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2 ¿Cómo eres?

Your Chapter 2 task is to share more personal information about yourself and ask others about themselves.

In this chapter, you will meet Jessica, who will share detailed information about herself such as where she is from, how old she is, her personality and physicality traits, what she does for a living, how she is doing, her ethnicity and nationality and what she likes and dislikes.

In Chapter 2, you will learn how to provide the same personal information about yourself and ask others more about themselves. How exciting! 🙂

I. Los pronombres personales (Subject pronouns)

In Chapter 1, you learned how to introduce yourself. ¡Muy bien! What if you would like to introduce others or address someone specifically?  To do this, you need to know the different subject pronouns in Spanish.

What is a subject pronoun?

Watch the following video by BaseLang as you get introduced to subject pronouns in Spanish and the rules related to when to include them in conversation and when to omit them.

BaseLang does a wonderful job describing 10 different subject pronouns in Spanish. However, there are several more you should be aware of that are not covered in the video.

Vos – This subject pronoun is similar to the informal tú, but it is specifically used in countries in Central and South America.

Elle, Elles, Nosotres, Vosotres – These are non-binary subject pronouns used in Spanish-speaking communities that celebrate inclusivity.

See Slide 8 for a visual of all of the subject pronouns in the Spanish language.  They are paired with the verb ser, which means to be.

Play the audio to hear how they are pronounced.

Actividad A

Now that you’ve been introduced to subject pronouns in Spanish, complete the following activity.

 

¡Bien hecho!

Actividad B

Jessica would like to introduce you to her friends through her Instagram photos.  Select the correct subject pronoun for each of her friends.

Jessica's friends posing in photos

¡Bravo! 🙂

Actividad C

In groups of 3, introduce yourself and two other people in your group using subject pronouns. Take turns doing this. If you don’t know someone’s name in your group, you can ask them with ¿Cómo te llamas?.

Diverse students that are animated

Modelo- Hola, soy Bella. Él es Dustin y ella es Sasha.

*If someone in your group identifies as non-binary, be sure to use the appropriate pronoun.

¡Excelente! 🙂

Did you know that there is a movement occurring within the Latinx community to identify and use inclusive subject and personal pronouns in the Spanish language? Read the following Intercultural reflection to learn more about the importance of inclusivity in the Spanish-speaking world.

Intercultural reflection 1

Do you have any friends or family members that use non-binary pronouns? Are these non-binary pronouns accepted in your community?  In the Latinx world, the use of non-binary pronouns has become more present and embraced as part of the Spanish language. It is called inclusive language or lenguaje inclusivo.

Jiveworld Languages discusses the topic of languaje inclusivo in the Latinx community.

Explore more 

  1. Do you feel language in general should be more gender neutral and more accepting of inclusive pronouns, adjectives or professions? Share your opinion.
  2. Why do you feel the Latinx community is now embracing the pronouns elle, elles, nosotres and vosotres?
  3. The RAE (Real Academia Española), the official institution in Spain responsible for regulating and maintaining the standards of the Spanish language, has not officially accepted inclusive pronouns as part of the Spanish language. Jiveworld Language explained why this is the case in her video. Do you feel this is just or unjust? Share your opinion.
  4. Read the following online profile a promoter wrote for Cruz and Havana, two Latinx actors.  They are part of the non-binary community in New York. What pronouns did the promoter get wrong? Find the subject pronoun errors in the following online profile, and fix them so that it reflects el lenguaje inclusivo for Cruz and Havana.

Promotional online profile for two non-binary friends containing non-inclusive pronouns.

 5. To understand the perspective of the Latinx non-binary community regarding gender inclusivity and language, watch the following video by Atlas Wylde

6. After watching the video, do you have more empathy for the non-binary community and the importance of recognizing their identity in the Spanish language?  Do you have more compassion for the non-binary community and the use of inclusive pronouns in your area? Share your opinion.

