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Spanish has two subject pronouns that meanyou 'singular(. )se tú
when addressing afriend, a family member, or a child. )se usted
to address a person with whom you have aformal or more distant
relationship, such as asuperior at wor*, a professor, or a
personolder than you.
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+here is no Spanish e-uivalent of the Englishsubject pronoun it
. enerally it is note pressed in Spanish.
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The present tense of r
In Contextos and otonovela , youhave already used several forms
of the presenttense of ser ' to be ( to identify yourself andothers
and to tal* about where you and othersare from. Ser is an irregular
verb/ its forms donot follow the regular patterns that most
verbsfollow. 0ou need to memori1e the forms, whichappear in this
chart.
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#ses of ser )se ser to identify people and things.
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Ser also e presses possession, with thepreposition de . +here is
no Spanishe-uivalent of the English construction
2noun 3 4 5s 'Maru’s (. In its place, Spanishuses 2noun 3 4de 4
2owner 3.
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6hen de is followed by the articleel , the twocombine to form
the contractiondel . &e doesnot contract with la , las , or los
.
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Ser also uses the preposition de to e press origin.
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)nli*e English, Spanish does not use theindefinite article 'un ,
una ( after ser whenreferring to professions, unless
accompanied
by an adjective or other description.
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'rov(de the correct subject pronouns and thepresent for)s of ser
. The f(rst (te) has been donefor *ou.
". abriel 77777 77777 . 8uan y yo 77777 77777
9. scar y ;lora 77777 77777#. Adriana 77777 77777
. los conductores 77777 77777?. los se@ores ui1 77777 77777
él es
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