Nuevo Vocabulario!
New Vocabulary for You! This WILL be on the semester exam!
Vocabulary ~
Todo el vocabulario tiene que ser con (has to do with) La Clase!~
La bandera = Flag
el cartel = poster
la computadora = computer
la mochila = backpack
la pantalla = computer screen
la basura = trash
el ratón = (computer) mouse **Also means "mouse"
el reloj = clock
el sacapuntas = pencil sharpener
el teclado = computer keyboard
Los Muebles = Furniture
el escritorio = desk
la mesa = table
la silla = chair
Otro vocabulario:
la puerta = door
la ventana = window
Location: Posición en la clase
al lado de la/del = next to, beside
allí = there
aquí = here
debajo de la/del = under
delante de la/del = in front of
Dónde está? = Where is ____ (it)?
en = in, on
encima de = on top of
Vocabulario muy útil (useful!)
Es un(a) = It's a
Hay = There are, There is
Qué es esto? = What is this?
Estar = To be (Temporary!
Like ser, estar also means "to be", but in a temporary way. We only use estar to talk about ourselves in terms of situations that are temporary. We are going to refer to it as your "Instagram Status", or "Facebook Status". When you post on Instagram or Facebook you post 3 things about yourself:
- Where you are
- What you are doing
- How you feel
These are all temporary situations that change from minute to minute. So when using estar, we using it to talk about ourselves in terms of these temporary situations:
- Where we are
- What we are doing
- How we feel
Estar is an "ar" verb, but it is also an irregular verb because there are several aspects that are irregular. The yo form is irregular, Yo estoy, and the tú, él/ella/usted, and ellos/ustedes forms all have accents.
Verb forms:
Yo estoy = I am
Tú estás = You are
Él/Ella está = He/She is
Usted está = You are (Formal)
Nosotros estamos = We are
Ellos/Ustedes están = They/Ya'll are
Y finalmente....Articles!
Remember that we must always have 2 kinds of agreement: gender agreement and number agreement!
We have learned the feminine singular & plural articles: la, las
Here are the masculine articles: el, los
**DO NOT confuse el with él!! Remember that accents determine meaning! Él = HE and El = the!
If I just want to say "a" or "an", I use "un" or "una". When I have more than 1, such as 2 libros, I would say "unos libros" = some books.
So:
unos, unas = some