7. What was something that resonated with you from the video by Atlas Wylde?

II. Las nacionalidades y profesiones (Nationalities and professions)

When introducing yourself, if you would like to share what you do for a living or your ethnicity or nationality, you will use the verb ser.

Example- Jessica Milagros es modelo.  También es puertorriqueña. (She is also Puerto Rican.)

Decorative photo of Jessica Milagros in Puerto Rico

The country where you were born or hold citizenship would be considered your nationality.  Jessica was born in the U.S., so her actual nationality is American, which in Spanish is estadounidense. Jessica’s ethnicity is Puerto Rican.

When asking someone what their nationality is, you would say,  ¿Cuál es tu nacionalidad? (What is your nationality?)

To learn more about nationalities, read Slide 9. Be sure to play the audio to hear how the nationalities are pronounced. This is very important.

Actividad D

Paso 1. You will be taking part in a virtual conversation exchange program to help you develop your Spanish-speaking and intercultural competence skills.  You will be selecting a Spanish-speaking partner to converse with.

Each speaker shares their brief biographies, and they include where they are from.

Virtual Conversation Partner bios are presented

Write each conversation partner’s correct nationality in the following spaces.

Paso 2. Watch the following video to see a Spanish language learner discuss nationality with her Latinx conversation partner.

Una conversación sobre la nacionalidad

For a transcript of the conversation, click here.

Una conversación entre Kristin y Yanina

Video by TalkAbroad

Paso 3. If your conversation partner would like to know your nationality, how will you answer?

Conversation partner- ¿Cuál es tu nacionalidad?

You answer: Soy _______________.

¡Súper! 🙂

Actividad E

Have you ever traveled to a Spanish-speaking country before?  Would you like to visit one? Which one and why?

A picture of a map of Latin America is shown with the word travel

Paso 1. Did you know there are 22 countries that speak Spanish as either an official or dominant language ?  Do you know which ones they are?

In groups of 2-3, make a list of as many Spanish-speaking countries you can think of.  How did you do?

Paso 2.  Review the countries you wrote down, and see how many countries were missing from this list.

Paso 3. Select 5 countries from the list and look up how to say each country’s nationality in Spanish via wordreference.com.

Modelo-

País- España  (countries take an uppercased letter)

Nacionalidad- español (nationalities take a lowercased letter)

The topic of nationality and ethnicity could be challenging for the Latinx community who suffer from prejudices and stereotypes from others. Have you ever experienced someone stereotyping you or someone in your community based on ethnicity or nationality?

Read the following Intercultural reflection to learn more about the Latinx experience with regards to overcoming stereotypes (los estereotipos).

Intercultural reflection 2

In popular culture, you may hear people refer to Latinos as Spanish.  This is incorrect. Spanish is the language that the Latinx community speaks. There are people that are Spanish; however, they are from Spain.

Stereotypes about and within the Latinx community exist.  For example, because people from the United States are so close to Mexico, there is a misconception that all Latinx people are Mexican.  This is false.   Each Spanish-speaking country has their own identity and nationality.

There is another stereotype that all Latinos look the same.  This is also false. Latinos have very diverse backgrounds. For example, there are Latinos that have indigenous, African, Asian, and European roots.

Did you know that the following celebrities from BuzzFeedVideo were Latinx?  

Explore more 

1. What stereotypes have you heard regarding Latinos? How do you feel when you hear them? How do you think they make the Latinx community feel?

Watch the following video by NBC News as the Latinx community discusses the issue of stereotypes directed towards them.

2. What are your thoughts or reactions to the Defining Latino video you just viewed?  

3. Do you resonate with the discussion about identity and stereotyping? How so?

4. Have there ever been stereotypes about your community, ethnicity or nationality? If so, what were they? How did those stereotypes make you feel? What do you think could be done to help avoid stereotyping?  Share your ideas.

5. Do you feel more empathetic towards the Latinx community regarding the issue of stereotyping? Has your perspective changed on the matter? Will you do anything to raise awareness or support the Latinx community when you hear someone stereotyping them?

