Subject Pronouns and Ser

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 Subjects and Verbs
 The subject of a sentence tells us who is
doing the action.

 The verb tells us what action is taking place

in the sentence.
 Subject Pronouns
 Subject pronouns are used to discuss
people.
 A subject pronoun tells who is the subject
of the sentence.
 Subject pronouns can replace names when
talking.
 These are the Subject Prounouns in
Spanish
 Yo- I  Nosotros- We
 Nosotras- We (girls)
 Tú- You Familiar

 Usted- You Formal  Ustedes- You all

 Él- He  Ellos- They
 Ella- She  Ellas- They (girls)
 One Specific name-  2 or more names(Juan
Juan y Miguel)
 Tú- You FAMILIAR
 You use tú when
talking to friends or
people who you are on
a FIRST NAME basis
with.
 You use tú when you
talk to each other, your
friends or casual
people.
Usted- you FORMAL
 You use USTED when
talking to people who
you are on a last name
basis.
 The president, doctors,
teachers, adults, etc…
 Usted and Ustedes
 Usted refers to only  Ustedes refers to more
one person. than one person. Can
be a formal and
informal person.
 Usted is abbreviated as
Ud.
 Ustedes is abbreviated
as Uds.
 ¿Tú o Usted?
1. The dentist
2. Your best friend
3. Your sister
4. The police
5. The principal
6. The president
7. Miguel
8. Your teacher
9. Your mom or dad
10. Victoria
Subjects Pronouns and Verbs
 In Spanish a verb can tell the subject of the
sentence all by itself! This happens when
you conjugate the verb.
 However, it is often times necessary to use
a subject pronoun to help clarify the
conjugation of the verb.

 Now, lets learn a verb conjugation!

 SER- TO BE
 Yo- SOY( I am)  Nosotros
 Nosotras SOMOS(we
 Tú- ERES (you fam are) are)

 Usted  Ustedes
 Él ES(___  Ellos SON (___
is/are) are)
 Ella  Ellas
 One specific name  2 or more specific names
 Vamos a practicar…
 Choose the correct form of the verb ser for the
following subject pronouns.
1. Ellos
2. Ella
3. Yo
4. Juan y María
5. Nosotras
6. Tú
7. José y yo
8. Ustedes
9. You familiar
10. Usted
 Más práctica
 Now choose the subject pronoun for each form of
the verb SER.
1. Son
2. Eres
3. Es
4. Somos
5. Soy
6. Es
7. Son
8. Eres
9. Somos
10. Soy
 Ser: to tell where you are from
 You use ser to tell where
people are from. Here is
the formula:

 Subject + Ser + de +
country.

 Ex: Yo soy de Chile.

Tú eres de Perú.
Ellos son de Honduras.
 Make into a sentence
1. Yo/Argentina
2. Tú/ Nicaragua
3. Nosotros/ Paraguay
4. Ellos/Los Estados Unidos
5. El policía/ Cuba
6. La maestra/ Venezuela
7. Los muchachos/ El Salvador
8. Miguel y yo/ Brazil
9. Tú/ México
10. El hombre y la mujer/ Chile