Bellringer 9/11 Answer the following questions in complete sentences. 1) ¿Cómo te llamas? 2) ¿De dónde eres? 3) ¿Cómo estás hoy? 4) ¿Qué día es hoy? 5) ¿Qué fecha es hoy?

Parts of Speech -Subject-a person or thing being described or doing something Example: Miss Fairchild is my teacher. (Miss Fairchild is being described) Juan writes a story. (Juan is doing the writing)

-Verb-action word (run, sing, play, jump, write, talk; don’t forget that words like “am,” “is,” and “are” are verbs also)

-Noun-person, place, thing, or idea person-Anna place-Argentina thing-cat idea-love

-Pronoun-can replace nouns Some examples of Spanish pronouns are él, ella, tú and usted (he, she you) Example: Gabriella is my friend-->She is my friend.

Tell me the subject and verbs in the following sentences: 1. The students learn Spanish. 2. The boys play football. 3. The team wins their game. 4. I go with my parents to the store. 5. My grandparents arrive by train. 6. We serve dinner to our guests. 7. The chorus sings well. 8. My friends and I talk to each other on the phone. 9. He eats the pie. 10. She is helping her sister.

Subject Pronouns VERB CHART _________ _________ _________ _________ Why is the verb chart to so important?

VERB CHART with the English pronouns: (Singular) (Plural) (1st person) I________ We_______ ( 2nd person) You (informal) You all (Spain) ( 2nd person) You (formal) You all ( 3rd person) He, She, it They______

VERB CHART with the English pronouns: (Singular) (Plural) (1st person) I________ We_______ ( 2nd person) You (informal) You all (Spain) ( 2nd person) You (formal) You all ( 3rd person) He, She, it They______ ***Notice how You (formal) and You (informal) are on different lines of the verb chart. This means that the verb forms for each of these will be different... You (formal) and he/she will have the same verb form because they are on the same line.

Spanish Subject Pronouns (Singular) (Plural) (1st person) yo ____ nosotros(as) (2nd person) tú (informal) vosotros(as) (Spain) (2nd person) usted (formal) ustedes ( 3rd person) él / ella__ ellos / ellas

Figure out the subject pronoun in each of the sentences: 1. She is from Madrid. 2. I am a student. 3. We are classmates. 4. They are best friends. 5. Where are you from? 6. Ella es una profesora. 7. Vosotros sois (are) amigos. 8. Yo soy de Puerto Rico. 9. Él es mi amigo. 10. ¿De dónde eres tú?

tú vs. usted 1. Informal (tú) - used when talking to a friend or someone you know well 2. Formal (usted) - used when talking to someone older than you or someone you don’t know very well -Both mean “you” -abbreviation for usted is: Ud. (make sure you capitalize) -Example: ¿Cómo te llamas (tú)? (informal) ¿Cómo se llama usted? (formal)-->(usted must be left in to show respect)

vosotros and ustedes -both used when talking to more than 1 person face to face -both mean “you all” -vosotros is ONLY used in Spain -abbreviation for ustedes is: Uds.(make sure you capitalize)

Feminine Forms ustedes). When saying -nosotros, vosotros, and ellos have feminine forms -All boys group - we-nosotros; you all-vosotros/ustedes; they- ellos -All girls group - we-nosotras; you all-vosotras/ustedes; they- ellas -Mixed group of boys and girls - use masculine forms: nosotros, vosotros, ellos ustedes). When saying

Masculine vs. Feminine -Almost everything in Spanish is going to either be masculine or feminine. -What does masculine mean? -What does feminine mean?

You may hear me ask: What pronoun would you use when talking to someone...or what pronoun would you use when talking about someone? Talking to someone = 2nd person Talking about someone = 3rd person

1. Infinitive verb: -a word that ends in AR, ER, or IR -in English, the term means “to + verb” -the infinitive itself doesn’t show tense or who is performing the action of the verb Example: hablar-to talk, comer-to eat, escribir-to write 2. Conjugate: -conjugating is when you change a verb form to tell who is performing the action Example: yo hablo-I talk