Unit 3: La familia
Learn how to talk about your family, describe people and express ownerhip
Calentamiento In the school we share the tables at noon
En la escuela compartimos las mesas al mediodía.
Isabel learns to draw in Art class
Isabel aprende a dibujar en clase de arte.
Alberto eats in an italian restaurant
Alberto come en un restaurante italiano.
I learn chinese with a very nice teacher
Aprendo chino con una profesora muy simpática.
Mom and Dad learn to dance tango
Mamá y papá aprenden a bailar tango.
Javier’s cousins run every afternoon.
Los primos de Javier corren todas las tardes.
Marta’s aunt drinks ten glasses of water everyday
La tía Marta bebe diez vasos de agua al día.
We must arrive on time to class!
¡Debemos llegar a tiempo a clase!
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Provide the appropriate forms of the adjectives. The
first item in each group has been done for you.
1. Mi hermano es ________.
2. La profesora Martínez es _____.
3. Rosa y Teresa son _____.
4. Nosotros somos _____.
1. Hans es ________.
2. Mis primas son _____.
3. Marcus y yo somos _____.
4. Mi tía es _____.
alemán simpático
simpático alemán
6º período!!!!
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Provide the appropriate forms of the adjectives. The
first item in each group has been done for you. (cont’d)
1. La química es _______.
2. El curso es _____.
3. Las pruebas son _____.
4. Los libros son _____.
1. Su esposo es _______.
2. Mis sobrinas son _____.
3. Los padres de ella son _____.
4. Marta es _____.
guapo difícil
difícil guapo
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The verbs tener (to have) and
venir (to come) are among the most frequently
used in Spanish. Because most of their
forms are irregular, you will have to learn
each one individually.
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The endings are the same as those of regular
-er and -ir verbs, except for the yo forms,
which are irregular: tengo, vengo.
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In the tú, Ud., and Uds. forms, the e of the stem
changes to ie as shown below.
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The nosotros and vosotros forms are the
only ones which are regular. Compare them
to the forms of comer and escribir that you
learned on page 96.
Aqui están los verbos
Tener: To have Venir: to come
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Tengo
Tienes
Tiene
Tenemos
Tenéis
Tienen
Vengo
Vienes
Viene
Venimos
Venís
Vienen
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In certain idiomatic or set expressions in
Spanish, you use the construction tener + [noun]
to express to be + [adjective].
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To express an obligation, use tener que (to
have to) + [infinitive].
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To ask people if they feel like doing
something, use tener ganas de (to feel
like) + [infinitive].
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Provide the appropriate forms of tener and venir. The first item in
each column has been done for you.
1. Ellos ________ dos hermanos.
2. Yo _____ una hermana.
3. El artista _____ tres primos.
4. Nosotros _____ diez tíos.
5. Eva y Diana _____ un sobrino.
6. Usted _____ cinco nietos.
7. Tú _____ dos hermanastras.
8. Ustedes _____ cuatro hijos.
9. Ella _____ una hija.
1. Mis padres ________ de México.
2. Tú _____ de España.
3. Nosotras _____ de Cuba.
4. Pepe _____ de Italia.
5. Yo _____ de Francia.
6. Ustedes _____ del Canadá.
7. Alfonso y yo _____ de Portugal.
8. Ellos _____ de Alemania.
9. Usted _____ de Venezuela.
tienen
tener venir
vienen
Guided Practice:
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-P. 102 Act. 1-3
-TAREA: P. 31 y 32 para el lunes