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Sl2 Lesson 1 001 Study Guide

The document provides a lesson on Spanish subject pronouns and the verb "ser" (to be). It introduces subject pronouns and their conjugations of "ser", as well as questions involving subject pronouns. It then lists common countries and their corresponding nationalities, providing examples of how to express being from a certain country in Spanish using agreements of gender and number. Finally, it includes exercises for practicing these concepts by translating sentences into Spanish.

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Sl2 Lesson 1 001 Study Guide

The document provides a lesson on Spanish subject pronouns and the verb "ser" (to be). It introduces subject pronouns and their conjugations of "ser", as well as questions involving subject pronouns. It then lists common countries and their corresponding nationalities, providing examples of how to express being from a certain country in Spanish using agreements of gender and number. Finally, it includes exercises for practicing these concepts by translating sentences into Spanish.

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Lesson-1-002 Study Guide

Part 1: Subject pronouns and the verb 'SER'

I am = Yo soy We are = Nosotros somos


You are = Tú eres
He/She is = Él/Ella es They are = Ellos/Ellas son

Part 2: Preguntas / Questions

¿Quién soy yo? (Who am I?)


¿Quién eres tú? (Who are you?)
¿Quién es él? (Who is he?)
¿Quién es ella? (Who is she?)
¿Quiénes somos nosotros? (Who are they?)
¿Quiénes son ellos? (Who are they?)

Part 3: Paises y nacionalidades (Countries and nationalities)


Paises Nacionalidades
Estados Unidos estadounidense* (both masculine and feminine)
americano/americana*
norteamericano/norteamericana*

Gran Bretaña británico/británica


Colombia colombiano/colombiana
Canadá canadiense (both masculine and feminine)

estadounidense/americano/norteamericano = American
You'll hear all three of these used to refer to Americans. If you want to “play it safe,” you'll
probably want to use 'estadounidense'. It's the closest to being politically correct as you can
get. Some people take issue with 'americano' because technically it could refer to anyone
from South, Central, or North America. 'Norteamericano' could refer to anyone from Mexico,
the United States, or Canada. In Colombia, people say 'americano' to refer to my quite
frequently. I hear 'norteamericano' frequently on the news. I see 'estadounidense' in the
newspaper frequently. Ultimately, it's up to you to pick which one you use.
In Spanish nationalities need to agree with the noun in both gender (masculine or feminine)
and number (plural or singular).

Yo soy estadounidense. (I am American.)


Tú eres británica. (You are British.) (We used 'británica', so we must be talking about a
woman.)
Tú eres británico. (You are British.) (We used 'británico', so we must be talking about a man.)
Lyda y Jaime son colombianos. (We used 'colombianos' with an 's' because we are talking
about more than one person.)
Lyda y Claudia son colombianas. (We used 'colombianas' with an 'a' and an 's' because we
are talking about more than one person...and both are feminine.)

Exercises:
How would you write the following sentences in Spanish?
1: They are British. (two men)
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2: They are British. (two men and a woman)


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3: They are British. (two women)


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4: She is Colombian.
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5: He is Colombian.
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