Thursday, February 10th

Spanish 7: sections 2 and 5

• went over the vocabulary quiz and got it back. They can retake it at any lunchtime of their choice. Grammar Lesson today: Family relationships, pronouns, and the verb "tener":

• family relationships

There is no apostrophe in Spanish, so you have to change the order of the words.
Ana es la madre de Francisco. = Ana is Francisco's mother. (Ana is the mother of Francisco)

Spanish I:

• reviewed pronoun/verb agreement

1) When there is a name of one person, you replace it with "he" or "she"; él or ella
You use the third person singular verb: tiene

Juan has a dog. He has a dog. = Juan tiene un perro. Él tiene un perro.

2) When there are two or more people, you replace their names with "they": ellos o ellas
You use the third person plural verb: tienen

Juan y Ana have a dog. They have a dog. = Juan y Ana tienen un perro. Ellos tienen un perro.

3) When you are talking about yourself and another person, you replace it with "we": nosotros o nosotras
You use the "nosotros" form of the verb

Juan y yo tenemos un perro. = Juan and I have a dog.

4) When you are talking about a group of people, and there is a "you" in the sentence and other people in it, you can replace it with either "vosotros" or "ustedes":
You use the vosotros or ustedes form of the verb.

Juan y tú tenéis un perro.  = Juan and you have a dog.
Juan y ustedes tienen un perro. = Juan and you have a dog.