Tuesday, February 1st

Spanish 8:
All Spanish 8 (and Spanish I) reviewed the material in Unidad 1, etapa 3:

• 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)

• pronouns

Singular                                 Plural
Yo = I                                   Nosotros (as) = We
Tú = you (familiar)                 Vosotros (as) = You (familiar, only used in Spain)
Él = He                                  Ellos = They
Ella = She                              Ellas = They (only girls)
Usted = You (formal)             Ustedes = You (formal in Spain, formal and familiar in other Spanish-speaking
                                                                        countries)

• the verb "tener" = to have

Yo tengo                             Nosotros tenemos
Tú tienes                              Vosotros tenéis
Él/Ella/Usted tiene                Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes tienen

• possessive pronouns

Mi(s) = my                                   nuestro/a (os/as) = our
Tu(s) = your (goes with "tú")         vuestro/a (oas/as) = your (goes with "vosotros")
Su = his/her                                   su(s) = their
        your (goes with "usted")                     your (goes with "ustedes")

• how to make the adjective agree with the noun it describes.

Adjectives need to agree with the noun, depending on whether it is masculine, femenine, singular or plural

Mi libro es rojo.  Mis libros son rojos.
Su libro es azul.  Sus libros son azules.
Mi casa es roja. Mis casa son rojas.
Su casa es azul. Sus casas son azules.

There will be a chapter test on all the material covered today (not next Spanish lesson, but the one after that).

Students spent class time working on exercises in the book. This is not homework, and will be finished during the next Spanish lesson.