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Subject (Personal) Pronouns. Los Pronombres Personales. Subject pronouns. NTE TODO In order to use verbs, you will need to learn about subject pronouns. A subject pronoun replaces the name or title of a person or thing and acts as the subject of a verb.
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Subject (Personal) Pronouns Los Pronombres Personales
Subject pronouns NTE TODO • In order to use verbs, you will need to learn about subject pronouns. • A subject pronoun replaces the name or title of a person or thing and acts as the subject of a verb. • In both Spanish and English, subject pronouns are divided into three groups: first person, second person, and third person.
Subject pronouns • Spanish has two subject pronouns that mean you (singular). • Use túwhen addressing a friend, a family member, or a child you know well. (first name basis) We call this friendly or informal. • Use ustedto address a person with whom you have a formal or more distant relationship, such as a superior at work, a professor, or an older person. (last name basis, usually with a title) We call this polite or formal.
In English, we do not have a plural form of “you.” That is why we hear some people try to create a plural form by saying: “you all,” “yous,” or “ yunzes.”
Subject pronouns • Themasculine pluralformsnosotros, vosotros, and ellos referto a group of males orto a group of males and females. (Very macho) • Thefeminine pluralformsnosotras, vosotras, and ellas can referonlytogroupsmade up exclusively of females.
In Latin America and throughout a great deal of Spain, there is only one plural form of “you.” (ustedes/Uds.) • In a small part of Spain, there are two plural forms of “you.” They use ustedes/Uds. to be polite and Vosotros/Vosotras when being friendly.
When expressing “you” plural (You all): • Ud. + Ud. = Uds. • Ud. + tú = Uds. • Tú+ tú = Vosotros (by some speakers) • Tú + Tú = Uds. (by most speakers)
OJO: Although usted (Ud.) refers to the second person singular and ustedes (Uds.) refers to the second person plural, they take the same verb conjugations as the third person singular and plural. • Yo Nosotros (as) • Tú Vosotros (as) • Ud., Él, Ella Uds., Ellos, Ellas
There is no Spanish equivalent of the English subject pronoun it. Generally it is not expressed in Spanish. • Instead, the third person singular form of a verb is used. Es un problema. Es una computadora. It’s a problem. = Is a problem. It’s acomputer. = Is a computer..
