Entrada: Verbos de dibujos (Entrance: Verbs from drawings)Write the date and title, and log the entry in your table of contents. Write the Spanish vocabulary word/phrase represented by each picture. If it is a phrase, circle the first word (the verb).

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

Español 1El 15 de octubre de 2013

Los infinitivos (Infinitives)

Verbs•Verbs are words that are used to name actions.•Verbs have different forms depending on who is doing the action (subject) or when the action is occurring (tense).

I walk, she walks, we walked, etc.

Infinitives•The most basic form of a verb is called the infinitive.•In English, an infinitive begins with TO.

to talk, to run, to write•In Spanish, an infinitive ends with –AR, –ER, or –IR.

hablar, correr, escribir

Los infinitivos (Infinitives)

Infinitives•Using the verbs that you wrote for each picture in the Entrada, make a chart showing examples of the 3 types of infinitives (-ar, -er, and –ir). Then use your vocabulary notes to add more infinitives to your chart.

AR ER IR

Los sujetos (Subjects)• The subject of a sentence tells who or what is doing the action.• People’s names are often used as the subject:

Gregory listens to music.Ana sings and dances.

• You also use subject pronouns to tell who is doing an action. Subject pronouns replace people’s names.

• The English subject pronouns are:

Singular Plural1st person I we

2nd person you you(you all, y’all, you guys)

3rd person he, she, it they

Los subjetos (Subjects)Subjects•The Spanish subject pronouns are:

Singular Plural

1st person yo nosotros, nosotras

2nd person

tú (familiar) usted / Ud. (formal)

vosotros, vosotras(familiar, used in Spain & in literature) ustedes / Uds. (used everywhere)

3rd person él, ella ellos, ellas

Different forms of “you”•Use tú with family, friends, people your age or younger, and anyone you call by his/her first name.•Use usted with adults you address with a title, such as señor, señora, profesor(a), etc. Usted is usually written as Ud.•In Spain, use vosotros(as) when speaking to two or more people who you call tú individually: tú + tú = vosotros(as). Use ustedes when talking to two or more people you call usted individually.•Everywhere else, use ustedes when speaking to two or more people, regardless of age. Ustedes is usually written as Uds.

Los subjetos (Subjects)

Groups•If a group is made up of males only or of both males and females together, use the masculine forms (nosotros, vosotros, ellos).•If a group is all females, use the feminine forms (nosotras, vosotras, ellas).•You can combine a subject pronoun and a name to form a subject:• Alejandro y yo = nosotros• Carlos y ella = ellos• Pepe y tú = ustedes• Lola y ella = ellas

Los subjetos (Subjects)