El verbo "SER"

El verbo "SER"

"Ser...o no ser..."

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In your own words, what is a verb?

Qué es un verbo?

• A verb is an action word.

• It describes an action that someone or a group of people are doing.

• Some examples of English verbs we use every day...

• To run

• To talk

• To eat

• To sleep

What is a subject pronoun?

• Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns.

• SUBJECT PRONOUNS indicate who is being described or who does the action in the sentence.

• Instead of saying "Marcos and Juan", you could just say: "they"

• Instead of saying "my brothers and I", you could just say: "we"

• Instead of saying "you, Benito, and Maria", you could just say: "you all"

• Instead of saying "Caterina" or "Rodrigo", you could just say: "he" or "she"

In English, our subject pronouns are...

In Spanish, our subject pronouns are...

Conjugations

• In English, we don't really conjugate our verbs.

• I walk

• You walk

• We walk

• WALK doesn't really change regardless of who is doing the action.

• In Spanish, we MUST conjugate to differentiate more clearly WHO is doing the verb.

The Conjugations of Ser (to be)

The Preposition "de"

• We can use "de" to talk about where someone is FROM.

• Daniela y Sonia son de Miami --> Daniela and Sonia are from Miami.

• Martin es de Honduras --> Martin is from Honduras

• Nosotros somos de los Estados Unidos --> We are from the U.S.

Vamos a practicar...

What form of SER would we use for the following situations....

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Tú ________ muy graciosa. (You are very funny)

Open Ended

Ella _______ de España. (She is from Spain)

Open Ended

Yo ________ americano. (I am American)

Open Ended

Mi madre _______ maestra. (My mom is a teacher)

Multiple Choice

Mis amigos y yo _______ serios. (My friends and I are serious)

• soy

• somos

• son

• eres

Multiple Choice

El estudiante ______ paciente. (The student is patient)

• eres

• sois

• son

• es

Multiple Choice

Vosotros _______ inteligentes. (You all are intelligent)

• sois

• es

• son

• somos