Subject Pronouns and Regular Verbs

Spanish Subject Pronouns Please watch this video completely as it will help you to understand and complete the following activities and questions. It's a great refresher! What is a subject pronoun? it's an object or a thing it's a verb It's the person or thing that does an action in a sentence In this sentence, which of the words is a subject pronoun?We eat pizza every Saturday night. eat we Saturday pizza In this sentence, which of the words is the subject pronoun?They will talk to us about the test soon. they us talk test In this sentence, which is the subject pronoun?Él vive en Dallas. Dallas él vive Subject Pronouns Match the subject pronouns with their definitions in Spanish English Spanish I yo you ( casual) tú you ( formal) usted he él she ella we nosotros you all (used in Spain) vosotros they ellos you all ( formal) ustedes Subject pronoun match Match the subject pronoun with their description mi madre ella Tim él mis padres ellos Mr Hanely usted Caitlin y yo nosotros Conjugating regular Spanish Verbs Please watch this video completely as it will be a great refresher and will help you with the following questions about conjugating regular verbs.* notice that the lady in the video refers to subject pronouns as personal pronouns What is a verb? a thing a describing word an action What is an infinitive verb? the thing or person who does an action in a sentence It's a verb in its original form, it hasn't been conjugated A conjugated verb The Spanish Present Tense- a summary(use this table to help you conjugate the Spanish verbs into present tense. Remember* conjugating just means changing the verb to match the subject. Hint: drop the -ar,-er-ir ending to conjugate. Conjugating regular AR, ER and IR verbs Conjugate the following verbs based on the subject pronouns subject pronouns COMER (to eat) HABLAR (to talk) VIVIR (to live) yo como hablo vivo tú comes hablas vives él come habla vive nosotros comemos hablamos vivimos ustedes comen hablan viven ellos comen hablan viven What does it mean to conjugate a verb? to make a verb reflexive to change an irregular verb to change an infinitive verb to suit the subject pronoun or tense we are talking about How do we know if a verb is in the infinitive? we never know The word will have a an 'o' on the end the verb will have an AR, IR or ER on the end How would you write: Maria talks a lot Maria hablan mucho Maria habla mucho Maria habláis mucho Maria hablo mucho How would you say: They eat a lot ellos come mucho ellos coméis mucho ellos comen mucho ellos comes mucho How would you write: We live in Dallas. Vosotoros vivís en Dallas. Usted vive en Dallas. Ella vive en Dallas. Nosotros vivimos en Dallas. Regular verb conjugation How would you conjugate these other common regular verbs using the same rules we have been talking about? subject pronouns estudiar (to study) escribir (to write) beber (to drink) yo estudio escribo bebo tú estudias escribes bebes él estudia escribe bebe nosotros estudiamos escribimos bebemos ustedes estudian escriben beben ellos estudian escriben beben How do you write: I eat pizza él come pizza como pizza comes pizza comemos pizza How would you write: You all talk a lot Uds. hablan mucho hablo mucho ella habla mucho hablamos mucho Regular verbs Match the following sentences hablas you talk ella vive she lives ellos comen they eat hablamos we talk vivo I live ustedes comen you all eat Write the conjugated verbs in the following blanks (use the conjugation tables you have done above to help you decide how to conjugate). 1. él bebemucho. (beber)2. nosotros estudiamosmucho. (estudiar)3. Yo comopizza. (comer)4. Mis padres vivenen Austin. (vivir)5. Mi profesora hablamucho. (hablar)6 Tú escribesrápido. (escribir)7. Josh y yo vivimos en Dallas. (vivir)