Spanish 105 – Sra. Paternina

Exprésate – Capítulo 1.1

 

Vocabulario y exprésate:

 

-         Saludos = Greetings.

 

-         Despedidas = Goodbyes

-         ¡Hola! = Hello!!

-         Buenos días = Good morning.

-         Buenas tardes = Good afternoon.

-         Buenas noches = Good evening.

-         Buenas noches = Good night.

-         Adiós = Goodbye.

-         Hasta luego = See you later.

-         Hasta mañana = See you tomorrow.

-         Hasta pronto = See you soon.

-         Nos vemos = See you.

-         Tengo que irme = I have to go.

-         Señor = Sir/Mr.

-         Señora = ma’am/Mrs.

-         Señorita = Miss.

-         ¿Quién es el muchacho? = Who is the boy?

-         ¿Quién es la muchacha? = Who is the girl?

-         El/ella es mi mejor amigo/a = He/she is my best friend.

-         El/ella es estudiante = He/she is a student.

-         ¿Cómo te llamas? (familiar) = What is your name?

-         Me llamo… = My name is…

-         Soy… = I am…

-         Mi nombre es… = My name is…

-         ¿Cómo se llama él/ella? = What is his/her name?

-         El/ella se llama… = His/her name is…

-         ¿Cómo se llama usted? (formal) = What is your name?

-         ¿Y tú? = And you?

-         ¿Y usted? (formal) = And you?

-         ¿Quíen es…? = Who is…?

-         El/ella es… = He/she is…

-         ¿De dónde eres? (familiar) = Where are you from?

-         Soy de Estados Unidos = I’m from the United States

-         ¿De dónde es usted? (Formal) = Where are you from?

-         Soy de… (España) = I’m from… (Spain).   

-         ¿De dónde es…? = Where is…from?

-         Es de… = He/she is from…

-         El/ella es de Cuba = He/she is from Cuba.

-         Este es Juan = This is Juan.

-         El es un compañero de clase = He is a classmate.

-         Encantado/a = Nice to meet you.

-         Mucho gusto = Pleased to meet you.

-         Igualmente = likewise.

-         Este es el señor López = This is Mr. López.

-         El es mi profesor de español = He is my Spanish teacher.

-         Esta es Maria = This is Maria.

-         Ella es una compañera de clase = She is a classmate.

-         Compañero de clase = Classmate (male)

-         Compañera de clase = Classmate (female)

-         Esta es la señora Paternina. = This is Mrs. Paternina.

-         Ella es mi profesora de español = She is my Spanish teacher.

-         Hola, ¿Cómo estas? = Hi, how are you?

-         ¿Qué tal? = How is it going?

-         ¿Cómo esta usted? = How are you?

-         Estoy bien/regular/mal = I’m fine/all right/not so good.

-         Mas o menos = So-so

-         Estudiante = Student.

-         Mi mejor amigo/a = My best friend.

-         Mi profesor = my (male) teacher.

-         Mi profesora = My (female) teacher.

-         La muchacha = The girl.

-         El muchacho = The boy.

-         Ser = To be.

Subjects and verbs in sentences (text book pg.12): 

The subject of a sentence is the person, place or thing being described or performing an action. The subject can be a noun or a pronoun – subject pronoun. The pronoun is the word that replaces the noun in the sentence. In Spanish the subject can be left out but not in English. 

La señora Paternina es profesora de español. Ella es de España. / Es de España. Mrs. Paternina is a Spanish teacher. She is from Spain.

The verb is the action the subject is performing or the word that connects the subject to a description.

Ana es profesora.            Yo soy de Madrid

Ana is a teacher.              I am from Madrid.

Subject pronouns (text book pg.14):

Singular: one person

First person of the singular  --  Yo à I

Second person of the singular -- Tú (familiar) à you

Second person of the singular -- Usted (formal) à you

Third person of the singular –- Él à he

Third person of the singular – Ella à she

 

Plural: more than one person

1^st. person of the  plural - males or males and females group         

Nosotros à  we

1^st. person of the plural - all female group                                        

Nosotras à  we

2^nd. Person of the plural - all males or males and females group –Spain    only

Vosotros à you

2^nd. Person of the plural - all females in Spain only                               

Vosotras à you

2^nd. Person of the plural - males and or females – South America            

Ustedes à you

3^rd. person of the plural - males or mixed group                                    

Ellos à they

3^rd. person of the plural - all females                                                   

Ellas à they

 

Subject pronouns:

Yo – I	Nosotros/as – we
Tú – you (familiar) usted – you (formal)	Vosotros/as – you (guys-familiar) Ustedes – you (plural formal)
Él/ella – he/she	Ellos/as - they