Earlier you learned that Jenna Ortega is an actress that Jessica Milagros follows on Instagram. Have you seen the popular Netflix program, Wednesday, starring Jenna Ortega? Watch a famous scene from the program, where Jenna dances as her character, Wednesday.

Recently, Jenna Ortega, Latina star of Beetlejuice and Wednesday, was interviewed by Carolina from Pero Like. The interview went viral because Carolina told Jenna that she was Latina enough.  Jenna had received criticism for not being Latina enough because she didn’t speak fluent Spanish.

Watch the following segment.

6. Why do you think this video went viral among the Latinx community? Do you feel to be Latino/a/e enough, you need to speak Spanish?

7. The name of this Spanish language e-book is Nepantla, which is a Nahuatl word that means to be in the middle of or between two worlds, two languages or two cultures. How does the concept of Nepantla pertain to American born Jenna Ortega, whose ethnicity is Mexican and Puerto Rican, but her nationality is American? Have you ever felt Nepantla (in between two worlds) in your community, family or friendship circle? Share your experience. If not, do you know of anyone who has felt like they are in between two cultures o identities?

8. After completing this Intercultural reflection, what perspective have you gained from the Latinx community regarding stereotyping, the concept of Nepantla and being Latinx? Will this change your own perspective about the Latinx community or your own identity moving forward?

You just met Jenna Ortega in your Intercultural Reflection 2 reading. Jenna is a famous Latinx actress. When introducing yourself to someone, do you know how to share your profession?

Watch as spanishteacherlatef introduces you to common professions in Spanish in one of his TikTok videos. Did he mention your current or future profession? 🙂 Be sure to press the sound button on the bottom left.

@spanishteacherlatef

Jobs in 🇪🇸 what do you do? 😁 @mosesgotterer #spanish #spanishteacher #espanol #learnspanish #jobs #vocabulary #foryou #usa #uk #nyc

♬ Monkeys Spinning Monkeys – Kevin MacLeod & Kevin The Monkey

Spanishteacherlatef ends his video with,  ¿A qué te dedicas?. This is an informal way to ask someone what they do for a living. ¿A qué se dedica? is the formal way.

When getting to know a Spanish-speaker, asking what they do for a living is a common question to get to know them better.

See Slide 10 to learn more about professions in Spanish.

Play the audio to hear how these professions are pronounced.

For a list of more professions in Spanish, follow this link by Livelingua.

Actividad F

Based on the professions you just reviewed in Slide 10, complete the following crossword puzzle with the correct profession based on each cue provided.

¡Bravo! 🙂

Actividad G

Anna and Pedro just met at a virtual seminar about volunteering in Central America. They would like to get to know each other more by asking about each other’s nationality and profession.

Based on their text exchange, select the most logical responses.

A text exchange between two people about professions

¡Excelente! 🙂

Actividad H

Carmen is a model and student from Costa Rica, and would like to introduce herself to you.

Answer Carmen’s questions in written format and then read your answers to a classmate.

Modelo- Hola. Me llamo _____ y soy + profession.  Soy + nationality. Mucho gusto.

Recently, Carmen attended a seminar on inclusivity in professions in San José, Costa Rica.  Did you know that there is a movement in the Spanish-speaking world to make professions more inclusive?

Is this the case in your community as well?  Are there active discussions about equality in pay among men, women and the non-binary community in your city, state or country?

Complete the following Intercultural reflection to learn more about professions and inclusivity (las profesiones y la inclusión) in Latin America and Spain.

Intercultural reflection 3

Earlier you learned how the Spanish language is evolving to be more inclusive through its inclusive pronouns and adjectives.  The same is true for professions in Spanish-speaking countries. 

Did you know there are certain professions in Spanish that do not have a word for women who do those particular jobs?

For example, if you would like to say you are a pilot in Spanish, the word is piloto. There is no word for a female pilot. You would need to add “la” in front of the word piloto to identify the pilot as female. However, there is no feminine word, such as pilota for piloto.

