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Subject pronouns

Subject pronouns. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. When the pronoun is the subject (the person doing the action) of the sentence, it is called a Subject Pronoun. Example: Bob is swimming. He is swimming. What is a pronoun?. Subject. Subject Pronoun.

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Subject pronouns

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  1. Subject pronouns

  2. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. • When the pronoun is the subject (the person doing the action) of the sentence, it is called a Subject Pronoun. Example: Bob is swimming. He is swimming. What is a pronoun? Subject Subject Pronoun

  3. What are the English subject pronouns?

  4. Spanish subject pronouns are similar to English, but there are some differences. English subject p

  5. “Yo” means “I” and is used in the same way as in English. • Yo soy alumno. • Note that it is not capitalized unless it starts a sentence: • Mi amigo y yo… The first person singular pronoun “YO”

  6. Tú means you (familiar/ informal) • Used when talking to someone familiar • We’ll learn more about this in a moment. Second person singular pronounTú

  7. Él = he • It is used when talking ABOUT a boy/guy/man. • DON’T forget the accent mark. If you do, you are actually writing the Spanish word for “the” • él = he el = the 3rd person singular masculine él

  8. Ella = she • It is used when talking ABOUT a girl/woman. • Please pronounce it correctly. • It sounds like (eh-yah) not (el-lah) • Remember ll= y sound. 3rd person singular FeminineElla

  9. Use nosotros/ nosotras to talk about a group of people that includes you. • in English we have one word to talk about “we,” but in Spanish, we distinguish between “we” masculine and feminine: • Jennifer & Ana say Nosotrassomosalumnas. • Ben and John say Nosotrossomosalumnos. The first person plural pronoun “Nosotros / nosotras”

  10. VOSOTROS means you all • Familiar (when talking to friends the • same age as you • There is also a distinction of gender • Vosotras – you all feminine • Vosotros – you all masculine 2nd person pluraVOSOTROS / AS

  11. Ellos = They (masculine) • It is used when talking ABOUT a group of boys/guys/men or a mixed group. • Please pronounce it correctly. • It sounds like (eh-yohs) not (el-lohs) • Remember ll= y sound. 3rd person Plural masculineEllos

  12. Ellas = They (feminine) • It is used when talking ABOUT a group of only females. • Please pronounce it correctly. • It sounds like (eh-yahs) not (el-lahs) • Remember ll= y sound. 3rd person plural FeminineEllas

  13. Adapted from mendycolbert.com

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