¡Vamos a practicar! ¡Vamos a practicar! You are going to describe the following You are going to describe the following

people: yourself (yo), your favorite people: yourself (yo), your favorite teacher (él/ella), you and your best friend teacher (él/ella), you and your best friend

(nosotros/as), your parents or (nosotros/as), your parents or grandparents (ellos) AND You will TELL a grandparents (ellos) AND You will TELL a

friend what you think of them (tú). friend what you think of them (tú). For each person or persons you must For each person or persons you must

include the following information:include the following information:Age, physical description, personality, Age, physical description, personality,

things they like and don’t like, and things they like and don’t like, and activities they like to do and activities they like to do and WHYWHY..

Where do you start?Where do you start?

Subject Pronouns – Pick a box!Subject Pronouns – Pick a box!YoYo Nosotros/asNosotros/as

TúTú Vosotros/asVosotros/as

Él/ella/Ud. Or 1 Él/ella/Ud. Or 1 person, group or thingperson, group or thing

Ellos/ellas/Uds. Or Ellos/ellas/Uds. Or more than 1 person, a more than 1 person, a group or plural itemgroup or plural item

Then decide - do you use “ser” or Then decide - do you use “ser” or “gustar”“gustar”

*****“Ser” is used to DESCRIBE*********“Ser” is used to DESCRIBE****

Use a form of “ser” to talk about what Use a form of “ser” to talk about what people people ARE LIKEARE LIKE, where they are from, , where they are from,

their personality…their personality…

““Gustar” is used to talk about what Gustar” is used to talk about what things you or others things you or others LIKELIKE and what and what

activities you LIKE to do!activities you LIKE to do!

““Ser”Ser”1.1. Choose the right form of “ser”Choose the right form of “ser”

soysoy somossomos

ereseres soissois

eses sonson

2. Choose the adjective you want and 2. Choose the adjective you want and make it match the subject – make it match the subject –

singular/plural/masculine/femininesingular/plural/masculine/feminine

““Gustar”Gustar”1. Decide WHO is doing the liking (which subject pronoun box are

you going to use?) then decide WHAT is being liked.2. Match the “who” with the correct object pronoun:

3. Next use “gusta” if the THING being liked is singular and “gustan” if they are plural.

4. Reminder: ALWAYS USE “GUSTA” with Verbs (activities).Ex. Me gusta la pizza. Me gustan los deportes. Me gusta correr.

MeMe NosNos

TeTe OsOs

LeLe Les Les

Stress and Clarifiers with Stress and Clarifiers with “GUSTAR”“GUSTAR”

Remember if you want to add stress or clarify who is doing the liking you must have an “a” before the name or subject pronoun and if you are using the “yo” form you need to use “a mí” and if you are using the “tú” form you will use “a ti”

A míA mí A nosotrosA nosotros

A tiA ti A vosotrosA vosotros

A él, a ella, a Ud. A él, a ella, a Ud.

A ElisaA Elisa

A Uds., a ellos, a A Uds., a ellos, a ellas, a Juan y Titoellas, a Juan y Tito

Más información…Más información…

To talk about age use the verb TENER not To talk about age use the verb TENER not SER!! Ex. Mi mejor amiga tiene quince años.SER!! Ex. Mi mejor amiga tiene quince años.

TengoTengo TenemosTenemos

TienesTienes TenéisTenéis

TieneTiene tienentienen

To say someone’s name:To say someone’s name:

To talk about people’s names use the following:

Me llamoMe llamo Nos llamamosNos llamamos

Te llamasTe llamas Os llamáisOs llamáis

Se llamaSe llama Se llamanSe llaman