How do you feel about that?

Another example is the word for mechanic. In the Spanish language dictionary, there is no feminine form of mecánico.  Do you feel this is fair?

There are certain professions in Spanish that end in a vowel such as e or a that could refer to both men and women.

For example- intérprete, dentista, artista, publicista, policía <~~ these professions are identified as feminine or masculine by the article (el or la). 

However, there is a movement in the Latinx community to be more gender inclusive in professions.  Similar to the non-binary community using the letter e to not have to distinguish between male or female, Latinas would like feminine forms to their respective professions to be identified as well.

Watch the following inspirational video of women adding the letter a to their professions in Spanish on their own.

Make sure to press CC and select translation into English from the settings wheel to read the subtitles.

Explore more 

  1. Are there certain professions in your community that are dominated by males and not very inclusive towards women?
  2. Are there gender stereotypes associated with certain professions in your community? What are they?
  3. How do you feel about gender stereotypes in professions in general? Has your community taken any steps to address gender stereotypes?
  4. Is there equality in pay between men and women in all professions in your country? Where do you see the most disparity in pay? How do you feel about that disparity? Is it fair?
  5. W posted a video by Finansförbundet regarding the disparity between pay given to a boy versus a girl.  Watch it and share how the video made you feel.  What resonated with you? 

There is a group of women who are currently challenging gender stereotypes in the field of mountain climbing. They are called The Cholita Climbers.

Watch the following video to learn about them.

6.  Discuss in what ways you feel the Cholita Climbers are challenging gender stereotypes in their community, nationally or internationally. List 2-3 examples. 

7. Discuss who in your community reminds you of the Cholita Climbers or has the same mission of defying gender norms and stereotypes? What is their profession? What do they share in common with the Cholita Climbers?

III. La personalidad y las emociones (Personality and emotions)

You now know how to introduce yourself, say where you’re from, and state your nationality and profession with the verb ser. ¡Muy bien! 🙂 You’ve learned so much!

When you meet someone, you may be asked about your personality or you may want to ask someone else about theirs. To do this, you will ask, ¿Cómo eres?

This is different from ¿Cómo estás?, which means How are you doing? You will learn how to express how you are doing or feeling later in this section.

Jessica Milagros was recently asked to introduce herself and describe her personality on Instagram Live.

Actividad I

What adjectives did Jessica use to describe herself? Play the video again, if necessary.

Jessica uses descriptive adjectives that are feminine because that is how she identifies herself. If Jessica were to identify as non-binary, her descriptive adjectives would end in e.

See Slide 11 for a list of descriptive adjectives in feminine, masculine and non-binary forms.

It is very important to highlight that descriptive adjectives are used with the verb ser (to be) since they are more permanent traits. For a review of the verb ser, see Slide 8.

For example- He is tall. (Es alto.) She is kind. (Es generosa.) I am funny. (Soy cómico.) They are (non-binary singular) fun. (Es divertide.)

Play the audio to hear how the following descriptive adjectives are pronounced in Spanish.

Descriptive adjectives from columns 1 and 2 are pronounced in the masculine form.

Descriptive adjectives from columns 3 and 4 are pronounced in the feminine form.

Descriptive adjectives from column 5 are pronounced in the masculine form.

Watch as Teacher Catalina reviews how to ask about someone’s personality and physicality and how to answer if the question were posed to you.

It is also important to know that adjectives agree in gender and number in Spanish.  TeacherCatalina demonstrates how to correctly describe yourself or others with adjective agreement.

Actividad J

Paso 1. Based on the two videos you just viewed about adjective agreement and the personality and physical traits from Slide 11, complete the following activity.

Paso 2. Select the correct personality or physicality traits for the Latinx celebrities you just viewed based on adjective agreement.

Paso 3. In groups of two, choose your favorite Latinx celebrity from the image and select 3 descriptive adjectives to describe them from Slide 11. Pay close attention to adjective agreement.

