Expresate!: Spanish 1
Expresate!: Spanish 1
1st Edition
Rinehart, Winston and Holt
ISBN: 9780030452048
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Exercise 1
Step 1
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This question asks you to describe various people using the subjects in box 1, the forms of *ser* from box 2, and the appropriate forms of the adjectives in box 3.
Step 2
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Your answers will vary and be different from person to person, so here you will be provided with a few helpful pointers on how to complete the exercise.
Go through and write complete sentences for each of the subjects in box 1.
First we have *yo*, for which the appropriate form of *ser* is *soy*. Whatever adjective you use from box 3, make sure you’re writing it in the proper gender form for your gender.
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The second subject is “my best friend”. Depending on the gender of your friend, you will use *amigo* or *amiga*. Since both the masculine and feminine singular form of *ser* are the same, you will use *es* regardless of the gender of the subject.
Some of the adjectives in box 3, however, are gendered, so make sure you take care and use the appropriate form of the adjective you choose.
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The third subject is “my friends and I”. Or, said another way, “we”. The “we” form of *ser* is *somos*, which will precede the adjective you choose. Remember that adjectives agree with nouns in number, so since there are multiple people that we’re describing here, our adjective has to be in the plural form as well.
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The fourth subject is “the students”. This subject is in the masculine, plural form, indicating that it is referring to all of the students, boys and girls. The masculine, plural form of *ser* is *son*, which will follow the subject and precede the adjective, which also needs to be in the plural form (revisit 50 for a refresher on how to convert a singular adjective to the plural form.
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The fifth subject is “you (a classmate)”. We know from phrases like *¿Còmo eres?* that the *tú* form of *ser* is *eres*. We also know that the subject is feminine because it is written in the feminine form (*una compañera de clase), which means the adjective will also have to be written in its feminine form.
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The sixth subject is “you (formal), teacher”. This subject is in the formal “you” form, and will be followed by *es*. What form the adjective is in depends upon the gender of your teacher, but just remember that it always has to match the subject.
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The seventh subject is “you (your friends)”. This subject is the plural form of *usted* but note that here it is used not as a formal subject pronoun, but the plural of “you” (something like “you all”). Because it is plural, it will be followed by *son* and the masculine, plural form of the adjective of your choosing.
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