VERBOS / VERBS LLAMARSE, SER Y CONOCER
| LLAMARSE | SER | CONOCER | |
| YO | me llamo | soy | conozco |
| TÚ | te llamas | eres | conoces |
| USTED, ÉL, ELLA | se llama | es | conoce |
The verb llamarse is used to refer to a person’s name.
- Me llamo María.
The verb conocer is used when we already know someone.
- Conozco a María.
This means that I already know María.
GÉNEROS / GENDER
In Spanish there are TWO genders: masculine and feminine.
The masculine form of words often ends in o and the feminine in a.
PRONOMBRES PERSONALES SUJETO / PERSONAL PRONOUNS (SUBJECT)
In Spanish there are three singular subject pronouns.
- 1ª persona / First-person singular: yo
- 2ª persona / Second-person singular: tú (informal, young people), usted (formal, adults)
- 3ª persona / Third-person singular: él (masculine), ella (feminine)
Tú y usted
- Tú – informal (less than 50 years)
- Usted – formal (more than 50 years)
The subject pronoun is NOT usually mentioned in Spanish.
AFIRMACIÓN Y NEGACIÓN / AFFIRMATION AND NEGATION
Afirmación / Affirmation
- Sí
- Sí + verbo / verb
–¿Eres Ana?
–Sí. / –Sí, soy Ana.
- (Sí = Sí, soy Ana)
Negación / Negation
- No
- No + verbo / verb
–¿Eres María?
–No. / –No soy María. / –No, no soy María.
- (No = No soy María = No, no soy María)
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Now check to see that you’ve learned the grammar in this section well by completing the exercises. |
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