Español I – Sr. Johnston

jueves, el once de octubre del 2012Thursday, October 11, 2012

Para empezar

• Turn in completed poem “yo soy…”

• Use tape to hang your poem on the wall.

• Read your classmates’ poems. – What do you like?– What words do you not know?

Subject pronouns *notes• Replaces the name or title of a person or thing

and acts as the subject of the verb.• Divided into three groups: 1st, 2nd, 3rd person

singular plural

1st yo I nosotros/nosotras

we/we (all girls)

2nd tú (fam) you ustedes (fam)

you (plural)

usted (formal)

you ustedes (formal)

you (plural)

3rd él/ella he/she ellos/ellas they/they (all girls)

¡Importante! *notes

• In the Americas, ustedes is used as the plural for both tú and usted.

• In Spain, however, vosotros/vosotras are used as the plural of tú, and ustedes is only used as the plural of usted.

Usted = Ud. or Vd. Ustedes = Uds. or Vds.

• If you are still having trouble trying to figure out which pronoun you use for what, check this out:

• anything + yo = nosotros• anything + tú = ustedes/vosotros• anything + él, ella = ellos/ellas• 2+ names = ellos/ellas• All you have to do is find one pronoun

in the singular column, then slide straight across to the plural column!

The present tense of ser *notes• Ser = to be• Irregular verb that does not follow regular

patterns that most verbs follow. • Conjugate: to write or say a verb in all its forms.

• Vosotros/vosotras: sois

singular plural

1st yo soy nosotros/nosotras

somos

2nd tú (fam) eres ustedes (fam)

son

usted (formal)

es ustedes (formal)

son

3rd él/ella es ellos/ellas son