Lección Dos: ¿Quién soy yo?

The following information will be used in class on September 18th and 25th.

Please copy the following vocabulary into your notebook.  It is a little longer than our lists will usually be, but I think the vocabulary is useful.

Vocabulario Unidad 2

Clase: In class, we will talk about gender and number, as applied to adjectives and nouns.

Gender and Agreement

We will also learn how to conjugate the verb SER and find out what "conjugation" means.

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yo	soy	nosotros	somos
tú	eres	vosotros	sois
él, ella, usted	es	ellos, ellas, ustedes	son

HINTS for HOMEWORK and TEST:

When conjugating SER, look for the subject of the sentence before the blank. If it is not the following straight-forward pronouns- yo, tu, el, ella, usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos, ellas, ustedes- then you can go by these hints: 

A name or a singular noun - it will be "es" because it refers back to it or he/she
Two or more people or a plural noun - it will be "son" because it refers back to they/them

On the test, you will see phrases that you will have to replace with a pronoun (yo, tu, el, ella, usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos, ellas, ustedes).  This is asking "what is a simpler way to refer to these people or things?" Here are some examples-

mi perro (my dog) = él  (one male, so it is "he")

Noah y Franklin = ellos (two males, so it is "they")

las clases (the classes) = ellas (two feminine nouns, so it is "they")

tú y yo= nosotros (you and i or "we")

Tarea:

After class on September 18th, please complete the following activities:

1. Worksheet Packet.

2. In "Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses", do activity 2-1 on pg. 23-24 and 2-2 on pg. 24.

3. Without using your notes, complete Test for Pronouns, Ser, Adjectives, Gender  and email me your answers OR print it out and bring your test to class.
4. Write a paragraph in Spanish about yourself and 2 other people in your family, describing them. The paragraph should be at least 5 sentences long.  Here is an example: 

Me llamo Profesora Peters. Yo soy morena y mediana- no soy alta y no soy baja. Scott es trabajador y gracioso. Él es moreno también. Emmeline es bonita y pequeña. Es una chica divertida. Mis perros, Fitzhugh y Goosey son atrevidos y deportistas.