Spanish Verb

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Spanish Verb SER To be
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• To Be or Not to Be
• In English we know the forms of the verb
• to be without thinking. I am. You are. We
  are. They are.
• In Spanish, each verb changes to reflect the
  subject.

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Conjugate

• In Spanish, verbs change form (they are
  conjugated) to agree with the subject of the
  sentence, so we know who is doing the action.
• The subject of a sentence is the person,
  place, thing, or idea that is doing or being
  something. You can find the subject of a sentence
  if you can find the verb.

Ex Kelly runs to school.
The dogs eat. Find the
subjects in each of the sentences.
Dogs
Kelly
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When to Use The Verb Ser

• The verb ser can be used with adjectives to
  describe people and things.

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The verb ser changes form when you use it in a
sentence in order to agree with the subject.

• Yo soy I am
• Ex
• Yo soy baja (female) Yo soy bajo
  (male)
• I am short I am
  short

Make sure your adjectives agrees with the subject
in number/gender!
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I am not NO

• No must go in front of the verb.
• Yo no soy I am not
• Ex Yo no soy alta. (female)
• I am not tall.
• Yo no soy alto. (male)
• I am not tall.
• Adjective must agree with the subject in
  number/gender!

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• Tú eres You are
• Ex Tú eres gordo/a (you are fat)
• This is used informally to describe friends or
  people who you are on a FIRST NAME basis with.

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Ser in a question form

• Cómo eres? Means What are you like?
• This question is asking you to describe
  yourself, such as tall, short, or nice etc.
• You respond yo soy ( I am )
• Ex yo soy alta or yo
  soy alto.
• (female)
  (male)

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Tú eres (You are)

• Tú eres you are
• Ex Tú eres bajo/a
• You respond
• Sí, yo soy or No, yo
  no soy
• Yes I am No,
  I am not
• Ex Sí, yo soy bajo/a or No, yo no soy
  bajo/a