Learning Targets

1. I can say what "you" do in Spanish.

2. I can explain the 3 different "you's" and use the correct verb with each one.

3. I can say what people do "when/if" there's a certain type of weather.

Unit 6: Page 5

Present tense Part 3

El Tiempo

the weather

Weather vocabulary

Make a weather wheel or poster to record these words and their meanings:

  • ¿Qué tiempo hace? - What weather is there?

  • El tiempo - weather/time (You cannot say "El tiempo es <weather phrase>")

  • Cuando - Whenever / When

  • Si - If

  • llueve - it rains / está mojado afuera - it's wet outside

  • nieva - it snows / hay nieve - there is snow

  • hace (mucho) calor - it's (really) hot

  • hace sol - it's sunny

  • hace (mucho) frío - it's (really) cold

  • está bonito/feo afuera

  • hace buen/mal tiempo

Ejemplos

  • Yo nunca corro si llueve. I never run if it rains.

  • Nosotros no nadamos cuando hace frío. We don't swim when it's cold.

  • Cuando está bonito afuera, los niños pescan. When it's pretty outside, the kids go fishing.

  • Si hace mal tiempo, ¿practican ustedes el fútbol? If it's bad weather, do you guys practice soccer?

Practice A is on the slide show.

Practice B

Translate into English:

1. Me gusta cuando hace buen tiempo.

2. No me gusta cuando llueve mucho.

3. Hace mucho calor en Alabama en agosto.

4. Casi no nieva en Columbiana.

5. ¿Mañana estará bonito afuera?

6. Hoy hace frío pero hace sol y está bonito.

7. Hoy está feo y hace mal tiempo.

8. Yo lloro cuando está feo afuera porque yo no salgo de la casa.

Practice C

Without repeating vocabulary weather terms, write 5 sentences explaining what someone does or doesn't do when/if that kind of weather is happening. Include a translation for each sentence. Write about yourself and write about other individuals. If you know how to conjugate verbs for other people, then you may write about "we", "you" or "they".

"YOU" in Spanish

What you need to understand from the videos:

1. If talking to ONE person, in the USA, we use "tú" to address a close friend, we use "usted" to address anyone we don't know or older people.

2. In the USA, if talking to a group, we use "ustedes" to say "you guys".

3. Spain has their own special "y'all" that they use when talking to a group of friends, but we don't use it in the USA.

4. Some countries have an alternative to "tú"--"vos". We don't learn or practice this in Spanish classes.

To say "you do" or "Do you?" with regular verbs

tú

Start with the stem of a regular verb.

Add the ending "-as" to "ar" verbs.

Camila, ¿hablas francés también? Camila, do you speak French, too?

Add the ending "-es" to "er" and "ir" verbs.

Francisco, siempre comes mi comida.... Francisco, you always eat my food....

Rosa, ¿vives en Wilsonville o en Columbiana? Rosa, do you live in Wilsonville or in Columbiana?

usted (Ud.)

Start with the stem of a regular verb.

Add the ending "-a" to "ar" verbs (just like the he/she form)

Señor Rodriguez, ¿habla usted alemán? Mister Rodriguez, do you speak German?

Señora, ¿necesita usted ayuda? Ma'am, do you need help?

Add the ending "-e" to "er" and "ir" verbs (just like the he/she form)

Profe, usted no vende lápices, ¿verdad? Teacher, you don't sell pencils, right?

Use the quizlet set to practice tú and usted forms. You have to consider whether you are doing Tú or Usted AND whether it is an AR or ER/IR verb. Work to get faster and more accurate.


Notice that when we address people, we say their name and then write a comma and verbally pause. This is how we know we are talking TO them and not ABOUT them.


Correct: Paulina, comes mucha fruta. Paulina, you eat a lot of fruit.

Incorrect: Paulina comes mucha fruta. Paulina eat a lot of fruit.

For this one, the sentence is about Paulina, so there should be no S on the verb.


Also note that while we usually omit tú because the ending makes it clear who we're talking to, we usually say "usted" because the ending it uses can be for many different people or things.

Practice D

Change each idea from the you form that it's in to the other. Rewrite the sentences, swapping to the other "you." Challenge: If you know the "vos" verb form, try that on one some of them.

1. Tú aprendes rápido.

2. Tú nunca escuchas a los profesores.

3. Ud. comprende el japonés, ¿verdad?

4. ¿Viaja Ud. frecuentemente?

5. ¿Preparas la comida para tu familia?

6. ¿Ayudas a los niños?

7. Ud. trabaja los domingos, ¿verdad?

8. Tú siempre sales con amigos.

Practice E

Work with a partner. Play the roles of "usted" and "tú". Take turns accusing the other of doing or not doing things. Then, your partner should defend themselves by saying that YOU are the one.

For example, If I am playing usted, then I will address my partner as tú. I might say.... Tú nunca compartes chocolate conmigo. Then, my partner will deny it and say that I am the one who never does it. "No, usted nunca comparte chocolate conmigo".

Practice 6 rounds of this. Then, pick your favorite argument to practice and present it to the teacher/class.

To say "y'all" do something with regular verbs: USTEDES

Who is "y'all"?

  • 2 or more people that you address as you, y'all, you guys, all of you, etc.

  • ustedes = you all (abbreviated Uds.)

  • Anyone y tú / Paco y tú / Tu padre y tú / La maestra de inglés y tú

  • Anyone y usted / Paco y usted / Su padre y usted / La maestra de ciencias y usted

Start with the verb stem. Add AN to AR verbs and EN to ER/IR verbs

  • Trabajar: ¿Dónde trabajan ustedes? Where do y'all work?

  • Leer: ¿Qué leen ustedes? What do you guys read?

  • Abrir: ¿Abren los domingos? Do y'all open on Sundays?

Did you notice that ustedes verbs use the exact same form as ellos/ellas???

Práctica F

Assume every sentence is speaking to a group of people as "ustedes". Choose a logical verb and conjugate it into the present tense.

Word bank: correr, saber, nadar ir, abrir, necesitar

  1. Perdón, ¿A qué hora _______ los domingos ustedes?

  2. Perdón, ¿Cuándo _______ al parque?

  3. ¡Marta! ¡Daniel! Ustedes siempre _________ muy rápido.

  4. ¿Hijos? Pongan atención. Hoy ustedes _____________ limpiar la casa.

  5. ¿Manuel y tú no ________?

  6. ¿No ________ tocar la guitarra Uds.?

Práctica G: Necesitar, Deber and IR

Make up 6 sentences telling a group of people what they need to do, should do, or asking about what they're going to do. Do 2 of each. Specify who you are speaking to. Use Practice F to see the various ways to do that.

Remember that when we use TWO verbs together as one idea, we only conjugate the FIRST verb and we leave the second one alone (infinitive form).