2.10 Say where people are from

Vocab test

Esta ciudad – This city
Este pueblo – This town
Son amigos – They are friends
Somos amigos – We are friends
Son de Inglaterra – They are from England
Somos de Estados Unidos – We are from United States
Hablamos español – We speak Spanish
Hablan un poco de inglés – They speak a little English
¿Cómo son? – What are they like?
¿Cómo están? – How are they?

Verb of the day

Conjugate the verb ESTUDIAR (to study) in the present tense.

Yo	Nosotros
Tú	Vosotros
Él/ Ella/ Usted	Ellos/ Ellas/ Ustedes

Questions to answer

Translation tool

1. ¿El Señor Bart tiene muchos negocios?

2. ¿Por qué trabajas los fines de semana?

3. ¿Eres de Canadá?

4. ¿Cuántas hijas tienes?

5. ¿Ellos son los hombres de Inglaterra?

6. ¿Cómo son las universidades de los Estados Unidos?

7. ¿Estudias español en la escuela?

8. ¿Hablas con la maestra?

A simple dialogue

Use the Spanish phrases to translate the English dialogue. Write it out and perform it.

Hey Lisa, are those the men from Spain?
No. They are from Brazil.
Do they speak Spanish?
Yes, and they speak Portuguese too.
Do they study English in this school?
No. They work in my office. They study Spanish in this school.
Are they in your class?
No. I speak a little Spanish, but they speak Spanish very well.
They are very handsome, and they are funny. I want to say hello. Come on! Let’s go and say hello.

Use these phrases to translate the dialogue.

¿Cuándo es la fiesta?

¡Vamos! Vamos a decir hola.

¿Están en tu clase?

¿Estudian inglés en esta escuela?

¿Hablan español?

Hola Lisa, ¿esos son los hombres de España?

No. Hablo un poco de español, pero ellos hablan español muy bien.

No. Son de Brasil.

No. Trabajan en mi oficina. Estudian español en esta escuela.

Sí, y también hablan portugués.

Son muy guapos y divertidos. Quiero decir hola.

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Grammar notes

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CONJUGATING VERBS

Conjugating verbs in Spanish involves changing the verb form to match the subject and tense. Regular verbs follow predictable patterns based on their endings (-ar, -er, -ir), while irregular verbs, like “ser,” have unique conjugations that need to be memorized.

Subject pronouns are the people or things doing the action. In Spanish, the subject pronouns are:

Yo = I
Tú = You, informal
Él/Ella/Usted = He/She/You, formal
Nosotros/Nosotras = We
Vosotros/Vosotras = You all, informal in Spain
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes = They/You all, formal in Spain, You all formal or informal elsewhere

Regular verbs in Spanish follow specific patterns depending on their ending (-ar, -er, or -ir). For hablar (to speak), a regular -ar verb, you would conjugate it in the present like this:

Yo hablo = I speak	Nosotros hablamos = We speak
Tú hablas = You speak	Vosotros habláis = You speak
Él habla = He speaks Ella habla = She speaks Usted habla = You speak	Ellos hablan = They speak Ellas hablan = They speak Ustedes hablan = You speak

Irregular verbs, like ser (to be), don’t follow regular patterns. Instead, they have unique forms that must be memorized:

Yo soy = I am	Nosotros somos = We are
Tú eres = You are	Vosotros sois = You are
Él es = He is Ella es = She is Usted es = You are	Ellos son = They are Ellas son = They are Ustedes son = You are

You can replace some subject pronouns with nouns as subjects.