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YoYo

tútú

Ud.Ud.

élél

ellellaa

nosotrosnosotros

nosotrasnosotras

Uds.Uds.

ellosellos

ellasellas

• WE USE WHAT IS CALLED SUBJECT PRONOUNS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF FORMAL NAMES

• EX. PAUL SWIMS. HE SWIMS

LOS PRONOMBRES PERSONALES

Yo = “I”

Tú = “YOU” informal

Ud. = “YOU” formal

Él = “HE”Ella = “SHE”

Nosotros = “WE” for males or a mixed group Nosotras = “WE” for females only

Vosotros/Vosotras

Uds. = “YOU” pluralEllos = “THEY” for males or a mixed groupEllas = “THEY” for females only.

AHORA NOSOTROS REPASAMOS

YO

túvosotros* vosotras*

Ud.

él

ella

Uds.

ellos

ellas

nosotros

nosotras

•Start with the verb in the infinitive form (the to_____form) Ex. nadar=to swim

•Take off the –ar ending of the verb Ex. nad__

•Then, add the new ending to the stem Ex. nado=I swim

REGULAR –AR ENDING VERBS

THE REGULAR –AR VERB ENDINGS:

-o

-as

-a

-amos

-aís

-an

yo

Ud., él, ella

túvosotros, vosotras

nosotros, nosotras

Uds., ellos, ellas

Infinitive formVERB ROOTtú form (informal)Ud.(you, formal) él and ella formvosotros/as formnosotros/as form“yo” formUds./ellos/ellas form

Example of how to conjugate a verb

• HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE VERB “NADAR” WHICH MEANS TO SWIM

Yo nado

Tú nadasUd. nadaÉl nadaElla nada

Nosotros nadamos Nosotras nadamosVosotros nadaís

Vosotras nadaís

Uds. nadanEllos nadan

Ellas nadan

AHORA NOSOTROS REPASAMOS CON EL VERBO

“PELEAR” (TO FIGHT)

verses

Yo peleo con las Powerpuff Girls

Tú peleas conmigo

Ud. pelea conmigo

Él pelea con Blossom

Ella pelea con Raphael

Nosotros peleamos con las Powerpuff Girls

Nosotras peleamos con los Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Uds. pelean con nosotras

Ellos pelean con Buttercup

Ellas pelean con Raphael

Some exceptions exist: Some exceptions exist: el día and el el día and el aguaagua

(Nouns refer to people, animals, places and things)

In Spanish-Nouns have gender: Theyare either masculine or feminine

Most nouns that end in –a are feminine (Ex. la regla)

Most nouns that end in –o are masculine (Ex. el libro)

Some nouns can be both male Some nouns can be both male and .femaleand .female (el/la (el/la deportistadeportista andand el/la estudiante)el/la estudiante)

Other nouns end in Other nouns end in –e –e or a …or a …consonant. Some of these are consonant. Some of these are male and some are female:male and some are female:

(el cine, la clase, el (el cine, la clase, el marcador..)marcador..)

Definite articles translate to the word “the” They must agree in gender and number with the noun they are modifying! The books=los librosTThe definite articles arehe definite articles arelala with single female nouns ( with single female nouns (lala chicchicaa))laslas with plural female nouns( with plural female nouns(laslas chicchicasas))elel with single male nouns (with single male nouns (el el librlibroo))loslos with plural male nouns ( with plural male nouns (loslos librlibrosos))

Indefinite articles translate to Indefinite articles translate to the word “a” or “an” and the word “a” or “an” and they, too, must agree in they, too, must agree in gender in number with the gender in number with the nouns they are modifying!nouns they are modifying! a a girl=girl=unauna chicchicaa

“unun” with single male nouns-unun libroo “unosunos” with plural male nouns-unosunos librosos “unauna” with single female nouns-unauna faldaa “unasunas” with plural female nouns-unasunas faldasas

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__regla

__marcador

__clase

__diccionario

__cuaderno

__carpeta

__deportista

__hora

__arte

__almuerzo

__español

__mochila

el/la

la

el

el

el

la

una

un

una

un

un

una

Definite (el/la) ???? Indefinite (un/una)Definite (el/la) ???? Indefinite (un/una)