Modelo- Rosalía es morena, fuerte y talentosa.

 

Please note:

There is a grammatical rule about the letters y and i when included in a sentence and the sequence of adjectives.

1. In Spanish, if the word that follows the conjunction y begins with the letter i, the letter must be changed to an e for pronunciation purposes.

Incorrect- Mi amigo es alto, generoso y inteligente. (This is hard to pronounce. The y must change to an e to ease pronunciation.)

Correct- Mi amigo es alto, generoso e inteligente. (The y changes to an e for pronunciation purposes.)

2. When you have a sequence of adjectives in a sentence, there is no comma before the conjunction y.

Incorrect- Mi padre es activo, de estatura media, y honesto. (There should be no comma before y in a sequence.)

Correct- Soy trabajadora, simpática y baja. (The comma was successfully omitted in front of the conjunction, y, in a sequence.)

3. Avoid a run-on sentence when describing someone.

Incorrect- Mi profesora es cómica y optimista y baja. (This is a run-on sentence because a comma is needed to avoid the repetition of the conjunction, y.)

Correct- Mi profesora es cómica, optimista y baja. (Only one conjunction is needed before the last adjective in the sentence.)

¡Muy bien! 🙂

Actividad K

Paso 1.  Jessica Milagros loves her friends and uses wonderful adjectives to describe them. Can you identify all of the positive adjectives Jessica uses?

A picture of friends standing on a mountain from the back.

Paso 2. ¿Cómo son tus amigos? What are your friends like?

Use 2-3 adjectives from Slide 11 to describe your friends. Pay close attention to adjective agreement and the rules about sequences and conjunctions.

Modelo- Mis amigos son divertidos y atléticos. 

Actividad L

How would you describe your personality and physical traits?

Paso 1. Choose 4-5 of the adjectives from Slide 11 to describe your personality and physicality. Write them down below.

Pay close attention to adjective agreement.

Soy ________, _________, ________ y _________.

Paso 2. Ask 3 different classmates to describe themselves by following the model below.

Modelo-

Estudiante 1- Hola. ¿Cómo eres?

Estudiante 2 (female) – Buenas tardes. Soy trabajadora, innovadora, alta, activa y generosa. ¿Y tú? ¿Cómo eres?

Then answer with your own description.

Do this dialogue with two more students.

Paso 3. Describe your classmates based on the adjectives you heard.

Modelo- Mis compañeros de clase son activos, inteligentes y simpáticos.

*Pay close attention to adjective agreement.

¡Fabuloso! 🙂

Actividad M

For a fun activity, your instructor will tape an index card with a famous person’s name on your back. You will not know who the celebrity is. Once each student has an index card on their back, you will mingle and students will use descriptive adjectives to help you guess who you are.

Pay close attention to adjective agreement. 🙂 Follow the model below. Have fun! 🙂

3 index cards pinned to a pinboard with famous names on them

Modelo- The famous person written on the index card is Bad Bunny.

Estudiante 1- Hola. ¿Puedes describirme? (Can you describe me?)

Estudiante 2- Sí. Eres moreno, artístico y flaco.   <~~ You must provide at least 3 descriptive adjectives before you give other clues.

Estudiante 1- No sé. ¿Me puedes dar más pistas? (I don’t know. Can you give me more clues?)

Estudiante 2- Claro. Eres puertorriqueño, famoso y te gusta el reggaetón.  <~~ You can provide the famous person’s nationality, other adjectives and maybe a fact or two to help the person guess.

Estudiante 1- ¿Soy Bad Bunny?

Estudiante 2- ¡Correcto! 🙂

*If you can’t guess your celebrity, you can ask for more clues. After 3-4 rounds of still not knowing, you can say, ¿Quién soy? Yo no sé. (I don’t know.)

Now that you know how to describe your personality when asked, ¿Cómo eres?, it is now time to learn how to respond if someone asks how you are doing with, ¿Cómo estás?

