Understanding Spanish-

how the language works

Term 4 2023, Week 1
Naming the verb: llamarse
The most common way to ask someone’s name is to use the verb form llamarse
(call).
● ¿Cómo se llama usted? - What is your name?
● Me llamo Nora. - My name is Nora.
● ¿Cómo te llamas?
● Me llamo Nora.

Turn and talk: why are there two ways to ask someone’s name? What is the
difference?
Naming: The verb llamarse
To ask what someone else’s name is, use the following question and answer
pattern:

● ¿Cómo se llama el amigo de Nora? - What’s Nora’s friend’s name?

● Se llama Luis. - His name is Luis.

Here is another way to ask someone’s name:

● ¿Cuál es tu nombre? - What is your name?

● Mi nombre es Esteban. - My name is Esteban.
Practiquemos!
¡Os toca! (Your turn)!
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Understanding Spanish-
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Term 4 2023, Week 2
Warm up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbroXMVtry4&t=332s

2:37- 4:15
Identifying People and Things: Subject Pronouns and the
verb ser
Spanish uses the verb ser (to be) to to identify things or people.
● ¿Qué es eso? - What is that?
● Es un bolígrafo. - It’s a pen.

● ¿Quién es? - Who is it?

● Es Luis. - It’s Luis.
Turn and Talk: Use the ¿Quién es? Question to ask and answer about people
in the room.
Personal pronouns
● Personal pronouns are used to refer to a person without mentioning the
person’s name. Here are some of the most common personal pronouns that
can serve as the subject of a sentence, with the corresponding present tense
forms of -ser.
● Yo = I
● Usted = you (formal)
● Tú = you (informal)
● Él / ella = he / she
● Nosotros / as = we (masculine / feminine)
● Vosotros = you (plural)
● Ellos / as= they (masculine / feminine)
¡Os toca! (Your turn)!
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Term 4 2023, Week 3
Warm up: the verb llevar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcSQBS1fZm4
5:30-5:44
Describing people’s clothing: the verb llevar
The Spanish verb llevar corresponds to the English verb to wear.
● Mónica lleva un suéter azul. - Monica is wearing a blue sweater / jumper.
● Notice that Spanish verbs change their endings according to the subject of
the sentence.
● Yo llevo pantalones grises. Mis amigos llevan pantalones negros.
- I’m wearing grey pants. My friends are wearing black pants.

Turn and Talk: Describe what you are wearing to the person next to you. Eg.
(Yo) llevo un suéter azul. (I’m wearing a blue jumper).
¡Practiquemos!

Llevar (to wear)

Yo (I) Llevo I am wearing

Tú (you) llevas You are wearing

Usted / él / ella (you- lleva You are wearing/ he is

formal/ he/ she) wearing/ she is wearing

Nosotros / as llevamos We are wearing

Ellos / as llevan They are wearing

Vosotros lleváis You are (all) wearing

Os toca! (Your turn)!
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Term 4 2023, Week 4
Identifying people and things: plural forms
Spanish and English nouns may be singular (camisa, shirt) or plural (camisas, shirts).
Almost all plural words in Spanish end in -s or -es: blusas (blouses), pantalones
(pants), suéteres (sweaters/ jumpers), zapatos (shoes), and so on.In Spanish, unlike
English, articles before plural nouns and adjectives that describe plural nouns must also
be plural. Notice the plural ending on the Spanish word for new in the following example:

Nora tiene dos faldas nuevas. - Nora has two new skirts.

Turn and talk: How would you say ‘Juan has two old jumpers?’ The word for old is
‘antiguo.’
Os toca! (Your turn)!
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Term 4 2023, Week 5
Addressing others: Informal & Polite you (tú / usted)

● Both tú and usted mean you (singular). Tú is used with family,

friends, and children. Usted is used with people you don’t know well
and people older than you.
● Soy puertorriqueño. ¿Y tú? De dónde eres? -I’m Puerto Rican. And
you? Where are you from?
● Soy profesora de español. ¿Y usted? ¿Es usted estudiante?
Turn & Talk: Would you use tú or usted for:
- Your cousin - your classroom teacher - Mrs Tweedley
¡Os toca! (Your turn)!
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Term 4 2023, Week 6
Describing people: more about subject pronouns
A few weeks ago we looked at some of the personal pronouns that can serve
as the subject of a sentence. Here is a complete list, using ser (to be) as an
example:

Ser (to be)

yo soy I am

tú eres You are

Usted, él/ella es You are/ he/she is

Nosotros somos We are

Vosotros sois You (all) are

Ellos/ as son They are

¡Os toca! (Your turn)!