Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. MOSAICOS Spanish as a World Language Sixth Edition Chapter Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Quines son tus amigos? 2.2 Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Present tense of ser (to be) Identifying and describing; expressing origin, possession, location of events, and time. Quin es usted? Yo? Yo soy Manuel Ortiz. pp. 8082 Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. somos sois son soy eres es yo t l, ella nosotros/as vosotros/as ellos/as Ud. Uds. Present tense of ser (to be) Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Ser is also used to express: intrinsic qualitities of a person, place, or thing nationality the origin of someone or something possession You have been using some forms of ser to identify people and things and to tell time. what something is made of where an event takes place Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. El monstruo es muy feo. Los perros son obedientes. Intrinsic qualities Somos una familia feliz. Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Nationality Miguel Cabrera es venezolano. Julia lvarez es dominicana. Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Origin De dnde eres t? Marc Anthony es de Nueva York. Yo soy de... Be aware that de must be used in the response as well as in the question. Notice that de means from and must be placed before the question word dnde when asking where someone is from: literally, From where are you? Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Possession Los libros son de Paco. Notice that de + el contracts to del. Los libros son de l. Los libros son del chico. Notice that de + l / de + la / de + los/las do not contract. Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The material of which something is made El lpiz es de madera. El ceviche es de camarones. Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Where an event takes place El concierto es en el estado. Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. A practicar! Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Cmo son? Ana Patricia Teresa Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Cmo son? Carlos Carmen Luis Mosaicos: Spanish as a World Language, Sixth Edition Castells | Guzmn | Lapuerta | Liskin-Gasparro Copyright 2015 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. FIN