Back in Chapter 1, you learned to answer ¿Cómo estás? in more general terms as demonstrated in the following video by Babbel.

¿Cómo estás? comes from the verb estar, which like ser, also means to be, but estar refers to more temporary states such as emotions.

See Slide 12 for a breakdown of the verb estar + emotions.

Play the audio to hear how the verb estar + emotions are pronounced. You will hear a mix of the emotions pronounced in their masculine, feminine and non-binary forms.

Watch as LingoMasterySpanish shares different emotions with you in Spanish.

Similar to descriptive adjectives, emotions agree in gender and number.  For those that identify as non-binary, the emotions will end in e.

For example, Lola está cansada. 🥱 Jeremy está triste. 😔 Mis amigos están felices.😊 Sonny, mi amigue, está contente. 🤗

Actividad N

Soon, you will be conversing with your virtual conversation exchange partner. As a sign of respect, when you meet that person, and they are older than you, you should ask them if using the informal address is ok.

Modelo- Hola y buenas tardes. Antes de continuar con la conversación, ¿está bien si le puedo tutear?

If the speaker says yes, then you could go ahead with the conversation informally.

Modelo- Perfecto. Gracias. ¿Cómo estás hoy?

The speaker will then answer and continue the conversation.

See the following virtual conversation exchange through TalkAbroad between Zaira and Mirel as they meet one another for the first time and ask how each other is doing.

Conversación entre Zaira y Mirel

A photo of a Spanish language student and a virtual conversation exchange speaker from Mexico speaking online

  1. How did Zaira answer Mirel’s question: ¿Cómo estás?
  2. How did Mirel answer when Zaira asked her, ¿Cómo estás?

The verb estar could also be used to specify one’s location. Example- Estoy en México.

To understand how to conjugate the verb estar and use it to express emotion or location, watch the following video by Teacher Catalina.

Actividad O

Based on Teacher Catalina’s video of the verb estar, answer the following questions.

An image of ¿cierto o falso?

¡Bien! 🙂

Actividad P

On any given day, you can go through a myriad of emotions situationally.

Select the most common emotion or reaction you would feel in the following contexts.

A photo of a man with different emotions

Actividad Q

Paso 1. With another person, take turns describing the emotion Isabela is feeling in the photos below with the verb estar.

Modelo- En la foto Y, Isabela está molesta.

A photo of a woman experiencing various emotions

  1. En la foto B, _____________________________.
  2. En la foto L, _____________________________.
  3. En la foto X, _____________________________.
  4. En la foto D, ______________________________.
  5. En la foto P, _____________________________.

Paso 2. Ask 2-3 people around you how they are today. If someone asks how you are, be sure to use 1-2 new adjectives of emotions from Slide 12 to answer.

Modelo-

Estudiante 1- Buenos días. ¿Cómo estás?

Estudiante 2- Hola. Estoy feliz, gracias. ¿Y tú? ¿Cómo estás hoy?

You learned earlier from Teacher Catalina’s video that the verb estar could also be used to express location.

Listen as Marcos introduces himself and describes where he is with the verb estar.

For a transcript of Marcos’s introduction, click here. Scroll to Marcos.

Actividad R

Paso 1. What did you gather from Marcos’s introduction about where he is and where his family is located? Answer the following questions to test your listening comprehension skills.

Paso 2. Choose 4 different students, and ask them the following questions using estar + location.

  1. ¿Dónde estás ahora?  To answer: Estoy en _______.
  2. ¿Dónde están tus padres?  To answer: Mis padres están en ______.   If you have one parent: Mi madre está en ______.  Mi padre está en _____.
  3. ¿Dónde está tu universidad?  To answer: Está en ______.
  4. ¿Dónde está tu casa?  To answer: Mi casa está en ______.

Actividad S

Meet your online classmates by completing the following prompts. Practice on your own or in groups in class.

Provide a greeting.

Introduce yourself by saying your name and where you’re from.

