2. Es cantante.
3. Es de Colombia.
8. Video: EL ABECEDARIO
Let’s watch the following video to see the Abecedario in español.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-4dfZ6PGC8
9. Think and write in your notebook the name of a river, a city, a country, a singer you
like, a friend, etc. Choose two names. Spell them to your classmate. He/she will write
down what you spell to him/her. Example:
A. ese – o – te – o – eme – a – I griega – o – erre
B. SOTOMAYOR
1. Masculino y femenino
Recuerda:
In Spanish we use masculine and feminine when we talk about people, their professions,
nationalities, etc.
Seud es keniano.
Jewel es keniana.
2. Verbos en español
Before we study the conjugation of the verbs, let’s have a look at the following video to see what
they are all about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqA58k_GwnM (5.08 mins)
Presente de verbos regulares: trabajar/to work (ar ending), comer/to eat (er ending), vivir/to live
(ir ending)
AR ending verbs ER ending verbs
(trabajar/to work) (comer/to eat)
Singular Plural Singular Plural
Yo trabajo Nosotros/nosotras Yo como Nosotros/nosotras
trabajamos comemos
Tú trabajas Vosotros/vosotras Tú comes Vosotros/vosotras
trabajáis coméis
Él/ella/usted trabaja Ellos/ellas trabajan Él/ella/usted come Ellos/ellas comen
IR ending verbs
(vivir/to live)
Singular Plural
Yo vivo Nosotros/nosotras
vivimos
Tú vives Vosotros/vosotras vivís
Él/ella/usted vive Ellos/ellas viven
Remember:
In Spanish we have regular and irregular verbs. We conjugate them as we conjugate
verbs in English (in the sense that in English we don’t say *I to be a student in BGE*, we
say: *I AM a student in BGE*).
However, when you conjugate in Spanish, you have to put a different ending to each
pronoun. And that’s the tricky thing. For example:
Spanish: Yo trabajo, tú trabajas, etc.
Because of the above, in Spanish we don’t need to mention the pronouns (yo, tú, él,
etc) as there is a conjugation for each one of them.
So, by knowing the conjugation of the verb for each noun, we know the person that’s
been talked about (I, or we, or they, etc).
For example: *I work* in Spanish is *trabajo*. Can you see that I don’t have to write *
Yo trabajo* in Spanish? That’s because:
I work, you work (work and work) but: trabajo, trabajas.
Spanish is the language of exceptions (sorry guys). For example, the verb llamarse (to
be called or to call oneself when we say our names) is conjugated differently. So, we
don’t say: yo llamo. Instead, we say: me llamo (my name is, literally, I am called), te
llamas (your name is), se llama (his or her name is), etc. So, exceptions, exceptions and
more exceptions.
Finally, in Spanish we use a lot of masculine and feminine for people but also for things.
For example: the teacher is *la profesora* (Mrs Sotomayor) or *el profesor* (think
about the name of your favourite male teacher in the school).
MASCULINO FEMENINO
el vendedor
la profesora
el secretario
la conductora
el cocinero
el futbolista
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Complete the following phrases with the correctly conjugated verb.
Yo me llamo Guadalupe Mendoza. Soy de México. Vivo en Nigeria. Tengo dos hijos, mi hijo se
llama Juán y mi hija se llama Margarita. Son estudiantes. Yo soy doctora.
1. ¿Dónde vive Mrs Sotomayor?
En Nairobi.
2. ¿___________________ Mrs Sotomayor?
Trabaja en un colegio.
3. ¿___________________ Mrs Sotomayor?
Es de Nicaragua.
4. ¿___________________ el marido de Maria?
Se llama Bruno.
5. ¿___________________ Guadalupe?
De México.
6. Cuántos __________ _______ Guadalupe?
Tiene dos hijos.
Lee y comenta en clase.
La familia en España y América Latina
Fiesta de 15 años:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCTC5By-cVk