Subject Pronouns and Ser

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Subject Pronouns and Ser

• Español 1c

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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.

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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.

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These are the Subject Prounouns in Spanish

• Yo- I
• Tú- You Familiar
• Usted- You Formal
• Él- He
• Ella- She
• One Specific name- Juan

• Nosotros- We
• Nosotras- We (girls)
• Vosotros Yall (familiar)
• Vosotras Yall (familiar, girls)
• Ustedes- You all
• Ellos- They
• Ellas- They (girls)
• 2 or more names(Juan y Miguel)

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Tú- You FAMILIAR

• You use tú when talking to friends or people who
  you are on a FIRST NAME basis with.
• You use tú when you talk to each other, your
  friends or casual people.

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Usted- you FORMAL

• You use USTED when talking to people who you are
  on a last name basis.
• The president, doctors, teachers, adults, etc

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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.

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Tú o Usted?

• The dentist
• Your best friend
• Your sister
• The police
• The principal
• The president
• Miguel
• Your teacher
• Your mom or dad
• Victoria

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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!

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SER- TO BE

• Yo- SOY( I am)
• Tú- ERES (you fam are)
• Él/Ella ES(___ is/are)
• One specific name
• Usted

• Nosotros/as SOMOS(we are)
• Vosotros/as SOIS (yall are)
• Ellos/Ellas SON (they are)
• Ustedes SON (you all (formal) are
• 2 or more specific names

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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

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Más práctica

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

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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.

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Make into a sentence

1. Yo/Argentina
2. Tú/ Nicaragua
3. Nosotros/ Paraguay
4. Ellos/Los Estados Unidos
5. El policía/ Cuba
6. La maestra/ Venezuela
7. Los muchachos/ El Salvador
8. Miguel y yo/ Brazil
9. Tú/ México
10. El hombre y la mujer/ Chile