Español 1: Review (Los articulos y el verbo SER

​Spanish 1: Review
Los articulos, Ser, tú vs usted.

By Rubiela Arnold

Los artículos definidos y indefinidos

In Spanish there are four definite articles: el, la, los, las. They all mean "the." El and La are the singular definite articles, and Los and Las, are the plural.

Multiple Choice

How many definite articles are there in Spanish?

• Hay dos. ( There are two.)

• Hay cinco. ( There are five.)

• Hay cuatro. ( There are four.)

Multiple Select

Check the definite articles:

• él, ella, usted

• el, la, los, las

• nosotros, nosotras

• el, la, ellos , ellas

Open Ended

Did you know that the definite article has to agree in gender and number with the noun?

Definite articles ( Artículos definidos)

Articles go before the noun

All words in Spanish have a gender

Article and noun ALWAYS agree in gender and number

Most words ending in “a” are feminine (there are exceptions)

Most words ending in “o” are masculine (there are exceptions)

Indefinite articles

In Spanish there are four indefinite articles: un, una, unos, unas: un/una mean "a" or "an." Unos and unas means "some."

Indefinite articles like definite articles

• Articles go before the noun

  
  

• All words in Spanish have a gender

• Article and noun ALWAYS agree in gender and number

• Most words ending in “a” are feminine (there are exceptions) Most words ending in “o” are masculine (there are exceptions)

Multiple Choice

How many indefinite articles are there in Spanish?

• Hay dos. ( There are two.)

• Hay tres. (There are three.)

• Hay cinco. (There are five.)

• Hay cuatro. ( There are four.)

Multiple Choice

What do "un" and "una" mean?

• a/an

• and/or

Multiple Select

What do "unos" and "unas "mean?

• one and two

• those

• some

• something

Examples of definite and indefinite articles

• la silla (the chair)

• una silla ( a chair)

• el libro ( the book)

• un libro ( a book)

• las sillas ( the chairs) vs. unas sillas ( some chairs)

• los libros ( the books) vs. unos libros ( some chairs)

To make nouns that end in "a," or "o," plural, add an "s."

• amigo becomes amigos

• amiga becomes amigas

To make nouns that end in a consonant plural, add "es."

• papel becomes papeles

• pared becomes paredes

Nouns that end in a "z" change the "z" to "c" en the plural:

• lápiz becomes lápices

• feliz becomes felices

Poll

Do you understand the difference between definite and indefinite articles?

• Yes

• No

• Mostly

• I need more practice.

Poll

Do you know how to make nouns and articles plural?

• Absolutely!

• No!

• I need more practice.

El Verbo "ser"

Match

Review!

Match the subject pronouns correctly

• I

• You (informal)

• You (formal)

• We

• Y'all

Yo

Tú

Usted

Nosotros

Ustedes

• Yo

• Tú

• Usted

• Nosotros

• Ustedes

Match

Review!

Match the subject pronouns correctly

• Miguel y yo

• Megan y Travis

• Mr. Hataway y usted

• Olivia

• Ricardo

Nosotros

Ellos

Ustedes

Ella

Él

• Nosotros

• Ellos

• Ustedes

• Ella

• Él

Recuerdas?

What are the subject pronouns we use in Spanish? ​

​Singular​

Yo

Tu

el/ella/usted​

​Plural

nosotros/as

​

ellos/ellas/ustedes​

Multiple Select

When would you use "usted"

• Talking to a teacher

• Talking to a parent

• Talking to a friend

• Talking to a sibling

• Talking to a doctor

Multiple Select

When would you use "tu"

• Talking to a cousin

• Talking to a coworker

• Talking to your significant other

• Talking to your grandparents

• Talking to your friend's parents

Recuerdas?

Do you remember how to ask where someone is from?

​How about saying where YOU are from?

​

Where some one else is from?​

El verbo "ser"

"ser" means "to be"

We've already used the verb ser to describe where people are from.

We say:

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​I am from

You are from

He/She is from​

​We are from

You all are from

They are from​

We will use ser when we are describing nouns, where there are from, what they do, their characteristics, time, and the relationships between nouns​

Recuerda: vosotros is only used in Spain and Argentina.

Ser has 6 total conjugations but we're only going to learn 5​ since we don't focus on the "vosotros" form

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Identifying the subject/subject pronoun will be the key to knowing how to conjugate the verb. This applies to ALL verbs.​

When We are conjugating verbs it is important to remember WHO we are talking to or about.

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Multiple Choice

Linda________ de Estados Unidos.

• soy

• eres

• es

• son

• somos

Multiple Choice

Miguel y yo _______de Argentina.

• soy

• eres

• es

• son

• somos

Multiple Choice

Tú ______de Venezuela.

• soy

• eres

• es

• son

• somos

Multiple Choice

Ellos _______ de Puerto Rico.

• soy

• eres

• es

• son

• somos

Multiple Choice

Anita y usted _______ de España.

• soy

• eres

• es

• son

• somos

Multiple Choice

Yo ________de Uruguay

• soy

• eres

• es

• son

• somos

Multiple Choice

Él _______ de Perú.

• soy

• eres

• es

• son

• somos

Multiple Choice

Ustedes _______ de Cuba.

• soy

• eres

• es

• son

• somos

Multiple Choice

Maria ______ de Ecuador.

• soy

• eres

• es

• son

• somos

Multiple Choice

Nosotros _______ de Nicaragua

• soy

• eres

• es

• son

• somos

Poll

How do you feel about the lesson?

• I get It

• I mostly get it

• I kind of get it

• I don't get it at all

Open Ended

What would you like clarification on?