BIENVENIDOS

HOY

• la clase y el profesor• plan de clase• How do we describe ourselves?• How do we use the verb tener? • vocabulario y repaso

TENER

• TENER MEANS ‘TO HAVE’

• TENGO TENEMOS• TIENES• TIENE TIENEN

USOS de TENER

• Tengo tres libros. • Ella tiene dos hermanas.• Juan tiene catorce. (years old)• Mi amigo tiene ojos verdes.

SUBJECT PRONOUNS

• YO NOSOTROS• TU • EL ELLOS/ELLAS• ELLA USTEDES• USTED

WORD ORDER IN SPANISH

• Subject + Verb + Rest of Sentence in a statement. Question word (if needed) + verb +

subject + rest of sentence.

Description

• How do we describe others? How do we describe ourselves?

DESCRIPTION

SER = TO BE

• SOY SOMOS

• ERES

• ES SON

EJEMPLOS

• (Yo) soy extrovertido.

• Ellas son elegantes.

• Eres bastante inteligente.

Hoy

• Describing height • Adjective Agreement Rules

Five Pointer 2.9.10

• 1. He is blond. • 2. I have curly hair. • 3. She is a little bit shy. • 4. Pablo is very artistic. • 5. Sebastian wears glasses.

MEDIR-TO MEASURE

• MIDO MEDIMOS

• MIDES

• MIDE MIDEN

METRIC SYSTEM

• CENTIMETERS, METERS

• SIX FOOT TALL---72 INCHES

• 72 X 2.54 = CENTIMETERS

• MIDO DOSCIENTOS CENTIMETROS.

• I AM 200 CM TALL.

• Soy de estatura mediana.

• I am medium height.

• I am (of) medium height.

What does a typical speaker of Spanish look

like?

Juan Carlos, King of Spain

Penelope Cruz-actriz

Hugo Chavez

Presidente de Costa Rica

Era Presidente de Uruguay (habla con Sra. Clinton)

MARADONA---FUTBOLISTA ARGENTINA

Chile

Zapatero---Prime Minister of Spain

Rafael Nadal-tenista

Presidente de Ecuador

Michele Bachelet=Chile

ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT

• ADJECTIVES MUST AGREE IN NUMBER AND GENDER WITH THE NOUN THEY DESCRIBE.

ADJECTIVES THAT END IN -O

• CHANGE THE -O TO -A TO DESCRIBE FEMININE NOUNS.

• Ella es extrovertida.

ADJECTIVES THAT END IN CONSONANT OR -E

• NO CHANGE FOR FEMININE NOUNS.

• ELLA ES INTELIGENTE.

• ELLA ES JOVEN.

ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -DOR

TRABAJADOR, HABLADOR

CHANGE TO -DORA AT THE END FOR FEMININE NOUNS.

ELLA ES MUY TRABAJADORA (HARD WORKING).

PLURALS

• ADD -S OR -ES TO ADJECTIVES TO MAKE THEM PLURAL.

• ADD -ES TO ADJECTIVES THAT END IN CONSONANTS.

• Greeting• Se llama ______________ • Where they are from• Nationality• Age • 4 adjectives; height• Le gusta jugar el softból• Take leave

DEFINITE ARTICLES

• EL LOS

• LA LAS

• = THE

INDEFINITE ARTICLES

• UN UNOS

• UNA UNAS

• UN, UNA = A, AN

• UNOS, UNAS = SOME

WORD ORDER

• SENTENCE STRUCTURE IN SPANISH

SUBJECT + VERB + REST OF SENTENCE

QUESTION

VERB + SUBJECT + REST OF SENTENCE

QUESTION WORDS

• QUESTION WORDS ARE PLACED AT THE BEGINNING OF A QUESTION AND ALWAYS HAVE A WRITTEN ACCENT MARK.

SER

• SOY SOMOS

• ERES

• ES SON

SER: WORD ORDER

• Yo soy muy trabajador.

• Nosotros somos simpáticos

• ¿Es Alfonso muy atlético?

• ¿Son ellas un poco artísticas?

Tú and usted (Ud.)

• Tú ---use to address friends, family and people your age.

• usted (Ud.)---use to address strangers, people in authority, and elders.

• Tú eres

• Ud. es

NEGATIVES

• MAKE A SENTENCE NEGATIVE BY SAYING OR WRITING NO IN FRONT OF THE VERB.

• ELLAS NO SON DE CUBA.• THEY ARE NOT FROM CUBA.• MI AMIGA NO ES CHILENA.• MY FRIEND IS NOT CHILEAN.

Usted

• Comes from the expression. • “Vuestra merced” which basically

was a way to say Your mercy.

Tú/Ud.

• Always conjugate Ud. like he/she conjugation.

• Él es . . . • Ella es. . . .• Permiso, ¿es Ud. chileno?

Possessive Adjectives

• mi nuestro

• tu

• su

Possessive Adjectives

• Must agree in number with the noun that follows it.

• Nuestro (our) must agree in number and gender.

• Drop the definite articles following a possessive adjective.

Possessive Adjectives

• mi perro • mis perros• (no accent on mi) • tu libro, tus libros

• Nuestra casa (our house)• Nuestros perros

How do we describe what others do? How do we describe what

we do?

CONJUGATION =

• CHANGING THE ENDING OF THE VERB TO MATCH THE SUBJECT.

• ONLY VERBS CAN BE CONJUGATED.

3 TYPES OF VERBS IN SPANISH

• -ar• -er• -ir• The unconjugated form of a verb is

called an infinitive.

-ar verbs

• Drop the -ar and add the following:

• -o -amos• -as• -a -an

-er and-ir verbs

• Drop the -er and add the following:

• -o -emos* (-imos for -ir verbs)• -es• -e -en

IRREGULAR VERBS

• Don’t follow normal ending patterns.

• IR= TO GO • VOY VAMOS• VAS• VA VAN

HACER-TO DO, TO MAKE

• HAGO HACEMOS

• HACES

• HACE HACEN

STEM CHANGING VERBS

• Many verbs such as almorzar (to eat lunch) have a spelling change and conjugation when they are conjugated. There are several kinds of stem-changing verbs.

• DO NOT EVER PUT TWO CONJUGATED VERBS SIDE BY SIDE!