Subject Pronouns and Verb Ser

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1 Subject Pronouns and Verb Ser

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 ¿Tú o Usted? The dentist Your best friend Your sister The police
The principal The president Miguel Your teacher Your mom or dad Victoria

9 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

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

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

12 4 Magical Rules of Verb Conjugation
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

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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

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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

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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

16 Vamos a practicar… Choose the correct form of the verb ser for the following subject pronouns. Ellos Ella Yo Juan y María Nosotras Tú José y yo Ustedes You familiar Usted

17 Más práctica Now choose the subject pronoun for each form of the verb SER. Son Eres Es Somos Soy

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

19 Make into a sentence Yo/Argentina Tú/ Nicaragua Nosotros/ Paraguay
Ellos/Los Estados Unidos El policía/ Cuba La maestra/ Venezuela Los muchachos/ El Salvador Miguel y yo/ Brazil Tú/ México El hombre y la mujer/ Chile

20 Fill in each blank with a form of the verb “Ser” (to be)
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.