{"id":56,"date":"2022-01-10T19:27:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T19:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricardodev.pressbooks.network\/cloneofclientbook\/chapter\/el-verbo-ser\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T17:38:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T17:38:26","slug":"el-verbo-ser","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ricardodev.pressbooks.network\/cloneofclientbook\/chapter\/el-verbo-ser\/","title":{"raw":"El verbo ser","rendered":"El verbo ser"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div id=\"wrap\">\n<div id=\"content\" role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"post-378\" class=\"numberless post-378 chapter type-chapter status-publish hentry chapter-type-numberless\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\nIdentify the correct conjugations of the verb ser (to be)\n\n<\/div>\n<h3>\u00a0El verbo\u00a0<em>ser<\/em><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_839\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n\n<img class=\"wp-image-839 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/02040419\/soy_professora1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sign reading: soy professora mis alumn@s no son n\u00fameros\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">aumento = increase; las aulas: classrooms<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe verb <strong lang=\"es\">ser<\/strong> means <em>to be. <\/em>Just as the <em>be\u00a0<\/em>verb in\u00a0English <em>(I am, you are, he\/she is\u2026),<\/em> the verb <strong>ser\u00a0<\/strong>is very irregular in all tenses. Therefore, it is important that you memorize it! You need to change the verb depending on the subject\u00a0 like the example below, this is an example of <em>conjugating<\/em>.\n\nExamples of conjugating with singular subjects:\n<ul>\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/yo_soy.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Yo<strong> soy: <\/strong><\/span>I am<\/li>\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/tu_eres.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>T\u00fa<strong> eres:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>You are<\/li>\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_es.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>\u00e9l <strong>es<\/strong> \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ella_es.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>ella <strong>es<\/strong> \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/usted_es.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>usted<strong> es:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>He is \/ she is \/ you (formal) are<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nExamples of conjugating with plural subjects:\n<ul>\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/nosotros_somos.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>nosotros<strong> somos:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0We are<\/li>\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/vosotros_sois.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>vosotros<strong> sois*:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0You are<\/li>\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ellos_son.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>ellos <strong>son<\/strong> \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ellas_son.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>ellas <strong>son<\/strong> \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ustedes_son.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>ustedes<strong> son:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0They are \/ They (feminine) are \/ You all are<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>ser (to be)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><strong>singular<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><strong>plural<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/yo_soy.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>yo soy<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/nosotros_somos.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>nosotros somos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/tu_eres.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>t\u00fa eres<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/vosotros_sois.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>vosotros sois*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_es.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>\u00e9l es \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ella_es.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>ella es \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/usted_es.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>usted es<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ellos_son.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>ellos son \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ellas_son.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>ellas son \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ustedes_son.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>ustedes son<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n* This form is only used in Spain. The Latin American equivalent is <em lang=\"es\">ustedes son<\/em>\n<div id=\"attachment_843\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n\n<img class=\"wp-image-843 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/02041321\/5002555683_9aebba1d39_z-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of graffiti which reads: tu eres lo que ves\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">lo que = what\/ that which; ver (t\u00fa ves)=to watch, see<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<h4>Using <em lang=\"es\">ser<\/em><\/h4>\nUp to this point, you have seen <em lang=\"es\">ser<\/em> used in the following ways:\n<ul>\n \t<li>to identify someone\/something\n<ul>\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/yo_soy_manuel.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Yo soy Manuel.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/es_mi_cuaderno.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Es mi cuaderno.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t<li>to ask or say where someone is from\n<ul>\n \t<li>A: <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/de_donde_son_ustedes.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>\u00bfDe\u00a0d\u00f3nde\u00a0son\u00a0ustedes?<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li>B:\u00a0<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/nosotros_somos_de_los_estados_unidos.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>Nosotros\u00a0somos\u00a0de los\u00a0Estados\u00a0Unidos.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t<li>To ask and say your profession\n<ul>\n \t<li>A: <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/eres_profesor.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>\u00bfEres\u00a0profesor?<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li>B: <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/no_yo_soy_estudiante.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>No,\u00a0yo\u00a0soy\u00a0estudiante.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nYou may also have seen <em>ser<\/em> used to describe something or someone. 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las aulas: classrooms<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The verb <strong lang=\"es\">ser<\/strong> means <em>to be. <\/em>Just as the <em>be\u00a0<\/em>verb in\u00a0English <em>(I am, you are, he\/she is\u2026),<\/em> the verb <strong>ser\u00a0<\/strong>is very irregular in all tenses. Therefore, it is important that you memorize it! You need to change the verb depending on the subject\u00a0 like the example below, this is an example of <em>conjugating<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of conjugating with singular subjects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/yo_soy.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Yo<strong> soy: <\/strong><\/span>I am<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/tu_eres.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>T\u00fa<strong> eres:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>You are<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_es.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00e9l <strong>es<\/strong> \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ella_es.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>ella <strong>es<\/strong> \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/usted_es.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>usted<strong> es:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>He is \/ she is \/ you (formal) are<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Examples of conjugating with plural subjects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/nosotros_somos.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>nosotros<strong> somos:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0We are<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/vosotros_sois.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>vosotros<strong> sois*:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0You are<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ellos_son.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>ellos <strong>son<\/strong> \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ellas_son.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>ellas <strong>son<\/strong> \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ustedes_son.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>ustedes<strong> son:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0They are \/ They (feminine) are \/ You all are<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>ser (to be)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><strong>singular<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><strong>plural<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/yo_soy.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>yo soy<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/nosotros_somos.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>nosotros somos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/tu_eres.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>t\u00fa eres<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/vosotros_sois.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>vosotros sois*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_es.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00e9l es \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ella_es.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>ella es \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/usted_es.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>usted es<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ellos_son.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>ellos son \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ellas_son.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>ellas son \/ <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/ustedes_son.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>ustedes son<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>* This form is only used in Spain. The Latin American equivalent is <em lang=\"es\">ustedes son<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_843\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-843 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4064\/2019\/03\/02041321\/5002555683_9aebba1d39_z-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of graffiti which reads: tu eres lo que ves\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">lo que = what\/ that which; ver (t\u00fa ves)=to watch, see<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Using <em lang=\"es\">ser<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Up to this point, you have seen <em lang=\"es\">ser<\/em> used in the following ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to identify someone\/something\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/yo_soy_manuel.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Yo soy Manuel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/es_mi_cuaderno.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Es mi cuaderno.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>to ask or say where someone is from\n<ul>\n<li>A: <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/de_donde_son_ustedes.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfDe\u00a0d\u00f3nde\u00a0son\u00a0ustedes?<\/span><\/li>\n<li>B:\u00a0<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/nosotros_somos_de_los_estados_unidos.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Nosotros\u00a0somos\u00a0de los\u00a0Estados\u00a0Unidos.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>To ask and say your profession\n<ul>\n<li>A: <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/eres_profesor.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfEres\u00a0profesor?<\/span><\/li>\n<li>B: <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/no_yo_soy_estudiante.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>No,\u00a0yo\u00a0soy\u00a0estudiante.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may also have seen <em>ser<\/em> used to describe something or someone. We\u2019ll cover this in the next unit!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_cuaderno_es_rojo.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>El cuaderno es rojo.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_profesora_es_inteligente.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>La profesora es inteligente.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>INt\u00e9NTALO (Try It)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe id=\"assessment_practice_48ccc790-eb4a-4a89-8350-0ef7343cfeb4\" class=\"resizable\" style=\"border: none; 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