Grammar Lesson

Look at the word: mirar

Mirar = to watch

When you look at the word mirar, does it show WHO is doing the "watching"?

• no, because the ending has not been changed yet.

• yes

When you see an action word (a verb) and it ends in an -o, who is doing the action?

For example:

Bailo

escribo

corro

pienso

quiero

camino

• I am!

• We are!

• They are!

• No on is!

In English we use words known as PRONOUNS (he, she, they, etc.) to take the place of a proper name. We do this to not be repetitive.

For example:

Mark likes soup. Mark is hungry and Mark wants to eat and Mark looks for a bowl.

We would clearly say Mark likes soup and HE is hungry and HE...

In Spanish, we also use pronouns but the ____________ of a verb also tells us WHO is doing the action and the pronouns are not always necessary.

• beginning

• ending

How do you say "I" in Spanish?

• Yo

• Tú

• Usted

• Ella

yo miro

• I watch

• I need

• he watches

• you watch

I speak (hablar) =

• Hablar

• Hablo

• Hablas

• Hablamos

Which means "you" in Spanish? (informal- how you would talk to friends)

• Tú

• Yo

• Nosotros

• Nosotras

If you see -as at the end of a verb, that means the person doing that thing is...

• yo - I

• Tú - you

• ella - she

• nosotros - we

tú necesitas

• you watch

• you need

• they need

• you (all) watch

What is the correct translation of the sentence: Where do you (informal) dance?

• ¿Dónde bailas tú?
• ¿Dónde bailan Uds.?
• ¿Dónde trabajas tú?
• ¿Dónde baila Ud.?