Personas (people): el chico = the boyla chica = the girl el muchacho = the boyla muchacha = the girl el niño = little boyla niña = little girl el hombre.

Presentación del tema: "Personas (people): el chico = the boyla chica = the girl el muchacho = the boyla muchacha = the girl el niño = little boyla niña = little girl el hombre."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 Personas (people): el chico = the boyla chica = the girl el muchacho = the boyla muchacha = the girl el niño = little boyla niña = little girl el hombre = the manla mujer = the woman el señor = mr. (mister)la señora = mrs. (mistress) la señorita = miss or ms.

2 Pronombres = Pronouns. (Pronouns are words that replace specific nouns. For example, instead of saying Mrs. Mix, we can just say “she or her”. Or, instead of Leonardo and I, we can use the pronoun “we”. yo = I or me tú = you (familiar) él = he or him ella = she or her usted = you (formal) nosotros (nosotras) = we or us vosotros (vosotras) = you all (familiar/ya’ll)— this is usually used in Spain and few other places ellos (ellas) = they or them/they or them (girls) ustedes = you all (formal)

3 Mother = madre Mom = mamá Father = padre Dad = papá Sister = hermana Brother = hermano Grandma = abuela Grandpa = abuelo Cousin = primo/prima Aunt = tía Uncle = tío Daughter = hija Son = hijo Granddaughter = nieta Grandson = nieto Niece = sobrina Nephew = sobrino

4 Ser = “to be” (p. 35) Used to describe permanence, characteristics and much more yo soy = I amnosotros somos = we are tú eres = you are (fam.)vosotros sois = you all are él/ella es = he/she isellos/ellas son = they are usted es = you are (for.)ustedes son = you all are

5 APUNTES: p. 50 (descripciones) alto/a = tallgrande = big bajo/a = shortpequeño/a = small bonito/a = prettyguapo/a = attractive delgado/a = skinnygordo/a = fat viejo/a = oldjoven = young feo/a = ugly el pelo = hair los ojos = eyes castaño/a = dark/brownmoreno/a = dark complexion corto/a = shortpelirrojo/a = red-head rubio/a = blondelargo/a = long Notes: Descriptions follow nouns! Descriptions must match the gender/number of things.

6 Tener = “to have” yo tengo = I havenosotros tenemos = we have tú tienes = you have (fam.)vosotros tenéis = you all have él/ella tiene = he/she hasellos/ellas tienen = they have usted tiene = you have (for.)ustedes tienen = you all have

7 When you want to describe a person’s physical appearance, you use the word and the correct form of a verb like “ser” or “tener”. For example: To say, “Mom is tall.” You have to combine: Mom = mamá Is = es (3rd person of “ser”) Tall = alta (remember: mom’s a girl) Mamá es alta.