EL VERBO ESTAR/TO BE

  To say where the things are.,use the verb estar followed by words that express place. Ex. El coqui esta en el jardin.

The preposition en expresses location. It is equivalent to the English words at,in,on, and inside.

ex. el coqui esta en la sala ( the frog is at the garden).

Adverbios y expresiones de lugar: many other words and phrases are used to show location:

? donde estan los coquis? where are the frogs?

 

Vocabulary:           student needs to lear those words, I will be asking them to make sentences using those vocabulary words.

 

aqui=here

ahi=there

alli=over there

al lado de=next to

cerca de= near of

lejos de= far from

detras de=behind of

encima de=above/on top of

a la izquierda de= to the left

a la derecha= to the right

delante de= in from of

debajo de= under

 

Contractions:

 

a+el = al

 

de+el =del