Subject Pronouns and Verb Ser Subjects and Verbs

Subject Pronouns and Verb Ser

Subjects and Verbs l The subject of a sentence tells us who is doing the action. l The verb tells us what action is taking place in the sentence.

Subject Pronouns l Subject pronouns are used to discuss people. l A subject pronoun tells who is the subject of the sentence. l Subject pronouns can replace names when talking.

These are the Subject Prounouns in Spanish l Yo- I l l Tú- You (informal) l l Él- He l Ella- She l Usted- You (formal) l l l Nosotros- We (boys only & mixed genders) Nosotras- We (girls only) Vosotros- You all (boys only & mixed genders) Spain only Vosotras- You all (girls only) Ellos- They (boys only & mixed genders) Ellas- They (girls only) Ustedes- You all Latin America

Tú- You (informal) You use tú when talking to: l Friends l Family l People you have an informal relationship with l

Usted- you FORMAL You use USTED when talking to people with whom you are on a last name basis. l Shows respect and formality l The president, doctors, teachers, adults, etc… l

Usted and Ustedes l Usted refers to only one person. l Usted is abbreviated as Ud. l Ustedes refers to more than one person. Can be a formal and informal person. l Ustedes is abbreviated as Uds.

¿Tú o Usted? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. The dentist Your best friend Your sister The police The principal The president Miguel Your teacher Your mom or dad Victoria

Replace each name(s) with the appropriate subject pronoun in Spanish 1) Julian y Paco 2) Caty y yo 3) Luisa 4) Bernardo 5) Veronica y tú

Subjects Pronouns and Verbs l In Spanish a verb can tell the subject of the sentence all by itself! This happens when you conjugate the verb. l However, it is often times necessary to use a subject pronoun to help clarify the conjugation of the verb. l Now, lets learn a verb conjugation!

Conjugation of verb SER - TO BE l Yo - soy l Nosotros(as) - somos l Tú - eres l Vosotros(as) - sois Él l Ella l Usted l Ellos l Ellas l Ustedes l es son

4 Magical Rules of Verb Conjugation l 1. If you have a singular subject, even if you don’t know what it means, use the: Él, Ella, Ud. Form of the verb El camión _______ amarillo El perro _______ grande Alejandra _______ simpática Pedro _______ inteligente

4 Magical Rules of Verb Conjugation l 2. If you have a plural subject, even if you don’t know what it means, use the: Ellos, Ellas, Uds. Form of the verb Los camiones _______ amarillos Los perros _______ grandes Alejandra y Carlos _______ simpáticos Pedro y Manuel _______ inteligentes

4 Magical Rules of Verb Conjugation l 3. If you have a subject + “y yo” use the: Nosotros form of the verb El perro y yo _______ amigos Alejandra y yo _______ simpáticas Pedro y yo_______ inteligentes

4 Magical Rules of Verb Conjugation l 3. If you have a subject + “y tú” use either the: Vosotros form of the verb (Spain) OR Uds. form of the verb (Latin America) El perro y tú _______ grandes Alejandra y tú_______ simpáticas Pedro y tú _______ inteligentes

Vamos a practicar… l Choose the correct form of the verb ser for the following subject pronouns. 1. Ellos Ella Yo Juan y María Nosotras Tú José y yo Ustedes You familiar Usted 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Más práctica l Now choose the subject pronoun for each form of the verb SER. 1. Son Eres Es Somos Soy Es Son Eres Somos Soy 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Ser: to tell where you are from l You use ser to tell where people are from. Here is the formula: l Subject + Ser + de + country. l Ex: Yo soy de Chile. Tú eres de Perú. Ellos son de Honduras.

Make into a sentence Yo/Argentina 2. Tú/ Nicaragua 3. Nosotros/ Paraguay 4. Ellos/Los Estados Unidos 5. El policía/ Cuba 6. La maestra/ Venezuela 7. Los muchachos/ El Salvador 8. Miguel y yo/ Brazil 9. Tú/ México 10. El hombre y la mujer/ Chile 1.

Fill in each blank with a form of the verb “Ser” (to be) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. La Sra. Bowers ____ profesora de español. El libro ____ rojo. Tú ____ de Florida. Uds. ____ estudiantes de Hillgrove. Carla y yo _____ amigas. Nosotros _____ estudiantes. Los lápices _____ amarillos. Yo _____ una amiga de Jorge.