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Key vocabulary
	¿Cómo?	What?, How?	eres	you are (familiar)
	son	(they, you pl.) are	haces	you do (familiar)
	hacen	(they, you pl.) do	todas las mañanas	every morning
	¿Qué?	What?	los fines de semana	weekends
	ven	(they, you pl.) watch	traen	(they, you pl.) bring
	tus	parents	los hermanos	brothers and sisters
	los amigos	your frineds	los padres	parents
	me levanto	I get up	me baño	I take a bath
	la televisión	television	las películas	movies
	a	to	mi	my
	la casa	house

Talking to someone-ask about people, routines, and activities:
(describe *you*)
	¿Cómo eres tú?		What are you like?	This question ask for a description of your looks and/or personality traits. Since the subject is tú you would use this question when talking to someone you are familiar with.

	Soy ___.		I am ___.	Since the question asks tú (you), you would naturally answer yo (I). Fill in the blank with an adjective or adjectives.
		Soy inteligente, simpático, y magífico.	I am intelligent, nice and wonderful.	If a female was talking you would need to change the adjectives to the feminine forms, i.e. inteligente, simpática, y magífica.
(activities and routines *you*)
	¿Qué haces ___?		What do you do ____?	Fill in the blank with any time period. Since the subject is tú you would use this question when talking to someone you are familiar with.
		¿Qué haces los sábados?	What do you do on Saturday?

	(Yo) ___.		I ___.	Since the question asks tú (you), you would naturally answer yo (I). Fill in the blank with a verb in the first person singular, yo (I).
		Voy al parque. Me levanto tarde. Después me baño.	I go to the park. I get up late. Afterwards I take a bath.
Talking about more than one other person -ask about people, routines, and activities:
(describe *they*)
	¿Cómo son ___?		What are ___ like?	Fill in the blank with a plural subject.
		¿Cómo son tus profesores?	What are your teachers like?

	Son ___.		They are ___.	Fill in the blank with one or more adjectives.
		Son muy simpáticos e inteligentes.	They are very nice and intelligent.
(activities and routines they)
	¿Qué hacen ___ ___?		What do ___ ___?	Fill in the first blank with a plural subject and he second blank with a time period.
		¿Qué hacen los estudiantes los lunes?	What do the students on Mondays?

	(Ellos) ___.		They ___.	Since the question is asking about los estudiantes (they), you would naturally answer ellos (they). Fill in the blank with a verb in the third person plural, ellos (they).
		Asisten al colegio. Estudian. Pasan al rato con amigos.	They go to school They study. They spend time with friends.

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