1. Spanish 1
Unidad 1 Etapa 1
¡Bienvenido a Miami!

2. Familiar and Formal Greetings

3. Familiar and Formal Greetings
There are different ways to say How are you? in Spanish.
Familiar:
¿Cómo estás? / Cómo estás, tú (or name)?
¿Qué tal? (How’s it going?)
Tú is a familiar way to say “you”.
Use with:
Friends
Family Member
Someone Younger
Formal:
¿Cómo está usted?
Usted is a formal way to “you”.
A person you don’t know/just met
Someone older
Someone for whom you want to show respect

4. Practice - Familiar and Formal Greetings
Actividad 7 - ¿Cómo estás? o ¿Cómo está usted?
Pregúntale a cada personal como esta. (Ask each person how he or she is.)
Modelo – Juan
¿Cómo estás, Juan?
Antonio
Señorita Díaz
Felipe
Señor Castro
Luisa
Señora Ramos
Paquita
Doctora Flores
¿Cómo estás, Antonio?
¿Cómo está usted?
¿Cómo estás?
¿Cómo está?

5. Subject Pronouns

6. Subject Pronouns
In Spanish, subject pronouns are used similarly to English.
English Examples:
John  he
Mom and I  we
Susan and Raquel  they
Alma, Francisco and you  you all
Subject pronouns can replace nouns and are the subjects in a sentence.
Some Spanish subject pronouns do not replace any nouns. (Yo, Tu, Usted)

7. (masculine /mix gender)
Subject Pronouns
Nosotros/ Nosotras We
(masculine /mix gender)
feminine I Yo
1st person
You
(familiar) Tú
2nd person
He / She / It /
You (formal)
Él, Ella, Usted
Ellos/Ellas/ Ustedes
They (masculine /mix gender) / They (feminine) / You all
3rd person
Singular
Plural
* Normally verbs are placed in these boxes, and the spanish pronouns are on the outside of the box.
* Keep in mind that nouns have a “gender.” Therefore, certain pronouns must agree with the gender.

8. Subject Pronouns - Drill
What subject pronoun would match the following subjects?
Sofia
Raul
The boys
Mom and I I
You (your friend)
Juana and Pablo
Eva and you
We (the policemen and I)
You (your teacher)
Your parents
My friend
Your teachers (feminine)
The doctor and the girl
My community
The contests
She He
They (masculine)
We (mix gender/ feminine) I
You (familiar)
They
You all
We (mix gender)
You (formal)
They (mix gender)
He/She
They (feminine)
They (mix gender/feminine) It
Ella El
Ellos
Nosotras(os) Yo Tu
Ustedes
Nosotros
Usted
El/Ella
Ellas
Ellos(as)
Ella (la comunidad)
Nosotros/ Nosotras Yo Tú
Él, Ella, Usted
Ellos/Ellas/ Ustedes

9. The Verb Ser

10. The Verb Ser Definition: to be
When you want to describe a person or explain who he or she is, use the verb (infinitive) ser.
Infinitive: Base form of the verb.
This is like a person’s “being”.
Usually an unchanging characteristic
Origin
Physical description
Profession
(don’t use “a” to identify. He is a police officer.  El es policia.  He IS police officer. )

11. He/she/it/ you (formal)
The Verb Ser – TO BE
* Conjugate: Change the verb to agree with the subject.
Yo Nosotros/as Tu
El/Ella Ellos/Ellas
Usted Ustedes
soy
somos I am
are we
eres x
You (familiar)
are es
son
is/are
are
He/she/it/ you (formal)
They/you all

12. Subject Pronouns - Drill
Sofia
Raul
The boys
Mom and I I
You (your friend)
Juana and Pablo
Eva and you
We (the policemen and I)
You (your teacher)
Your parents
My friend
Your teachers (feminine)
The doctor and the girl
My community
The contests es es
son
somos
soy
eres
son
son
somos es
son es
son
son es
son

13. Saying Where Someone Is From

14. Saying Where Someone Is From
To say where a person is from use:
SER + DE + PLACE
Make sure ser agrees with the subject you are talking about!
Roberto / Miami  Roberto es de Miami.
Mi amiga y yo / Mexico 
Mi amiga y yo somos de Mexico.

15. To Ask Where Someone Is From
¿De dónde + ser + subject?
Literally asking “from where is ..?”
Make sure ser agrees with who you are asking about.
Where are you from?  ¿De dónde eres tú?
Where are the students from?  ¿De dónde son los estudiantes?

16. Saying What Someone Likes To Do

17. Saying What Someone Likes To Do
When you want to talk about what someone likes to do use:
Form of Gustar + Infinitive
*Infinitive: Base form of a verb. (Unconjugated)
To say someone doesn’t like something use “no” before the phrase. (No me gusta leer.)
If you want to clarify who you are talking about, put “a” before the person’s name.
To emphasize “I” use “A mi”
To emphasize “you” use “A ti” Yo
Me gusta Tú
Te gusta
Él, Ella, Usted
Le gusta

18. Examples: She likes to run. Le gusta correr. I do not like to skate.
No no me gusta patinar.
You like to swim.
Te gusta nadar.
With emphasis or clarification:
Juana does not like to sing.
A Juana no le gusta cantar.
You like to eat.
A ti te gusta comer.
I do not like to work.
A mi no me gusta trabajar.

19. To Ask If Someone Likes To Do Something
Simply change to formula to a question:
¿ Form of Gustar + Infinitive?
To respond negatively to a question use “no, no”
Ex) ¿Te gusta bailar?  Si, me gusta bailar.
¿A Ana le gusta correr?  No, no le gusta correr. Yo
Me gusta Tú
Te gusta
Él, Ella, Usted
Le gusta