1. Table of Contents Apuntes Add this Topic to the Table of Contents in your Apuntes Section: Subject Pronouns & Ser Lesson Objective: I will be able to compare and contrast subject pronouns in English and Spanish. Essential Questions: What do the Spanish subject pronouns tell us about how Hispanic people interact?

2. Repaso What is a Pronoun?: A pronoun a noun. For example: if we are talking about someone, like Mr. Lansa, and we didn’t want to say Mr. Lansa over and over again, we would say,. replaces / takes the place of he

3. SingularPlural 1 st Person 2 nd Person 3 rd Person English Subject Pronouns

4. SingularPlural 1 st Person Los sujetos pronombres españoles 2 nd Person 3 rd Person

5. Both Tú and Usted translate as. Tú is and can be used with Usted is and can be used with. For some people, it is helpful to think of Usted as. We can abbreviate Usted: Tú vs Usted You in English Informal/casual friends, close family members, younger people Formal/respectful more traditional family members, people you don’t know well, authority figures, and anyone whom you wish to show respect to Sir or Ma’amUd.

6. Let’s write some questions A. These can be “quiz questions” Example: What does mean? What’s the difference between and ? How would you say? B. These can be “point of confusion questions” Example: I don’t understand. Does it mean ? C. These can be “curious questions” Example: Would you ever say or do ?

7. SingularPlural 1 st Person 2 nd Person 3 rd Person Other Spanish Subject Pronouns

8. Practice … what are the Spanish subject pronouns for these people? 1.Carlos 2.Ana 3.Ana y Carlos 4.Ana y Luisa 5.Carlos y yo 6. Tú y tus amigos Él Ella Ellos Ellas Nosotros Ustedes Any time you have the subject “…y yo”, this is equal to Nosotros. Any time you have the subject “Tú y…”, this is equal to Ustedes. Repaso: Y means AND

9. Let’s summarize 1.Review (re-read) the objective and essential question. 2.Give a 1 complete sentence summary of the what we were doing/explain what the lesson objective means. 3.Answer the essential question in 1 sentence. 4.Answer 2 to 3 of the questions you wrote yourself. 5.How and when would you use this outside of the classroom. 6.Important “steps” to know? 7.Anything else important to know about what we did today?

10. Topic: Subject Pronouns & Ser Lesson Objective: I will be able to explain conjugation and how we see it in the verb “To Be” in the English language compare/contrast “To Be” with Ser/identify the conjugations of the verb Ser Essential Questions: Why don’t we say “I be from Tucson”?

11. Conjugation: a set of the forms of a verb. Examples: am, are, is, was, were are conjugations of the verb To Be. ¿Cómo se dice Conjugation en español?: Conjugacíon. In English we must use the correct conjugation of the verbTo Be in order to sound grammatically correct/normal to other English speakers.. Grammar Terms

12. One of the Spanish equivalents of the verb To Be in English is the verb “Ser ” in Spanish, which also has conjugations. Actually, unlike English, all Spanish verbs will conjugate.

13. To be SingularPlural I am You are He is She is We are They are English: Español: English: Español: 1 st Person 2 nd Person 3 rd Person

14. Ser SingularPlural I am You are He is She is We are You all are They are English: Español: English: Español: Yo soy Tú eres Ud. es Él es Ella es Nosotros somos Uds son Ellos son Ellas son They are You all are You are Vosotros sois Vos sos

15. Ser To be SingularPlural We use Ser to say :________________________. Ser is an ________ verb. who you are and what you’re like irregular You already have this written down Fill this in

16. Let’s write some questions A. These can be “quiz questions” Example: What does mean? What’s the difference between and ? How would you say? B. These can be “point of confusion questions” Example: I don’t understand. Does it mean ? C. These can be “curious questions” Example: Would you ever say or do ?

17. Subject Pronoun Form of Ser Subject Pronoun + Ser English Translation 1st Person Singular  Yo  Soy  Yo Soy  I am 2nd Person Singular 3rd Person Singular 1st Person Plural 3rd Person Plural  Tú  Eres  Tú eres  You are (casual)  Usted  Es  Usted es  You are  Él  Él es  He is  Ella  Ella es  She is  Nosotros  Somos  Nosotros somos  We are  Ustedes  Son  Ustedes son  You all are  Ellos  Ellos son  They are  Ellas  Ellas son They are

18. Let’s summarize 1.Review (re-read) the objective and essential question. 2.Give a 1 complete sentence summary of the what we were doing/explain what the lesson objective means. 3.Answer the essential question in 1 sentence. 4.Answer 2 to 3 of the questions you wrote yourself. 5.How and when would you use this outside of the classroom. 6.Important “steps” to know? 7.Anything else important to know about what we did today?

19. Topic: Subject Pronouns & Ser Lesson Objective: I will be able to use the verb Ser without subject pronouns Essential Questions: Can we use the verb To Be with things that are not people? What is our ultimate goal in learning Subject Pronouns & Ser?

20. In English, with the verb To Be We could say “Mr. Lansa is” or “He is” Spanish is the same way. We can say “Él es” or “Mr. Lansa es.”

21.  Practice … what form of Ser goes with these subject pronouns and people. Ejemplo: Yo Ella Nosotros Carlos Carlos y Ana Ana y yo soy es somos es son somos Repaso: Y means AND

22. Question Can we use the verb To Be with things that are not people? Yes. In English we would say “the car is”, or “the bicycles are”, “the dog is”, or “the cats are”.

23. Spanish is the same way “the car is”el carro es “the bicycles are” las bicicletas son “the dog is” el perro es “the cats are”los gatos son For singular objects like “car” & “dog”, use es For plural objects like “bicycles” & “cats”, use son

24. Practice … what form of Ser goes with these subject pronouns and people. Ejemplo: Tú Ana y Luisa Papá Mi familia y yo Tú y tus amigos La escuela (school) Las clases (classes) eres son es somos son es son

25. Let’s write some questions A. These can be “quiz questions” Example: What does mean? What’s the difference between and ? How would you say? B. These can be “point of confusion questions” Example: I don’t understand. Does it mean ? C. These can be “curious questions” Example: Would you ever say or do ?

26. Take out a half sheet of paper Answer these 3 questions in complete sentences. You will be turning this in, please put your name on this. 1.What is the difference between Tú and Usted? 2.What is the difference between Ellos and Ellas? 3.What 3 Spanish subject pronouns are not used in the American Southwest? There are a few short response questions on the next slide Reflect:

27. A.Fill in the first blank with the form of ser that matches the subject pronoun. B.Next translate the answer to English. Ejemplo: Yo Yo soy I am 4.Tú 5.Ella 6.Nosotros 7.Ellos 8.Él 9.Ustedes 10.Nosotras 11.Ellas 12.Usted Turn this in when done.

28. Let’s summarize 1.Review (re-read) the objective and essential question. 2.Give a 1 complete sentence summary of the what we were doing/explain what the lesson objective means. 3.Answer the essential question in 1 sentence. 4.Answer 2 to 3 of the questions you wrote yourself. 5.How and when would you use this outside of the classroom. 6.Important “steps” to know? 7.Anything else important to know about what we did today?