Unit 6 page 4
(Ellos)
Learn how to talk about more than one person and say what they do.
Whom are we talking about? ¿De quiénes hablamos?
ellos - they
ellas - they (the girls)
Paco y David (2+ names)
Mi tío y su hermano (2+ people)
Los estudiantes (plural noun referring to more than 1 person)
Los perros (plural noun referring to more than 1 thing)
¿Quiénes? Who all?
For regular AR verbs
add AN to the stem
For regular ER and IR verbs
add EN to the stem
Los niños no comen sus verduras. The children don't eat their vegetables.
Mi padre y mi madre trabajan mucho. My father and mother work a lot.
Son novios pero no comparten nada. They're dating but they don't share anything.
Use this video to practice regular AR verbs. Then, apply the same strategy to ER and IR verbs, except use the letter E instead of A in the endings.
Practice A
Conjugate the verbs into the they form. Translate each sentence into English.
1. Las pizzas no (saber) bien.
2. Las chicas no se (conocer).
3. Los estudiantes (ir) a la clase de español. Remember that IR gets the new stem V
4. Los Garcia (vivir) en Alabaster.
5. ¿Quiénes (necesitar) ayuda?
Practice B
Mix up the forms! You have learned the Yo, Él/Ella and the Ellos forms of verbs. Decide which form is the best for each sentence and correctly conjugate each verb.
1. Yo no (presentar) a mis amigos a mis padres.
2. Susana (leer) novelas gráficas.
3. Los tres amigos (compartir) todo.
4. ¿Quién (sacar) la basura en tu casa?
5. ¿Quiénes (tomar) apuntes?
6. Write a unique sentence about what more than 1 person does.
Using Necesitar, Deber and Ir followed by a 2nd verb
What you should know already
You know that necesitar means "to need" and that it changes into
Yo necesito, él necesita, ella necesita, ellos necesitan, ellas necesitan
You know that deber means "to owe" and "should" and that it changes into
Yo debo, él debe, ella debe, ellos deben, ellas deben
You know that ir means "to go" and you might have caught on that it changes into
yo voy, él va, ella va, ellos van, ellas van
What we want to know
What do we do with the 2nd verb if we want to say
I need to eat
I should eat
I am going to eat
Make predictions. Write how you think the above would be written.
When 2 verbs go a walkin', the first one does the talkin'. ...
When we squish two verbs together into 1 idea, we only conjugate the first one! The second will stay infinitive.
Need to do
Yo necesito ir al baño. I need to go to the bathroom.
Ella necesita practicar su español. She needs to practice her Spanish.
Él necesita vender su casa. He needs to sell his house.
Ellos necesitan visitar a su abuela. They need to visit their grandma.
In English we leave the "to" on the 2nd verb (leaving it infinitive) and in Spanish we leave the AR, ER, IR ending on it (leaving it infinitive).
Go back to our slideshow and use the links to practice online. When you get your accuracy and speed up, you will do practice C and D, which are on our slideshow.
Should do / Must do
Debo llorar ahora. Adiós. I must cry now. Bye.
Santiago debe terminar su proyecto hoy. Santiago should finish his homework today.
Josefina debe correr más. Josefina should run more.
¿Quiénes deben cantar en la boda? Who all should sing at the wedding?
Going to do (Talking about the future)
Ir is irregular. Memorize the yo form is VOY. Then, memorize that the present tense stem is V. Lastly, use AR verb endings to say who is going.
