestros favoritos. Mis amigas Laura y Ana ________ de Colombia. Laura _________ de Bogotá y Ana _______ de Cartagena. Y tú, de dónde _____?Contesta la pregunta:_____________________________

¿De dónde es tu maestro del español?____________________________

SOMOSSOY ES

SON

SON ESES

ERES

YO SOY DE…

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

Read the following and give a summary of what is said (in English)…

!Buenos Días! Me llamo Rodrigo y soy de Cartagena, Colombia. Hoy es el ocho de diciembre y hace mucho calor. A mi, me gusta el calor. Son las nueve y voy a la clase de ingles. (no me gusta!) Tengo mucho sueño y la clase no es interesante. Tengo que irme. Adiós.

El día dos: martes¿Cómo se dice…

“the weekend”

en español?

Gustar + infinitive

Infinitive – is the basic form of a verb, a word that expresses or state of being. In English, most infinitives include the word to. In Spanish, infinitives are always on word that ends in-ar,-er,or-ir

I like to run Me gusta correr

Let’s learn what an infinitive is ..…Look at page 42. Write down in your paper what is an infinitive definition.

The following pronouns follow ____________________

¡Practiquemos!¿Les gusta o no?Escribe lo que a estas personas les gusta o no les gusta hacer. 1. a nosotras//comer pizza ______________________________________________2. a ustedes//estudiar__________________________________________________3. a ti//montar en bicicleta ______________________________________________4. a Alicia y a Miguel//aprender el español

__________________________________________________________________5. a mí//escuchar música ________________________________________________6. a usted//trabajar ___________________________________________________

Pronunciación – Las letras p y t

When you pronounce the p and t in English, a puff of air comes out of your mouth. In Spanish, there is no puff of air. Listen and repeat.

pasar por favor Puerto Rico fruta televisión practicar

pizza pero papas tocar estudiar tarea

Pepe prepara las papas fritas. ¿Te gusta montar en bicicleta?

Did you get it??? (if not… practice at classzone.com)Complete each sentence with the correct gustar phrase

1. ______________ correr. (a ella)2. ¿______________ andar en patineta?3. ______________ tocar la guitar. (a nosotros)

Classwork 1.)Get a magazine or newspaper in SPANISH and

find 15 cognates (words that are almost exactly the same as the word in English). Make a list with of words in Spanish and what you think it means in English.

example: 1.) computadora = computer

2.) Using the book – find 5 new phrases in SPANISH that you might use in class…

Write them in Spanish and tell what they mean.

example: “I agree!” “What are you talking about?” “call you later” “Happy Birthday”

1.)Get a magazine or newspaper in SPANISH and find 15 cognates (words that are almost exactly the same as the word in English). Make a list with of words in Spanish and what you think it means in English.

example: 1.) computadora = computer

2.) Using the book – find 5 new phrases in SPANISH that you might use in class…

Write them in Spanish and tell what they mean.

example: “I agree!” “What are you talking about?” “call you later” “Happy Birthday”