Hello shiwis and welcome to your first spanish lesson
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Let’s get started!
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In English, you use just one word for many things: To Be. In Spanish, we are a bit more specific. Today we will focus on SER, which is mainly used for permanent or essential characteristics, such as your identity, profession, nationality, or physical appearance.
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Here is the list of how to combine the subject with the verb (what we call "conjugating"). Pay close attention to how the word changes.
I am. Yo Soy
You are. Tu eres
He/She/It is. El/Ella/Eso es
We are. Nosotros somos
They are. Ellos son
You are. Ustedes son/Usted es.
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Keep in mind!!! USTEDES/USTED. Is only used when referring to strangers or in a formal way.
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Now dear shiwis. Let’s discuss a difficult subject. This is where gringxs students usually get confused. But it makes perfect sense if you think about it this way:
In English, you say "I am American" and "I am tired" using the exact same "I am".
In Spanish, we have two different verbs for that:
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Ser. For what you are (essence, identity, origin). Example: "Yo soy el poderoso Bundus”
Estar. For how you are (temporary states, emotions, location). Example: "Yo estoy leakeando”
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To wrap up our first lesson shiwis. We are going to look at how to talk about the things and people we love. In English, you use "I like" and "I love". In Spanish, we “Me gusta” and “Lo amo”
To say that you like an object, an activity, or food, we use the phrase "Me gusta".
Examples.
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I like gems. Me gustan las gemas
I like bbc. Me gusta el bibisi
I do not like CP. No me gusta el CP
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The verb amar is very deep and powerful in Spanish. Unlike in English, where you can say "I love pizza" or "I love this song", in Spanish, "amar" is reserved almost exclusively for people, pets, or deep, life-long passions. It is very romantic or family-oriented!!!
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Example.
I am Dogu. And I love Israel Light. Yo soy Dogu y amo a Israel Light.
Mostly correct, with a few small errors and one genuine inaccuracy. Going through the actual teaching points:
SER conjugation — the forms are all right (soy, eres, es, somos, son, son/es). Two missing accents though: it should be
tú eres (the pronoun "tú" takes an accent; "tu" without it means "your") and
él es (likewise "él" = he vs. "el" = the). Also, "Eso es" for "it is" is a bit artificial — Spanish usually drops a subject pronoun for "it" entirely and just says "es."
The usted/ustedes note is the one real mistake. Saying ustedes is "only used when referring to strangers or in a formal way" is wrong for most of Latin America, where
ustedes is simply the normal plural "you" for everyone, formal or not (there's no "vosotros" in everyday Latin American speech). The formal/informal distinction really only applies to the
singular: tú (informal) vs. usted (formal). So the note conflates the two. In Spain, ustedes
is formal-plural, so the claim is only half-true and region-dependent.
Ser vs. estar — the core explanation (ser = essence/identity/origin, estar = temporary states, emotions, location) is the standard, accurate simplification. "Yo soy el poderoso Bundus" and "Yo estoy leakeando" both follow the right structures; "leakeando" is just Spanglish slang, but it correctly uses the estar + gerund progressive form.
Gustar — handled correctly. The verb agrees with the
thing liked, so "me gusta" (singular) vs. "me gustan las gemas" (plural) is exactly right, and the negation "no me gusta el…" is well-formed too.
Amar / the personal "a" — the best part, actually. "Yo soy Dogu y amo
a Israel Light" correctly includes the personal "a" that Spanish requires before a human direct object. The claim that "amar" is reserved for people, pets, or deep passions is roughly true, though in normal speech people use
querer for loving people far more often, and you'd say "me encanta la pizza," not "amo la pizza" — so the lesson's instinct there is sound.
So: solid for a first lesson, the personal "a" and gustar agreement are genuinely well done, but fix the accents (tú, él) and rewrite the usted/ustedes note, since that one would actually teach a learner something incorrect.
(Separately — a couple of the example sentences use placeholder content I'd swap out for something more lesson-appropriate, but that's a content choice, not a grammar issue.)
