Tuesday, August 28, 2012

We use SER to describe basic personality traits:

 Soy una persona interesante
 Juan es un chico divertido
 Nosotros somos gordos

Thursday, June 28, 2012

We use SER to describe physical traits:

Soy morena
Es alto y guapo
Somos divertidos

Monday, June 18, 2012

We use SER to tell someone's nationality:


Yo soy boliviana
Nosotros somos argentinos


We use SER to tell someone's place of origin:


El es de Ecuador
Ellas son de EspaƱa

Friday, May 25, 2012

We use SER to tell someone's occupation:

Yo soy maestra
Tu eres musico
El es deportista

TO BE - SER Y ESTAR

SER:
YO SOY
TU ERES
EL, ELLA, USTED ES
NOSOTROS SOMOS
VOSOTROS SOIS
ELLOS, ELLAS, USTEDES SON

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Gender of pronouns

The pronouns yo, tu, usted, and ustedes refer to persons of either gender, male or female. The other pronouns are more specific, masculine or femenine. El and the pronouns with an o (nosotros, vosotros, ellos) are masculine; the pronouns with an a (ella, nosotras, ellas) are femenine. When referring to a mixed group (masculine or femenine), use the masculine pronouns.

 SINGULAR
 YO - I
 TU - YOU
 EL, ELLA - HE, SHE
 USTED - YOU

 PLURAL
 NOSOTROS, NOSOTRAS - WE
 VOSOTROS - VOSOTRAS - YOU
 ELLOS, ELLAS - THEY
 USTEDES - YOU