Noun –

Verb –

A person, place, thing, or idea.

Sr. Braun Rabbit McDonald’s

A word that expresses action or state of being.

Run Hear Make Am

This is my best friend. His name is Henry. Henry plays basketball

and football. He is from Port Huron, Michigan. He is twenty-three

years old. Henry’s sister is Henrietta. Henrietta is my friend, too.

She is twenty years old. She lives in Texas.

Pronoun- Pronouns replace nouns in a sentence so that you don’t have to repeat yourself.

Noun –

Verb –

A person, place, thing, or idea.

A word that expresses action or a state of being

Pronoun-Pronouns replace nouns in a sentence so that you don’t have to repeat yourself.

Personal PronounsSubject Pronouns

I

You

He/She

We

You allYou guys

Ya’ll

TheyPronouns that can be used as the subject of a sentence.

First Person-

Second Person-

Third Person-

The speaker of a sentence is talking about themselves.

The speaker of a sentence is referring to the person that they are talking to.

The speaker of a sentence is talking about somebody else.

I

You

He/SheIt

We

You allYou guys

Ya’ll

They

1st Person

2nd Person

3rd Person

Singular Plural

Yo

Tú

ÉlElla

Usted

NosotrosNosotras

VosotrosVosotras

EllosEllas

Ustedes

1st Person

2nd Person

3rd Person

Singular Plural

Infinitive –

Conjugating a Verb-

The most basic form of a verb, before it has been changed to match with a subject.

Changing a verb from its infinitive form in order to agree with a subject, and to indicate when the action takes place.

To run To hear To be

I ran She hears You are

I

You

HeShe

We

You allYou guys

Ya’ll

They

1st Person

2nd Person

3rd Person

Singular Plural

Am

Are

Is

Are

Are

Are

In English, there is only one verb that we use for “ to be” …… That verb is……. “ TO BE”

However, in Spanish, there are two different verbs that mean “To be”:

SerEstar

Yo

Tú

ÉlElla

Usted

NosotrosNosotras

VosotrosVosotras

EllosEllas

Ustedes

1st Person

2nd Person

3rd Person

Singular Plural

Soy

Eres

Es

Somos

Sois

Son

Yo

Tú

ÉlElla

Usted

NosotrosNosotras

VosotrosVosotras

EllosEllas

Ustedes

1st Person

2nd Person

3rd Person

Singular Plural

Estoy

Estás

Está

Estamos

Estáis

Están

The reason that there are two different words that mean “To be” is because you use SER and ESTAR respectively in different kinds of situations…

Why and when to use Ser to mean “to be”…DOCTOR

escriptions

ccupationharacteristics

imeriginelationship

Mi mamá es inteligente.

¿Tú eres doctor?

Ellos son altos.

Son las cuatro de la tarde.

Yo soy de Capac, Mi.

Nosotros somos estudiantes de Sr. Braun.

Why and when to use Estar to mean “to be”…

PLACE

osition

ocation

ction

ondition

motion

El papel está en la mesa.

Los estudiantes están en la escuela.

¿Tú estás enfermo?

Él está comiendo.

Yo estoy bien, ¿cómo estás?

Translate the following sentences on a separate sheet of paper. You must choose the correct verb (ser or estar) and you must conjugate the verbs correctly.

They are well. We are from Ypsilanti.

I am sick.

You (formal) are in school.

You (informal) are in school.

It is one o’clock.

Are you (formal) from Michigan?

You (formal) are from Michigan.