1 La familia: family Yo: I Tú: you Él: he Ella: she

2 Yo soy: I am Tú eres: You are Él es: He is Ella es: She is

3 Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) is one of the best known Mexican painters. In spite of a childhood illness, a crippling traffic accident, and many hospital stays throughout her life, Kahlo was a successful painter and led a very active social life. She used her artwork as an outlet for her physical and emotional suffering.

4 To tell whom you are talking about El amigo: male friend El chico: boy La amiga female friend La chica: girl

5 Adjetivos -Adjectives Artístico, -a: Artistic Atrevido, -a: Daring Bueno, -a: Good

6 Adjetivos -Adjectives Deportista: Sports-minded Desordenado, -a: Messy Estudioso, -a: Studious

7 Adjetivos -Adjectives Impaciente: Impatient Ordenado, a: Neat Inteligente: Intelligent

8 Adjetivos -Adjectives Paciente: Patient Reservado, a: Shy Tímido, a Simpático, a: Nice, friendly

9 Adjetivos -Adjectives Talentoso, a: Talented Trabajador, a: Hardworking Perezoso, a: Lazy

10 Adjetivos -Adjectives Gracioso, -a: funny Serio, -a: serious Sociable: sociable

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26 To ask people about themselves or others ¿Cómo eres? What are you like? ¿Cómo es? What is he / she like? ¿Cómo se llama? What’s his / her name? ¿Eres... ? Are you... ? To describe someone Soy: I am No soy: I am not Es: he / she is No es:he/she is not

27 To talk about what someone likes or doesn’t like Le gusta... he / she likes... No le gusta... he / she doesn’t like... Other useful words A veces: sometimes Muy: very Pero: but Según: according to Según mi familia: according to my family

28 Artículos: Articles Artículos definidos: Definite articles El the (m,s) La the (f,s) Losthe (m,p) Lasthe (f,p) Artículos indefinidos: Indefinite articles Una, an (m,s) Una a, an (f,s)

29 Word order: Placement of adjectives In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe. Notice how artística follows chica in the Spanish sentence. Margarita es una chica artística. Margarita is an artistic girl. In the English sentence the adjective comes before the noun. Here’s a pattern you can follow when writing a sentence in Spanish: Subject + Verb + Indefinite Article + Noun + Adjective

30 La familia: family

31 El PadreFather El Papá Dad

32 La MadreMother La mamá Mom

33 El hijo son

34 La hijaDaughter

35 El hermanoBrother La hermanaSister