In class: 'estoy' and 'está' for location
Learning outcomes
I can respond confidently to the register using 'estoy' for myself, and 'está' for others.
I can read aloud words with the key sounds [a] and [o].
In class: 'estoy' and 'está' for location
Learning outcomes
I can respond confidently to the register using 'estoy' for myself, and 'está' for others.
I can read aloud words with the key sounds [a] and [o].
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Lesson details
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Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondences [a] and [o] can be practised with the source words 'alto' and 'dos'.
- The irregular verb 'estar' means to be, being when referring to location.
- 'Estoy' means 'I am' and 'está' means she, he, it is.
- Spanish pronouns are often not used; the verb ending indicates the person who is doing the action of the verb.
Keywords
[a] - pronounced [a] as in casa
[o] - pronounced [o as in dos
Estoy - I am
Está - she, he, it is
Pronoun - a word that takes the place of a noun, like 'it', 'you', 'she'
Common misconception
Spanish verbs always need pronouns, like in English, to convey the person doing the action.
Spanish verbs don't always need pronouns. The verb endings indicates the person doing the action.
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Starter quiz
5 Questions
estar
estoy
está
Exit quiz
6 Questions
here
there
present
absent
He is absent.
I am present.
She is here.
He is there.