Transcript Subject Pronouns

Subject Pronouns and Ser
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Subjects and Verbs
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The subject of a sentence tells us who is
doing the action.
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The verb tells us what action is taking place
in the sentence.
Subject Pronouns
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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.
These are the Subject Prounouns in
Spanish
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Yo- I
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Tú- You Familiar
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Usted- You Formal
 Él- He
 Ella- She
 One Specific nameJuan
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Nosotros- We
 Nosotras- We (girls)
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Ustedes- You all
 Ellos- They
 Ellas- They (girls)
 2 or more names(Juan
y Miguel)
Tú- You FAMILIAR
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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.
Usted- you FORMAL
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You use USTED when
talking to people who
you are on a last name
basis.
 The president, doctors,
teachers, adults, etc…
Usted and Ustedes
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Usted refers to only
one person.
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Usted is abbreviated as
Ud.
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Ustedes refers to more
than one person. Can
be a formal and
informal person.
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Ustedes is abbreviated
as Uds.
¿Tú o Usted?
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The dentist
Your best friend
Your sister
The police
The principal
The president
Miguel
Your teacher
Your mom or dad
Victoria
Subjects Pronouns and Verbs
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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.
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Now, lets learn a verb conjugation!
SER- TO BE
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Yo- SOY( I am)
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Tú- ERES (you fam are)
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Usted
Él
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ES(___
is/are)
Ella
One specific name
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Nosotros
Nosotras
Ustedes
Ellos
SOMOS(we
are)
SON (___
are)
Ellas
2 or more specific names
Vamos a practicar…
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Choose the correct form of the verb ser for the
following subject pronouns.
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Ellos
Ella
Yo
Juan y María
Nosotras
Tú
José y yo
Ustedes
You familiar
Usted
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10.
Más práctica
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Now choose the subject pronoun for each form
of the verb SER.
1.
Son
Eres
Es
Somos
Soy
Es
Son
Eres
Somos
Soy
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Ser: to tell where you are from
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You use ser to tell where
people are from. Here is
the formula:
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Subject + Ser + de +
country.
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Ex: Yo soy de Chile.
Tú eres de Perú.
Ellos son de Honduras.
Make into a sentence
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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