1. Subject Pronouns and Ser
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2. Subjects and Verbs
The subject of a sentence tells us who is doing the action.
The verb tells us what action is taking place in the sentence.

3. Subject Pronouns Subject pronouns are used to discuss people.
A subject pronoun tells who is the subject of the sentence.
Subject pronouns can replace names when talking.

4. These are the Subject Prounouns in Spanish
Yo- I
Tú- You Familiar
Usted- You Formal
Él- He
Ella- She
One Specific name- Juan
Nosotros- We
Nosotras- We (girls)
Ustedes- You all
Ellos- They
Ellas- They (girls)
2 or more names(Juan y Miguel)

5. Tú- You FAMILIAR
You use tú when talking to friends or people who you are on a FIRST NAME basis with.
You use tú when you talk to each other, your friends or casual people.

6. Usted- you FORMAL
You use USTED when talking to people who you are on a last name basis.
The president, doctors, teachers, adults, etc…

7. Usted and Ustedes Usted refers to only one person.
Usted is abbreviated as Ud.
Ustedes refers to more than one person. Can be a formal and informal person.
Ustedes is abbreviated as Uds.

8. ¿Tú o Usted? The dentist Your best friend Your sister The police
The principal
The president
Miguel
Your teacher
Your mom or dad
Victoria

9. Subjects Pronouns and Verbs
In Spanish a verb can tell the subject of the sentence all by itself! This happens when you conjugate the verb.
However, it is often times necessary to use a subject pronoun to help clarify the conjugation of the verb.
Now, lets learn a verb conjugation!

10. SER- TO BE Yo- SOY( I am) Tú- ERES (you fam are) Usted
Él ES(___ is/are)
Ella
One specific name
Nosotros
Nosotras SOMOS(we are)
Ustedes
Ellos SON (___ are)
Ellas
2 or more specific names

11. Vamos a practicar…
Choose the correct form of the verb ser for the following subject pronouns.
Ellos
Ella Yo
Juan y María
Nosotras Tú
José y yo
Ustedes
You familiar
Usted

12. Ser: to tell where you are from
You use ser to tell where people are from. Here is the formula:
Subject + Ser + de + country.
Ex: Yo soy de Chile.
Tú eres de Perú.
Ellos son de Honduras.