Introducción: Preguntar

It is easy to forget that much of the United States was once part of Mexico. The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, was the site of a famous battle in 1836 which has been recreated many times in films. This battle was actually part of a larger civil war within Mexico. Although the Mexican army was victorious in this battle, it was eventually defeated, leading to the establishment of Texas as a separate country. Eventually, Texas joined the United States.

The focus of Section A was talking about yourself.

You learned to say your own name, yo me llamo....; you learned to say where you live, yo vivo en....; you learned to say where you are from, soy de...; and you learned to say how you are....estoy bien.

In Section A, you also learned how to talk to someone using the "familiar" tone,
asking someone what is your name, ¿Cómo te llamas?; asking someone where do you live, ¿Dónde vives?; asking someone where are you from, ¿De dónde eres tú?; and asking someone how are you, ¿Cómo estás?

In Section B, you learned how to ask someone using the formal tone, what is your name, ¿Cómo se llama usted.?; where do you live, ¿Dónde vive usted.?; where are you from, ¿De dónde es usted.?; and how are you, ¿Cómo está usted.?

So, now you see you can talk about yourself, yo, and to one other person, either a person whom you would address using "tú" or a person whom you would address using "usted".

In the questions and answers, you do not always see the words yo, tú and usted. Have you noticed that? Those little words are called subject pronouns. They can be the subject of a sentence. We do not always see them in questions or answers in Spanish because in Spanish, the subject pronoun does not always have to be used.

In Section C, you will learn to talk about someone else.