Verbs: Ser

Question 1

1. Ser (def.?) –It’s not something that you _____, it’s something that you _____.
2. Ser is used to – (5 things).

Answer 1

1. To be (present tense); as in what or who you are.
   - It’s not something that you do, it’s something that you are.
2. Ser is used to:

i.) signify equivalence or identity between two elements.
“Mi esposa es doctora.” - My wife is a doctor.

ii.) to indicate an inherent characteristic or quality.
“El niño es guapo.” - The boy is handsome.

iii.) to indicate origin
“Yo soy de Colombia. - I’m from Colombia.”
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iv.) to express ownership or possession.
“Ese carro, el cual está muy sucio, es de Enrique.” - That car, that is very dirty, is Enrique’s.

v.) to express the time of day
“Son las doce.” - It’s twelve o’clock.

vi.) to talk about dates
“Es el primero de enero.” - It is the first of January.

Question 2

Soy

Answer 2

I am

e. g. “Soy yo” = I am I → Spanish (“it’s me” in English)
- Present tense

Question 3

Es

Answer 3

(sounds like ‘ace’) → He is, she is, or it is
○ “Qué es?” = What is it?
-Present tense

Question 4

Son

Answer 4

(sounds like ‘sone’) = They are

-Present tense

Question 5

Eres

Answer 5

(sounds like ‘AIR-ace’) = You are
○ Ser is on ‘air’
○ 2nd person
-Present tense

Question 6

Somos

Answer 6

We are

• ‘Some of us’ (somos) are tall enough
• Present tense

Question 7

Era (4)

Answer 7

(AIR-ah): He was, she was, it was, I was
• 1st and 3rd person imperfect (past) tense
• “Yo no era para [something]” = I was not for her

Question 8

Eras

Answer 8

(AIR-ahs): You were
• 2nd person
• Imperfect past tense

Question 9

Eran

Answer 9

(AIR-ran): They were

• Imperfect past tense

Question 10

Eramos

Answer 10

(AIR-amos): We were

• Imperfect past tense

Question 11

Será

Answer 11

He, she, or it will be.

• 3rd person future tense

Question 12

Sea

Answer 12

(pronouced “say-ah”): I be; he, she, or it be.
• 1st and 3rd person subjunctive mood
• expressing what is imagined or wished or possible (hypothetically) → “I hope that it be”
• Use when there is hope involved.

“[Perhaps] sea por el [author]”
— Perhaps it may be by the author

Subjunctive tense (adjective): relating to or denoting a mood of verbs expressing what is imagined or wished or possible (hypothetically) → “I hope that it be” (sea = “Say Ah”) represents a denoted act or state not as fact but as contingent or possible or viewed emotionally (as with doubt or desire)

Question 13

Seas

Answer 13

(say-ahs): You be, you may be.
• 2nd person subjunctive mood.
“How nice that it is you” (English) –> “What good that you be [seas] you” (Spanish).

Question 14

Siendo

Answer 14

Being → You are (all) being bad, they are being bad, we are being bad, etc.
• Present participle
• [Ser speaking] “This is the end, you are all being very bad”
• They are being, we are being, etc.

Question 15

Sería

Answer 15

I would be; he, she, or it would be.
• 1st and 3rd person conditional

*RIA is a wooded mountain, and it adds ‘would’ to a word, e.g. “I would be a better person.”

Question 16

Sido

Answer 16

(SEED-thoh): I have been, you have been, it has been, he has been, she has been, etc. (can apply to anyone)
• Past participle
Participle, noun: a word formed from a verb (e.g.,going,gone,being,been) and used as an adjective (e.g.,working woman,burned toast) or a noun (e.g.,good breeding).
• In English, participles are also used to make compound verb forms (e.g.,is going,has been).

*Shower of seeds coming from the chimney on the roof and pelts him → He says “I have been tall, but I am done with this store” because he is getting pelted with seeds (SEEDth-oh).

Question 17

Serás

Answer 17

You will be

• Third person singular; future tense