Elementary Spanish/Tradition:Unit1

Goals Articles and Nouns Articles in Spanish are classified in two sets of categories. These two sections, gender and number, determine how nouns are treated within a sentence.
 * Introduce language used at holidays and gatherings
 * Begin Present Tense
 * Advance production for simple present tense phrases.

Student Activity Check Point 1

Subject Pronouns Classes of gender and number also exist within subject pronouns. These two sections, gender and number, determine how nouns are treated within a sentence. In Spanish, it is common for subject pronouns to be omitted, as they are incorporated as part of a verb conjugation. We will begin verb conjugations next.

Nouns Check Point Activity:

Infinitive Verbs: Family Tradition There are three broad categories of verb-types in Spanish: Verbs that end in ...
 * -AR*
 * -ER*
 * -IR*

Conjugated Verbs:Present Tense In Spanish, verbs are conjugated depending on the subject they are associated with, as well as the tense. For now, we will focus on Present Simple Tense Each subject pronoun is associated with a particular verb-ending type. The general formula for creating verb conjugations is to replace the infinitive verb ending (-ar/-er/-ir) with the appropriate ending of the subject. Although there are three verb-ending categories, -er and -ir verbs tend to share most of the conjugation endings.