NOSOTROS Conjugations Lesson

NOSOTROS Conjugations

By Yessenia Ayala

To gain knowledge of a new verb ending to understand who is doing what in a text.

Objective

Read this simple text.

Regina es una chica creativa. Ella camina a la escuela. Ella ve a su mejor amiga, Julieta. Regina le dice a Julieta, «¡Hola!».

Read this story, again.

Yo soy una chica creativa. Yo camino a la escuela. Yo veo a mi mejor amiga, Julieta. Yo le digo a Julieta, «¡Hola!».

Multiple Choice

Are these two stories similar or different?

• The stories were completely different. Nothing was the same.

• The stories were similar.
  
  The first story was written in Regina's/her perspective.

  The second was written in first person/I perspective.

This is an example of how to conjugate.

The two texts were the same, but written from two different perspectives.

The act of modifying the verb (action) to communicate person, time, and mood.

To Conjugate:

Multiple Choice

What kinds of words can be conjugated?

• verbs (actions)

• nouns (people, places, things), ideas

• adjectives (descriptions of people, places, things)

• possessive adjectives (my, your, his, hers, etc)

I run



Rule: actions ending in -O indicate I (present, right now)

corro

He runs
She runs


Rule: actions ending in -E or -A indicate He/She (present, right now)

corre

they run



Rule: actions ending in -N indicate They (present, right now)

corren

Multiple Choice

What part of a verb is modified to indicate person, time, and mood?

• The stem, the first part

• The ending, usually the last letter

Remember...

subject pronouns

yo = I
tú = you, friend
usted = you, sir/ma'am
él = he
ella = she

ellos = they
ellas = they (all ladies)
vosotros = y'all
vosotras = y'all ladies
ustedes = you all
nosotros = we
nosotras = we ladies

Now, let's focus here:

subject pronouns

yo = I
tú = you, friend
usted = you, sir/ma'am
él = he
ella = she

ellos = they
ellas = they (all ladies)
vosotros = y'all
vosotras = y'all ladies
ustedes = you all
nosotros = we
nosotras = we ladies

NOSOTROS

To conjugate a verb do describe "we" as the subject, we are going to end the verb in -MOS. For example:

• camina (she walks) --> caminamos (we walk)

• se sienta (she sits herself down) --> nos sentamos (we sit ourselves down)

• ve (she sees) --> vemos (we see)

Multiple Choice

Which sentences is saying, "We are going to class"?

• Voy a clase.

• Va a clase.

• Vas a clase.

• Vamos a clase.

Poll

Did you meet the objective?

• I have gained little knowledge of the NOSOTROS verb ending.

  I need to review this lesson again.

• I have gained some knowledge of a new verb ending (NOSOTROS) to understand who is doing what in a text.

  I have some questions.

• I have gained knowledge of a new verb ending (NOSOTROS) to understand who is doing what in a text.

Part 1 done!

Go back to Google Classroom and complete NOSOTROS II for the second part of the assignment.