State your profession and nationality.

Describe your personality/physicality with 3 descriptive adjectives from Slide 11.

Say how you are feeling today with an adjective from Slide 12: Hoy estoy ______. (emotion)

Say where you are right now. Ahora estoy en ______. (location)

End with Mucho gusto.

4 online students ready to converse.

IV. El verbo gustar (The gustar verb)

A fun way to get to know someone is by asking about their likes and dislikes. This way, you could see if you have anything in common. 🙂

You met Carmen from Costa Rica earlier in the chapter.  Listen as she shares her likes with you from her recent Facebook post.

Actividad T

The verb Carmen uses to share her likes is the verb gustar (to like).  Watch as My Daily Spanish discusses the verb gustar and how to use it in conversation.

The video ends with, Y a ti, ¿qué te gusta?  How would you answer that question?

Teacher Catalina breaks down the gustar verb for you in all its forms in the following video.

Alicia, from espamundi, highlights some structural components of the verb gustar in her TikTok video.  Be sure to press the sound button on the bottom left of the video.

How to conjugate the verb gustar

See Slide 13 to understand how to conjugate the verb gustar and use it to express your likes and dislikes.

Play the audio to hear how the verb is pronounced.

Actividad U

Paso 1. Mark true or false for each of the following statements about personality types and one’s likes and dislikes.

Paso 2. Get to know your classmates’ likes and dislikes by asking them what they like or dislike from the following Lotería game. Once you obtain any 3 circles in a row, you win Lotería! How exciting!

In the Lotería game, did you notice the use of the definite article (el, la, los and las) when asking or stating what you like or dislike? The definite article is required because you are specifying a particular like or dislike.

Watch the following videos to learn about definite articles in Spanish and how to make them plural by EO Español Online.

See the following examples of singular and plural nouns with definite articles.

Actividad V

Based on what you learned in the two videos about definite articles, in groups of 2 or 3, select which definite article should be used in each question with the verb gustar.

Options are el, la, los or las.

Do you remember Jessica Milagro’s Instagram Live, where she introduced herself to her new followers?

Listen as Jessica expresses what she likes and what her favorite music is as well.

 

Actividad W

Do you remember what Jessica said she liked and disliked from her Instagram Live?  🙂

Complete the following questions to test your listening comprehension skills.

¡Muy bien! 🙂

How to use the word favorito/a/s to express what you like or love in Spanish.

In Jessica’s video, she expressed her favorite music with the word favorita. This is an additional way to express your likes in Spanish, in lieu of using the verb gustar.

Like the verb gustar, using the word favorito/a/s requires a definite article for nouns since you are highlighting something you like or love.  However, you do not need a definite article for proper nouns.

When using the word favorito/a/s in Spanish, unlike in English where the word goes in front of the noun, in Spanish, it goes after.

See the following examples.

Expressing your favorites with favorito/a/s.

Mi deporte favorito es el tenis.

Mis clases favoritas son el español y la biología.

Mi programa favorito es Stranger Things. (no definite article needed for proper nouns)

Or you can also express the same likes with the verb gustar that you learned earlier.

Expressing your favorite things with gustar.

Me gusta el tenis.

Me gustan las clases de español y biología.

Me gusta el programa Stranger Things.

Perfecto. 🙂

Actividad X

Let’s practice! Select an alternative way to express what you like with the correct form of favorito/a/s or gustar.

V. Chapter 2 Final Assessment

In this chapter, you learned how to share how you are feeling and where you are with the verb estar, state your profession, nationality and describe yourself with the verb ser and express your likes and dislikes with the verb gustar.  ¡Muy bien! You’ve learned so much! 🙂

As a review for your Chapter 2 Final Assessment, answer Jessica’s questions! Watch the following video Jessica recorded for you.  Practice on your own.

 

 

For your Chapter 2 Final Assessment, you will write a mini composition in Blackboard where you answer the prompts below. You can practice on your own.

 

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