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Español 2: Unit 1 Study Guide

We've reviewed and learned the following topics in Unit 1 so far:

 Subject Pronouns
 SER (verb for describing people and things)
 PLEASE REVIEW FROM SPANISH 1: people (family members and others we know)
 adjectives to describe people
 age (describing yours and others, asking for others' ages)
 regular -AR, -ER, and -IR verbs
 gustar, encantar, fascinar, chocar (describing preferences of different people)

1. Subject Pronouns and SER

Subject pronouns replace nouns that are subjects of sentences
(example: Tamara is a good student. -> She is a good student.)
Subject pronouns also help conjugate verbs and form sentences correctly.

Singular plural
1st person yo - I nosotros - we
2nd vosotros - you all (in
tú - you informal
person Spain)
él - he ellos - they (males)
3rd person ella - she ellas - they (females)
usted - you formal ustedes - you all

SER is a verb that means to be. In its conjugated forms, ser means is, am, or are.
SER - to be Singular plural
1st person soy - I am somos - we are
2nd
eres - you are sois
person
3rd person es - he/she/you f. is son - they/you all are

examples:
Yo soy de Bolivia.
Ella es de El Salvador
Nosotros somos serios.
Tú eres perezoso.
- I am from Bolivia
- She is from El Salvador.
- We are serious.
- You are lazy.

2. People / Family
The following are words for people and family members. You learned these in Spanish 1. Please look up
the definitions in the book and copy them onto this sheet. You should be familiar with these terms.
el hombre el chico el hermano
la mujer la chica la hermana
el niño el padre el abuelo
la niña la madre la abuela
el tío
la tía
el primo
la prima
el novio
la novia
3. Adjectives to describe people
The following are adjectives we often use to describe people. Look through them and write the meaning
in English for each one. Here are a few additional ones that you may use as well.
alto rubio antipático
bajo artístico tímido
gordo atlético hablador
flaco cómico interesante (interesting)
bonita organizado divertido (fun)
guapo desorganizado extraño (weird)
feo inteligente loco (crazy)
joven perezoso aburrido (boring)
viejo motivado honesto (honest)
moreno simpático

Remember, when you use an adjective to describe someone in a sentence, you must make sure the
adjective agrees with the subject.
For example:
1. Ella es honesta.
We must change the ending of honesto to honesta because the subject is female.
2. Nosotros somos flacos.
We must change the ending of flaco to flacos because the subject is plural.

If the adjective does not end in an o we do not have to change it to an a.

For example:
3. Ellas son inteligentes.
We do not change the ending of inteligentes to as. We keep the ending the same, but add
an s because it is plural.

4. Age
To describe age in Spanish, we use the verb tener which means to have.
SER - to be singular Plural
1st person tengo - I have tenemos - we have
2nd person tienes - you have
3rd person tiene - he/she/you f. has tienen - they/you all have

We use the following formula to describe age in Spanish:

[subject] + tener (conjugated) + [#] + años
example:
Yo tengo 14 años.
Ella tiene 20 años.
Nosotros tenemos 10 años.

5. Regular Verbs
Regular verbs end in either -AR, -ER, or -IR
Conjugations for all can be found in your notes (Guided Notes titled Regular Verbs)
- Make sure you are familiar with all the ar/er/ir verbs on the regular
verbs notes sheet, as well as the regular conjuation ENDINGS!