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Spanish 150 Refresher Lección Preliminar

Course Objectives

• The verb Ser• The verb Gustar• The verb form Hay• Descriptive adjectives

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nosotros/nosotras (we) somos

vosotros/vosotras sois

(you [pl.])

ustedes (you [pl.]) son

ellos/ellas (they) son

Enfoque lingüístico: ¿Ser o no ser?

Forms and Uses of ser

yo (I) soy

tú (you) eres

usted (you) es

él (he)/ella (she) es

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Ser translates to mean “to be”

Answers:

• where someone or something is from

• to whom something belongs

• what someone or something is like

• what someone or something is

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Uses of Ser

Where someone or something is from.

Soy de Tennessee.

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Uses of Ser

To whom something belongs:

--¿El carro rojo?

-- Es de Juan.

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Uses of Ser

What someone or something is like:

Antonio Banderas es

famoso.

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Uses of Ser

What someone or something is:

Soy policía.

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nos gusta(n)

os gusta(n)

les gusta(n)

les gusta(n)

Enfoque lingüístico: ¿Te gusta?

Discussing Likes and Dislikes

me gusta(n)

te gusta(n)

le gusta(n)

le gusta(n)

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El verbo gustarSimilar to English: to like

Use gusta for singular noun that pleases you.

Me gusta la música.

Music is pleasing to me.

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El verbo gustar plural

And gustan for plural nouns that please you.

Me gustan las ciencias.

Sciences are pleasing to me.

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El verbo gustar singular

To ask someone his/her likes:

¿Te gusta el helado?

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El verbo gustar plural

To ask someone his/her likes:

¿Te gustan las

hamburguesas?

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El verbo gustar singular

To report what is pleasing to him/her.

Le gusta el tenis a Juan.

Tennis pleases him.

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El verbo gustar

To report what is pleasing to him/her.

Le gusta el tenis a Ana.

Tennis pleases her.

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Enfoque lingüístico: HayUses of hay

Hay expresses and is used with both singular and plural:

There is There are

Hay un profesor en la clase.

Hay muchos estudiantes en la clase.

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interesante

interesante

interesantes

interesantes

difíciles

regulares

Enfoque lingüístico: ¿Clases buenas?

Gender and Number with Adjectives

sincero

sincera

sinceros

sinceras

difícil

regular

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Enfoque lingüístico: ¿Clases buenas?

Gender and Number with Adjectives

MASCULINE FEMININE

Singular un amigo sincero una clase buena

Plural unos amigos sinceros unas clases buenas

As a general rule:

nouns that end in -o are masculine; if plural + s.

nouns that end in -a are feminine; if plural + s.

nouns that end in consonant; if plural + es

*nouns agree in gender and number w/adjective.

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Gender and number with adjectives

• Nouns that end in a consonant; if plural + es

Un profesor difícil. Unos profesores difíciles.

• Adjectives that end in e; if plural + s (only show number)

Un amigo inteligente.

Una amiga inteligente. Unos amigos inteligentes. Unas amigas inteligentes.