Describing yourself and others; Adjective-Gender agreement Ser with adjectives Describing yourself and others; Adjective-Gender agreement

Repaso: Let’s name the six forms of SER…

Repaso: Good graphic to view… Yo Nosotros(as) Soy Somos Tú Vosotros(as) Eres Sois Él Ella Usted Ellos Ellas Ustedes Es Son

Uses of Ser… Thus far, we have seen the verb Ser used in two ways… Asking/Saying where people are from. (¿De dónde eres?) Telling Time (¿Qué hora es?)

New use of ser Describing yourself and others. New Essential Question… ¿Cómo eres tú?

Responding to ¿Cómo eres tú? When someone is asking you to describe yourself, how might you respond? Soy (+descriptive adjectives)

What might these questions mean and how might one respond? ¿Cómo es ella? Ella es… ¿Cómo somos? (Nosotros) somos… ¿Cómo sois vosotras? (Vosotras) sois… ¿Cómo son Roberto y Elena? (Roberto y Ella) son… Ellos

Determining which adjectives to use with who… Nouns in Spanish are divided into genders. Nouns are either masculine or feminine. Adjectives describe nouns; therefore they have different forms to match, or agree with, the noun or pronoun in gender. Ej. Juan es atletico. Maria es atletica.

Trends in determining adjective gender. If a noun, or pronoun, is masculine the adjective will typically end in an “o” If a noun, or pronoun, is feminine the adjective will typically end in an “a”

Exceptions to the rule Certain adjectives that don’t end already end in “o” or “a” (like inteligente) are “neutral” and can be used with masculine and feminine nouns.