3. Put in your notes the conjugations for
these two verbs:
Use Estar to talk about feelings or
location:
Yo estoy feliz.
Mi casa está cerca de la playa.
Use Ser to talk about a characteristic
that is considered ongoing:
Mi casa es roja.
Mi casa es vieja.
4. Unidad 3 L1 ¿Dónde está la casa?
Where is your house in relation to places around the state?
Mi casa está cerca de la playa.
Mi casa está lejos de las montañas.
El lago está allí. (The lake is over there).
Mi ciudad está a lado de la escuela.
5. Ordinal Numbers in Spanish
When talking about the floors or levels of a house or apartment, use the word “piso.”
Piso is a masculine word (el piso) so be sure to follow the rules when using the ordinal
numbers first and third.
El primer piso es…
El tercer piso es…
Other ordinal numbers will have the letter o at the end.
El segundo piso es… El cuarto piso es….
6. Talking about your address or your
phone number…
¿Cúal es tu número de teléfono?
Mi número de teléfono es siete cincuenta y cuatro cinco
cincuenta y tres doce doce. (754 553 1212)
¿Cúal es tu dirección?
Mi dirección es cuarenta y dos veinte la calle Rosemont.
7. Unidad 3 L2 ¿Cómo es la casa?
Adjectives to describe your house/apartment…
Grande – big
Pequeño/a – small
Bonito/a – pretty
Viejo/a – old
Nuevo/a – new
8. Adjectives must agree…
Una casa pequeña.
Una casa vieja.
Un apartamento pequeño
Un apartamento viejo.
Una casa grande.
Un apartamento grande.
9. You need to ask yourself these questions when creating sentences when you have describing words:
(1) Is the subject masculine or feminine?
(2) Is the subject singular or plural?
Let’s say I want to create the sentence “The school is old.”
(1) The subject (school) is feminine (la escuela)
(2) The subject (school) is singular (one school)
The word for old is viejo.
I am going to use the verb Ser.
I need to change the end of the adjective “viejo” to “a” to match feminine school (vieja).
I don’t need to add a letter “s” to the end because it is just one school.
So my sentence would be:
La escuela es vieja.
10. More Practice
La escuela es nueva. (escuelas) Las escuelas son nuevas.
El lápiz es negro. (lapices) Los lapices son negros.
El estudiante es viejo. (estudiantes) Los estudiantes son viejos.
Un libro es rojo. (libros) Unos libros son rojos.
Una pluma es azul. (plumas) Unas plumas son azules.
11. U3 L3 - More Verbs Introduced In Unidad 3
Mirar – To Watch (Mirar la television)
Limpiar – To Clean
Escuchar Música – To Listen To Music
Trabajar – To Work
Pasar Tiempo Con Amigos – To Spend Time With Friends
Cocinar – To Cook
Estacionar – To Park (a car)
12. Conjugating Regular –Ir Ending Verbs
Drop the –ir off the end of the verb
and add the proper ending
Subject Pronouns
Yo
Tú
Él/ella/ud.
Nosotros
Ellos/ellas/uds
13. In Unidad 3, you learn about rooms in your house, objects found in the rooms and what you might do in those
rooms.
There are three verbs you learn that are what we call reflexive verbs. Write them down in case you want to
use them in your Unidad 3, Leccíon 3 Hablar (speaking) assignment.
Bañarme (to bath yourself)
Ducharme (to take a shower)
Vestirme (to get dressed)
In order to say “I….” with these verbs, move the “me” to the front and then conjugate it like this. Don’t put
“yo” in the front.
Me baño (I take a bath.) Me baño en el baño en mi casa (I take a bath in the bathroom in my house.)
Me ducho (I take a shower.) Me ducho en el baño a mi casa. (I take a shower in the bathroom at my house)
Me visto (I get dressed.) Me visto en mi dormitorio. (I get dressed in my bedroom.)
14. Dormir – To Sleep
Be sure you are writing
down in your notes those
verbs that are Irregular
or don’t follow the
regular conjugation rules
we have learned.
Yo duermo en mi dormitorio.
15. Using the word “hay” to talk about things in each room…
Hay una cómoda en mi
dormitorio.
Hay una lámpara en la sala.
Hay una bañera en el baño.
Hay una cama en el dormitorio.
Hay una alfombra en la sala.
16. Be sure to answer your Actividad Cultural
thoroughly and with details and examples…
Don’t just say “I think the subjects covered were interesting.” Tell what you
thought was interesting and why.
Don’t just say “We have many things in common.” List several specific
examples of what we have in common (or different).
Don’t just say “I don’t have any experiences with people who are from Costa
Rica.” Say why you think you would or would not like to visit this beautiful
Central American country.
