{"id":47,"date":"2022-01-10T18:59:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricardodev.pressbooks.network\/cloneofclientbook\/chapter\/introduction-to-eres-estudiante\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T17:38:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T17:38:25","slug":"introduction-to-eres-estudiante","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ricardodev.pressbooks.network\/cloneofclientbook\/chapter\/introduction-to-eres-estudiante\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to \u00bfEres estudiante?","rendered":"Introduction to \u00bfEres estudiante?"},"content":{"raw":"\n\n\u00a1Ser, o no ser, es la cuesti\u00f3n! As this famous line shows, \u201cto be\u201d might be the most important verb out there, which is why it\u2019s the first verb we\u2019ll cover.<\/span>\n
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\n\nThe phrase \u201cto be\u201d is in the infinitive<\/strong>, the basic or uninflected form of a verb. In English the infinitive is a phrase that includes \u201cto\u201d: \u201cto speak,\u201d \u201cto write,\u201d \u201cto live,\u201d \u201cto be.\u201d A Spanish infinitive is only one word, and it ends in -ar, or -er, or -ir.\n\nWhen you use verbs in both languages, you will use the form that matches the subject. This is called conjugating<\/strong> a verb. In English, many of our verb conjugations do not change when different subjects are used. For example, \u201cto write\u201d: \u201cI write, you write, they write, we write.\u201d However:\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>she writes.\u201d In Spanish, the conjugation is more elaborate, with six different verb endings to choose from depending on who is doing the action.\n\nThe Spanish ser<\/em>, like the English \u201cto be,\u201d is irregular<\/strong>. This means that the conjugation doesn\u2019t follow the typical pattern. \u201cI am, you are, he is; soy<\/em>, eres<\/em>, es<\/em>\u201d With irregular verbs, you just have to memorize all the forms. We\u2019ll work on that in this section.\n\nIn order to understand verb conjugation in Spanish, you\u2019ll also have to learn the subject\u00a0pronouns.\u00a0The subject<\/strong> of a sentence is the person, place, or thing performing the action of the sentence. Subject pronouns<\/strong> are words that can be used as the subject of a sentence rather than repeating the noun (Click here for an explanation of pronouns in English<\/a>).\n\nIn the following section, we\u2019ll work on subject pronouns and the verb\u00a0ser.\u00a0<\/em>\n
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