CAPÍTULO 2: LAS DESCRIPCIONES

MIÉRCOLES, EL 10 DE FEBRERO

¿QUE VAMOS A HACER HOY?

1.The verb “tener”

2.The verb “deseo”

3.Learn new adjectives!! Yay!

EL VERBO TENER

• It is irregular

• We use tener to express possession.

• And age!

• It’s a “boot” verb

• Meaning the irregularities happenONLY in the singular forms and thethird person plural

tener = to have

tengo tenemos

tienes tenéistiene tienen tener = to

havetengo tenem

os tienes tenéistiene tienen

EL VERBO DESEAR

• It means to want, need, require, or look forward to.

• Not just “to desire” (but also “to desire”)

“Deseo ser profesor un día”

deseardeseo deseam

os deseas deseáisdesea desean

EL VERBO GUSTAR• We use the verb “gustar” to express likes and

dislikes (places, activities, things… never people)

• We NEVER use gustar to talk about liking people

• Gustar means “to please”

• Gustar needs an indirect object pronoun

• Otherwise, when we conjugate it, we would be saying“I please the pizza” or “I please to dance”

• Note that “please” here is a verb, not a polite request.

• So in Spanish, when we talk about likes and dislikes, we are literally saying “______ is pleasing to me”

• The form of the verb gustar depends on the subject of our sentence.

how to say “to like”

me gusta me gustan

nos gustanos gustan

te gustate gustan

vos gustavos gustan

le gustale gustan

les gustales gustan

EL VERBO GUSTAR

• Indirect object pronouns: basically the person or thing receiving the action of the verb

• But wait, I thought infinitives mean “to _____”

• They do, but in Spanish we use the infinitive to express activities when they are the subject of a sentence.

“Me gusta correr” “Me gusta estudiar”

“Running is pleasing to me” “Studying is pleasing to me”

“Me gusta la pizza” “Me gustan las pizzas”

“Pizza is pleasing to me” “The pizzas are pleasing to me”

EL VERBO GUSTAR

1. I like the television.

2. I like to dance.

3. I like the books.

4. You like to walk.

5. He likes to work.

6. We like chalkboards.

7. The students like to study.

8. Your parents like to talk with friends.

9. You (formal) like to write.

10.She likes the classes.

how to say “to like”

me gusta me gustan

nos gustanos gustan

te gustate gustan

vos gustavos gustan

le gustale gustan

les gustales gustan

ADJETIVOS NUEVOS

• agradable

• alegre

• alto/a

• antipático/a

• bajo/a

• bilingüe

• bonito/a

• callado/a

• cansado/a

• casado/a

• gordo/a

• guapo/a

• joven

• largo/a

• listo/a

• mayor

• moreno/a

• nervioso/a

• nuevo/a

• oscuro/a

• contento/a

• conversador/a

• corto/a

• de estatura media

• débil

• delgado/a

• divertido/a

• enojado/a

• feo/a

• fuerte

• pelirrojo/a

• perezoso/a

• pobre

• rico/a

• rubio/a

• simpático/a

• soltero/a

• tonto/a

• trabajador/a

• triste

• viejo/a

¿CÓMO ES SHAKIRA?

¿CÓMO ES GABRIEL IGLESIAS?

¿CÓMO ES PENÉLOPE CRUZ?

LA TAREA• miercoles (2/11)

• 5 items. A video and related activities

• jueves (2/12)

• 1 item due. A voice recording about your hypothetical schedule

• viernes (2/13)

• 21 items due. About adjectives

• lunes (2/16)

• 9 items due. About origin (where you’re from)