Transcript Subject Pronouns and Ser

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Apuntes Section:
Subject Pronouns & Ser
Lesson Objective:
I will be able to compare and contrast subject
pronouns in English and Spanish.
Essential Questions:
What do the Spanish subject pronouns tell us
about how Hispanic people interact?
Repaso
What is a Pronoun?:
A pronoun replaces / takes the place of a noun.
For example:
if we are talking about someone, like Mr.
Lansa, and we didn’t want to say Mr. Lansa
over and over again, we would say,
he .
English Subject Pronouns
Singular
1st Person
2nd Person
3rd Person
Plural
Los sujetos pronombres españoles
Singular
1st Person
2nd Person
3rd Person
Plural
Tú vs Usted
Both Tú and Usted translate as You in English .
Tú is Informal/casual and can be used with
friends, close family members, younger people
Usted is Formal/respectful and can be used with
more traditional family members, people you
don’t know well, authority figures, and anyone
.
whom you wish to show respect to
For some people, it is helpful to think of Usted as
Sir or Ma’am. We can abbreviate Usted: Ud.
Let’s write some questions
A. These can be “quiz questions”
Example:
• What does
mean?
• What’s the difference between
• How would you say?
and
?
B. These can be “point of confusion questions”
Example:
• I don’t understand
. Does it mean
?
C. These can be “curious questions”
Example:
• Would you ever say or do
?
Other Spanish Subject Pronouns
Singular
1st Person
2nd Person
3rd Person
Plural
Practice … what are the Spanish
subject pronouns for these people?
1. Carlos
2. Ana
Él
Ella
3. Ana y Carlos
Ellos
4. Ana y Luisa
Ellas
5. Carlos y yo
Nosotros
Repaso:
Y means AND
6. Tú y tus amigos Ustedes
Any time you have the subject “…y yo”, this is equal to Nosotros.
Any time you have the subject “Tú y…”, this is equal to Ustedes.
Let’s summarize
1. Review (re-read) the objective and essential question.
2. Give a 1 complete sentence summary of the what we
were doing/explain what the lesson objective means.
3. Answer the essential question in 1 sentence.
4. Answer 2 to 3 of the questions you wrote yourself.
5. How and when would you use this outside of the
classroom.
6. Important “steps” to know?
7. Anything else important to know about what we did
today?
Topic: Subject Pronouns & Ser
Lesson Objective:
I will be able to
• explain conjugation and how we see it in the
verb “To Be” in the English language
• compare/contrast “To Be” with Ser/identify
the conjugations of the verb Ser
Essential Questions:
Why don’t we say “I be from Tucson”?
Grammar Terms
Conjugation: a set of the forms of a verb.
Examples: am, are, is, was, were are
conjugations of the verb To Be.
¿Cómo se dice Conjugation en español?:
Conjugacíon.
In English we must use the correct
conjugation of the verb To Be in order to
sound grammatically correct/normal to other
English speakers.
.
One of the Spanish equivalents of the verb
To Be in English is the verb “Ser ” in
Spanish, which also has conjugations.
Actually, unlike English, all Spanish verbs
will conjugate.
To be
Singular
Plural
English: I am
1st
Person Español:
English: We are
Español:
2nd
English: You are
Person Español:
English:
Español:
English:
Español:
rd
3
English: He is
Person
Español:
English: She is
Español:
English:
Español:
English: They are
Español:
English:
Español:
Ser
Singular
English: I am
Español: Yo soy
Plural
English: We are
Español: Nosotros somos
English: You are Vos English: You all are
Español: Tú eres sos Español: Vosotros sois
English: You are
Español: Ud. es
English: He is
Español: Él es
English: She is
Español:
Ella es
English: You all are
Español: Uds son
English: They are
Español: Ellos son
English: They are
Español: Ellas son
You already
Ser
have this
To be
written down
Singular
Plural
Fill this in
who you are and what you’re like
We use Ser to say :________________________.
irregular verb.
