SPANISH 1

PRONOUNS AND SER ( TO BE )

• USE SER TO IDENTIFY A PERSON OR SAY WHERE HE OR SHE IS FROM
• ALTHOUGH HOW DO WE USE THESE VERBS WITH THE SUBJECT PRONOUNS ?
• ANSWER: WE PUT THEM IN THE FRONT OF THE VERB WE ARE USING
• SUBJECT PRONOUN: YO ( I ) , TU ( YOU ) , USTED EL ELLA ( HE OR SHE ) , NOSOTROS/AS ( WE ), VOSOTROS/AS ( YOU IN SPAIN ), USTEDES ELLOS ELLAS ( THEM )
• EL - MASCULINE
• ELLA - FEMININE

SUBJECT PRONOUNS WITH SER

• SINGULAR
• YO SOY - I AM
• TU ERES - YOU ARE
• USTED - HE OR SHE IS
• EL
• ELLA
• PLURAL
• NOSOTROS/ AS SOMOS - WE ARE
• VOSOTROS/AS SOIS - YOU ARE
• USTEDES - THEY ARE
• ELLOS
• ELLAS

GUSTAR ( TO LIKE )

• GUSTAR IS USED MAINLY WITH INFINTIVES ( TO RUN, TO WQRK, ETC)
• IN SPANISH, WE CHANGE THE ENDING OF THE VERB INFINITIVE IS EXPRESSED AS AN ENDING
• EXAMPLES - AR , ER, AND IR
• CORRER ( TO RUN ) - ENDING IS ER
• WHEN WE USE GUSTAR , WE PUT ME GUSTA + INFINITIVE

FORMS OF GUSTAR WITH INFINITIVE

• SINGULAR
• ME GUSTA CORRER - I LIKE TO RUN
• TE GUSTA CORRER - YOU LIKE TO RUN
• LE GUSTA CORRER - HE OR SHE RUNS
• PLURAL
• NOS GUSTA CORRER - WE RUN
• OS GUSTA CORRER - YOU RUN SPAIN ONLY
• LES GUSTA CORRER - THEY RUN

WHO IS LIKING WHAT ?

• SINGULAR
• A MI ME GUSTA - I LIKE
• A TI TE GUSTA - YOU LIKE
• A USTED LE GUSTA - YOU FORMAL LIKE
• EL
• ELLA
• PLURAL
• A NOSOTROS/AS NOS GUSTA - WE LIKE
• A VOSOTROS/ AS OS GUSTA - YOU LIKE ONLY IN SPAIN
• A USTEDES LES GUSTA - THEY LIKE
• ELLOS
• ELLAS