Conversational Goals

• Ask Someone's Name

• Introduce Yourself and Others

• Recognize Common Latin American Spanish Names

• Respond to Introductions

• Say Someone's Profession

Grammar Goals

• Conjugate the Reflexive Verb Llamarse

• Learn About Gender and Number Agreement in Nouns

• Learn Possessive Adjectives

• Practice Creating Affirmative Sentences and Questions

• Recognize Attached Personal Pronoun Clitics

My husband is a police officer.

Mi esposo es policía.

(he/she/it) is (for permanent states of being)

es

police officer

policía

He's a police officer.

Él es policía.

My sister is a police officer.

Mi hermana es policía.

Excuse me, are you a police officer?

Disculpe, ¿es usted policía?

nurse

enfermero

I'm a nurse. ( for a female )

Yo soy enfermera.

I'm a nurse, and he is a police officer. ( from a female)

Yo soy enfermera y él es policía.

journalist

periodista

My name is Juan. I'm a journalist.

Me llamo Juan. Soy periodista.

Grammar Note

The word periodista, just like policía, doesn't change with gender.

we

nosotros

(we) are (for permanent states of being)

somos

employee

empleado

We are employees.

Nosotros somos empleados.

We are not employees. We are journalists.

Nosotros no somos empleados. Somos periodistas.