Ser is an ________
Let’s write some questions
A. These can be “quiz questions”
Example:
• What does
mean?
• What’s the difference between
• How would you say?
and
?
B. These can be “point of confusion questions”
Example:
• I don’t understand
. Does it mean
?
C. These can be “curious questions”
Example:
• Would you ever say or do
?
Subject
Pronoun
1st Person Singular
 Yo
English
Translation
Form of Ser
Subject Pronoun
+ Ser
 Soy
Yo Soy  I am
2nd Person Singular
 Tú
 Eres
3rd Person Singular
 Usted
 Él
 Ella
 Es
You are
Tú eres
(casual)
Usted es You are
 Él es
 He is
 Ella es  She is
1st Person Plural
Nosotros We are
Nosotros  Somos
somos
3rd Person Plural
Ustedes
 Ellos
 Ellas
Ustedes son  You all are
 Son
Ellos son They are
Ellas son They are
Let’s summarize
1. Review (re-read) the objective and essential question.
2. Give a 1 complete sentence summary of the what we
were doing/explain what the lesson objective means.
3. Answer the essential question in 1 sentence.
4. Answer 2 to 3 of the questions you wrote yourself.
5. How and when would you use this outside of the
classroom.
6. Important “steps” to know?
7. Anything else important to know about what we did
today?
Topic: Subject Pronouns & Ser
Lesson Objective:
I will be able to
• use the verb Ser without subject pronouns
Essential Questions:
• Can we use the verb To Be with things
that are not people?
• What is our ultimate goal in learning
Subject Pronouns & Ser?
In English, with the verb To Be
We could say “Mr. Lansa is” or “He is”
Spanish is the same way.
We can say “Él es” or “Mr. Lansa es.”
Practice … what form of Ser goes
with these subject pronouns and people.
Ejemplo: Yo
Ella
soy
es
Nosotros somos
Carlos
Carlos y Ana
Ana y yo
es
son
somos
Repaso:
Y means AND
Question
Can we use the verb To Be with
things that are not people?
Yes.
In English we would say “the car is”, or “the
bicycles are”, “the dog is”, or “the cats are”.
Spanish is the same way
•“the car is”
el carro es
•“the bicycles are”
las bicicletas son
•“the dog is”
el perro es
•“the cats are”
los gatos son
For singular objects like “car” & “dog”, use es
For plural objects like “bicycles” & “cats”, use son
Practice … what form of Ser goes
with these subject pronouns and people.
Ejemplo:
Tú
eres
Ana y Luisa
son
Papá
Mi familia y yo
Tú y tus amigos
es
somos
son
La escuela (school)
es
Las clases (classes)
son
Let’s write some questions
A. These can be “quiz questions”
Example:
• What does
mean?
• What’s the difference between
• How would you say?
and
?
B. These can be “point of confusion questions”
Example:
• I don’t understand
. Does it mean
?
C. These can be “curious questions”
Example:
• Would you ever say or do
?
Reflect:
Take out a half sheet of paper
Answer these 3 questions in complete sentences.
You will be turning this in, please put your name
on this.
1. What is the difference between Tú and Usted?
2. What is the difference between Ellos and Ellas?
3. What 3 Spanish subject pronouns are not used in
the American Southwest?
There are a few short response questions on the next slide
A. Fill in the first blank with the form of ser that
matches the subject pronoun.
B. Next translate the answer to English.
Ejemplo:
Yo
Yo
soy
I am
4. Tú
5. Ella
6. Nosotros
7. Ellos
8. Él
9. Ustedes
10.Nosotras
11.Ellas
12.Usted
Turn this in when done.
Let’s summarize
1. Review (re-read) the objective and essential question.
2. Give a 1 complete sentence summary of the what we
were doing/explain what the lesson objective means.
3. Answer the essential question in 1 sentence.
4. Answer 2 to 3 of the questions you wrote yourself.
5. How and when would you use this outside of the
classroom.
6. Important “steps” to know?
7. Anything else important to know about what we did
today?