Spanish Subject Pronouns and Estar

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A subject pronoun replaces the subject of a sentence. This is done so that the subject doesn't keep being repeated.

Multiple Choice

If I were talking about Rosa, which pronoun would I use to replace Rosa?

• tú

• él

• ella

• ellas

Multiple Choice

If I were talking about Teo, which pronoun would I use to replace Teo?

• tú

• él

• ella

• ellos

Multiple Choice

If I were talking about Elsa and me. How would I replace ¨Elsa and I¨?

• yo

• ella

• nosotros

• ellos

Multiple Choice

If I were talking about Juan y Diego, which pronoun would I use for the two of them?

• él

• nosotros

• vosotros

• ellos

Multiple Choice

If I were talking to you, which pronoun would I use?

Oh...you are my friend.

• tú

• él

• usted

• vosotros

Multiple Choice

Which pronoun would I use if I were talking to you and you are the principal.

• tú

• usted

• vosotros

• ustedes

Multiple Choice

Which pronoun would I use if I were talking to a room full of people that I don´t know?

• tú

• nosotros

• vosotros

• ustedes

Estar

Subjects and subject pronouns cannot stand alone and form a sentence. Would you ever say ¨Andrés nice boy¨? (Don´t even say you would say this.)

Subjects must have a verb. For your first verb, you have been working with ESTAR.

You cannot mix and match the rows and columns.

For example ¨yo¨ can only go with ¨estoy¨. Yo estoy....

You cannot write ¨Yo están...¨ They are not even in the same row.

Multiple Choice

Which form of estar would you use with tú?

• estoy

• estás

• está

• están

Multiple Choice

Which form of estar would you use with ellos?

• estás

• estamos

• estáis

• están

Multiple Choice

Which form of estar would you use with Paulina?

• estás

• está

• estamos

• están

Multiple Choice

Which form of estar would you use with with Carmen y yo?

• estoy

• estás

• está

• estamos

Multiple Choice

Which form of estar would you use with Alejandro y Santiago?

• está

• estamos

• estáis

• están

Multiple Choice

Which pronoun would you use with Victoria y tú?

• estás

• está

• estamos

• estáis

When do you use estar?

For now, you need to remember that estar is used to describe how someone is feeling.

Multiple Choice

Do you remember the question - ¿Cómo estás?

What is the question asking?

• It is asking about how you are feeling.

• It is asking about your age.

• It is asking what you are like.

• It is asking about where you are from.

¿Cómo estás tú?

This is a little informal but you get the idea.

Multiple Select

Click on all of the words that you would use with estar. In other words, which ones would be about how you feel?

• contento/a

• inteligente

• interesante

• nervioso/a

• bien

Multiple Select

Which adjectives would you NOT use with estar?

• único/a

• especial

• aburrido/a

• popular

• emocionado/a

¡Cuidado! - Careful!

Don´t forget that the adjectives must agree with the gender of the person and the number.

Multiple Select

What does it mean that an adjective must agree in gender? Mark all that apply.

• If the subject is masculine then the adjective must be masculine.

• In general, masculine adjectives end in -o

• If a subject is masculine, the adjective can be either masculine or feminine. It doesn´t matter.

• If the subject is feminine than the adjective must be feminine.

• In general, feminine adjectives end in an -a.

Multiple Choice

What happens when you have a mixture of boys and girls?

• If you have more girls then you use the feminine form.

• If you have a mixture of boys and girls you always have to use the masculine form, no matter how many more girls there are.

• If you have a mixture of boys and girls then you have to write the adjective both ways.

Multiple Select

What does it mean that an adjective must agree in number? Mark all that apply.

• If there is only one subject then the adjective is singular.

• If there are multiple subjects then your adjective has to be plural. You make an adjective plural by adding -s or -es.

• There is no such thing as agreement in number.

Practice

Which sentence is written correctly? You need to consider the verb and the adjective.

Multiple Choice

Julio is bored.

• Julio está aburrido.

• Julio está aburrida.

• Julio están aburrido.

Multiple Choice

Margarita is happy.

• Margarita está contento.

• Margarita está contenta.

• Margarita estás contenta.

Multiple Choice

Enrique and Rosa are excited.

• Enrique y Rosa está emocionada.

• Enrique y Rosa están emocionados.

• Enrique y Rosa están emocionadas.

Multiple Choice

Rebeca and I (fem.) are sad.

• Rebeca y yo estoy tristes.

• Rebeca y yo estoy triste.

• Rebeca y yo estamos tristes.

• Rebeca y yo estamos triste.

Multiple Choice

Miguel, you are really excited today.

• Miguel, tú estás muy emocionado hoy.

• Miguel, él está muy emocionado hoy.

• Miguel, tú estás muy emocionada hoy.

Multiple Choice

The girls and José are tired.

• Las chicas y José están cansadas.

• Las chicas y José está cansado.

• Las chicas y José estamos cansados.

• Las chicas y José están cansados.

Poll

That is all for this assignment.

It is time for you to be honesto with yourself.

• I don´t understand any of it. (If this is your answer, ask yourself how much have you tried to learn it outside of class and in class?)

• I understand it when I am in class but I don´t understand it when I get home. (If this is the case, do you really understand it or rely on others to help you and so it feels like you understand it.)

• I understand it but I still do not have it memorized. If I could use my notes I would get an A on the test.

• I completely understand it. I don´t need help and I do not need to use my notes.

Open Ended

Last question,

what do you believe you need in order to master this concept?