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El verbo ser  Present Tense  Use for talking about nationalities  Use for personality traits / characteristics that do not change

Definite & Indefinite Articles  Definite Articles = the  El, la, los, las  Indefinite Articles  Un, una, = a, an  unos, unas = some  ¿Qué es esto? Es un pupitre.  ¿Qué es esto? Es una mesa.

Definite and Indefinite Articles Continued  When we introduce something, we usually use the indefinite article (un, una, unos, unas)  Once we´ve introduced an object (i.e. in a story, a conversation), then we would use the definite articles – the (el, la, los, las) 

Subject Pronouns YoNosotros Nosotras TúTúVosotros Vosotras Él Ella Usted (Ud.) Ellos Ellas Ustedes (Uds.)

¿De dónde... ?  Where are you from?  ¿De dónde es ella? – Where is she from?  ¿De dónde es él? – Where is he from?  ¿De dónde es usted? – Where are you (formal) from?

Charts to know  Definite articles  Indefinite articles  Subject Pronouns  Verb Ser  Nationalities  All Spanish-speaking countries  Include countries included on page 16 from Chicos y Chicas

The verb Ser in the present tense with subject pronouns Yo soy I amNosotros somos We are Nosotras somos Tú eres You (s. informal) are Vosotros sois You (plural informal) are Vosotras sois Él es He is Ella es She is Usted es You (formal, singular) are Ellos son They are (m. or m. and f.) Ellas son They are (all female) Ustedes son You (plural, formal) are

Internet links   Numbers 1-10  m m  Numbers  m m  Telling Time 

More links    Refer to my country – Nationality page  