Hello everybody!!! Welcome to this brand new
experience called Montcada in English!!! First of all I would like to thank
Montcada Radio and Phimister's Language School for all the support to this
wonderful project. In fact, the name of this blog comes from the eponymous
radio show, which is broadcasted every single Monday from 19:30 to 20:00 in
Montcada Radio. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
I would like to start this very first post with the
most common verb in English Language: VERB TO BE!!!
SUBJECT PRONOUN + VERB TO BE + COMPLEMENT
The verb to be is one of the most common verbs, not
only in its use but is probably the most studied verb (considering that a lot
of people start to study English and then they give up). Back to the
explanation, verb to be has many different forms and meanings.
In Spanish means SER or ESTAR and we conjugate the
verb in this way:
I am
------------------------------ Yo soy/estoy
You are
-------------------------- Tu eres/estás
Ustedes/Vosotros son/sois están/estáis
He is
----------------------------- Él es/está
She is
---------------------------- Ella es/está
It is
------------------------------- Él/Ella/Ello/La/Lo/Le es/está
We are
--------------------------- Nosotros somos/estamos
They are -------------------------
Ellos son/están
When we use the verb to be as ser, is because we are
talking about names, professions, nationalities, etc.
For example:
I am Martin
---------------- (Yo) soy Martin
You are American ---------
(Tu) eres Americano
He is a doctor
-------------- (Él) es un doctor
She is Karen ---------------- (Ella) es Karen
It is my dog ----------------- (Él) es mi perro
We are teachers ------------ (Nosotros) somos maestros
They are British ------------ (Ellos) son Británicos
When we use the verb to be as estar, is because we are
talking about actions or locations.
For example:
I am here -------------------- (Yo) estoy aquí
You are in Catalonia ------
(Tu) estás en Cataluña
He is sleeping
-------------- (Él) está durmiendo
She is in my house --------
(Ella) está en mi casa
It is raining
----------------- Está lloviendo
We are eating --------------
(Nosotros) estamos comiendo
They are in the mall ------ (Ellos) están en el centro
comercial
Because of its highly irregular forms, the verb to be can be used also in specific situations such as expressing sensations or when
we want to talk about our age, giving to the verb a completly different
meaning.
If I say: I am 20 years old it doesn’t mean that soy 20 años or estoy 20 años. It means tengo 20 años.
In other particular situations, it can be translated
as HACER.
For example:
It is hot --------------------- Hace calor
For negative sentences we have to add not between the
verb and the complement
S.P. + VERB TO BE + NOT + COMPLEMENT
For example:
I am not in your house
You are not eating
He is not American
She is not British
It is not snowing
We are not students
They are sleeping
Is quite common in English grammar contract words.
Normally this contractions are used in spoken English but no in written (at
least in formal writing). We contract verb to be sentences in this way:
I am sleeping - I'm sleeping
I am not Chuck - I'm not Chuck
You are my friend - You're my friend
You are not studying - You're not studying / You
aren't studying
She is ill - She's ill
He is not working at the moment - He's not working /
He isn't working at the moment...
And so on.
So people, as far as I am concerned, I am done! I hope
this information can be useful for all of you!
C Ya!!!
