La Culebra y el Ratón

La Culebra y el Ratón

Los Verbos - Verbs

Los Verbos - Verbs

In the story of La Culebra y el Ratón there are some verbs that we are going to learn how to say in 1st person, 2nd person, and 3rd person.

Open Ended

What does "in 1st person" mean?

1st Person

• Refers to the speaker himself or a group that the speaker.

• I, me, we, and us

1st Person - La Primera Persona

• I = yo

• me = mí

• we = nosotros

• us = nosotros

Multiple Choice

What is "I" in Spanish?

• yo

• tú

• él

• ella

Open Ended

What does "in 2nd person" mean?

2nd Person

• Point of view belongs to the person (or people) being addressed.

• You

2nd Person - La Segunda Persona

• you = tú

• you (formal) = usted

• you all (formal) = ustedes

• you all (familiar) = vosotros

• ** vosotros is used mostly in Spain.**

Multiple Choice

What is "you" in Spanish?

• yo

• nosotros

• tú

• ustedes

Open Ended

What does "in 3rd person" mean?

3rd Person

• Point of view, or outsider looking in

• he, she, it or they

3rd Person - La Tercera Persona

• he = él

• she = ella

• they (males and mixed) = ellos

• they (females only) = ellas

• they (formal) = ustedes

Multiple Choice

What is "she" in Spanish?

• él

• ella

• tú

• usted

La Culebra - Fabio

• La culebra se llama Fabio.

• The snake name is Fabio.

La Culebra - Fabio

• Fabio vive en México.

• Fabio lives in Mexico.

La Culebra - Fabio

• A Fabio le gusta comer galletas.

• Fabio likes to eat cookies.

Multiple Choice

True or False - Fabio is in 2nd person?

• True

• False

Let's change the story from 3rd person to 1st person

• We have to change the point of view.

• Fabio to I

• When we change Fabio to I we have to change the verbs as well.

La Culebra - Change to first person.

• Yo soy culebra.

• I am a snake.

La Culebra - Change to first person.

• Yo vivo en México.

• I live in Mexcio.

La Culebra - Change to first person.

• A mí me gusta comer galletas.

• I like to eat cookies.

Los Verbos - Verbs

• verbs are action words

• but we don't know who is doing the action

• when we have a noun or pronoun in front of the verb then we know who is doing the action

Los Verbs

• a verb in it's purest from is called an infinitive verb

• always has "to" in front of it

• to talk/to speak, to eat, to live

Los Verbos

• Spanish has 3 types of verbs those that end in -ar, -er, and -ir

• to talk/to speak - hablar

• to eat - comer

• to live - vivir

Multiple Choice

True or False- A verb in it's purest form is called an infinitive verb.

• True

• False

llamarse - to call oneself (name)

• You've seen this before...

• Me llamo - My name is...

• Te llamas - Your name is...

• Se llama - His/Her name is...

querer - to want

• Yo quiero... - I want...

• Tú quieres... - You want...

• Él quiere... - He wants...

• Ella quiere... She wants...

Vivir en - To live en

• Yo vivo en... - I live in...

• Tú vives en... - You live in...

• Él vive en... - He lives in...

• Ella vive en... She lives in...

Changing verbs

• To change a verb in Spanish we change the last 2 letters of the verb

• to talk - hablar

• hablar

• I talk - hablo

• You talk - Tú hablas

• He talks - Él habla

• She talks - Ella habla

Changing verbs

• To change a verb in Spanish we change the last 2 letters of the verb

• to eat - comer

• comer

• I eat - como

• You eat - Tú comes

• He eats - Él come

• She eats - Ella come

Changing verbs

• To change a verb in Spanish we change the last 2 letters of the verb

• to live - vivir

• virir

• I live - vivo

• You live- Tú vives

• He lives - Él vive

• She lives - Ella vive

Multiple Choice

True or False: Spanish verbs changes by replacing the last two letters of the verb to show who is doing the action.

• True

• False

Poll

I understand that to change a Spanish verb I have to replace the last two letters of the verb.

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