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Yo

tú

Ud.

él ell a

nosotros

nosotras

Uds.

ellos ellas

WE USE WHAT IS CALLED SUBJECT PRONOUNS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF FORMAL NAMES EX. PAUL SWIMS. HE SWIMS LOS PRONOMBRES PERSONALES Yo = “I” Tú = “YOU” informal Ud. = “YOU” formal Él = “HE” Ella = “SHE” Nosotros = “WE” for males or a mixed group Nosotras = “WE” for females only Vosotros/Vosotras Uds. = “YOU” plural Ellos = “THEY” for males or a mixed group Ellas = “THEY” for females only.

AHORA NOSOTROS REPASAMOS

YO tú vosotros* vosotras* Ud. él ella Uds. ellos ellas nosotro s nosotra s

Start with the verb in the infinitive form (the to_____form) Ex. nadar=to swim Take off the –ar ending of the verb Ex. nad__ Then, add the new ending to the stem Ex. nado=I swim REGULAR –AR ENDING VERBS

THE REGULAR –AR VERB ENDINGS: -o -as -a -amos -aís -an yo Ud., él, ella tú vosotros, vosotras nosotros, nosotras Uds., ellos, ellas

Infinitive formVERB ROOT tú form (informal) Ud.(you, formal) él and ella form vosotros/as form nosotros/as form “yo” formUds./ellos/ellas form Example of how to conjugate a verb

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE VERB “NADAR” WHICH MEANS TO SWIM Yo nado Tú nadas Ud. nada Él nada Ella nada Nosotros nadamos Nosotras nadamos Vosotros nadaís Vosotras nadaís Uds. nadan Ellos nadan Ellas nadan

AHORA NOSOTROS REPASAMOS CON EL VERBO “PELEAR” (TO FIGHT)

verses

Yo peleo con las Powerpuff Girls

Tú peleas conmigo

Ud. pelea conmigo

Él pele a con Blossom

Ella pelea con Raphael

Nosotros peleamos con las Powerpuff Girls

Nosotras peleamos con los Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Uds. pelean con nosotras

Ellos pelean con Buttercup

Ellas pelean con Raphael

Some exceptions exist: el día and el agua (Nouns refer to people, animals, places and things) In Spanish-Nouns have gender: They are either masculine or feminine  Most nouns that end in –a are feminine (Ex. la regla)  Most nouns that end in –o are masculine (Ex. el libro)

 Some nouns can be both male and.female (el/la deportista and el/la estudiante)  Other nouns end in –e or a …consonant. Some of these are male and some are female: (el cine, la clase, el marcador..)

Definite articles translate to the word “the” They must agree in gender and number with the noun they are modifying! The books=los libros T he definite articles are  la with single female nouns ( la chic a )  las with plural female nouns( las chic as )  el with single male nouns ( el libr o )  los with plural male nouns ( los libr os )

Indefinite articles translate to the word “a” or “an” and they, too, must agree in gender in number with the nouns they are modifying! a girl=una chica ununo unosunosos unaunaa unasunasas “ un ” with single male nouns- un libr o “ unos ” with plural male nouns- unos libr os “ una ” with single female nouns- una fald a “ unas ” with plural female nouns - unas fald as

Now Let’s Review __regla __marcador __clase __diccionario __cuaderno __carpeta __deportista __hora __arte __almuerzo __español __mochila el/la la el el el la una un una un una Definite (el/la) ???? Indefinite (un/una)