1 / 17

Subject Pronouns

Subject Pronouns. What’s a pronoun?. *Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns Example: We are friends. Nosotros somos amigos. What’s a subject pronoun?. *When the pronoun is the subject ( the person doing the action ) of the sentence, it is called a subject p ronoun.

emery-kaufman
Download Presentation

Subject Pronouns

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Subject Pronouns

  2. What’s a pronoun? *Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns Example: We are friends. Nosotrossomos amigos.

  3. What’s a subject pronoun? *When the pronoun is the subject (the person doing the action) of the sentence, it is called a subject pronoun. *Subject pronouns tell who (or what) is being described or who (or what) does the action in a sentence. Example: The dolphinis swimming. It is swimming.

  4. Subject Pronouns Subject pronouns in English: I we you (you all) he, she, it they

  5. Subject Pronouns Subject pronouns in Spanish: nosotros nosotras yo vosotros vosotras tú él ella Ud. (it) ellos ellas Uds.

  6. First person singular pronoun *Yo means I *Yo is used mostly same way in Spanish as in English, when talking about yourself *It is not capitalized unless it’s at the beginning of a sentence Example: I am a crazy cat. Yo soy un gato loco.

  7. Second person singular pronoun *Tú means you (informal or familiar) * Tú is used when speaking to someone (just like in English) Example: You are a student. Túeres un estudiante.

  8. Third person singular pronouns *Él means he *You must have the accent mark or else it means “the” *Él is used to talk about a guy Example: He is He-Man. Éles He-Man.

  9. Third person singular pronouns *Ella means she *Remember, it’s pronounced “eh-ya” *Ella is used to talk about a girl Example: She is She-ra. Ellaes She-ra.

  10. Third person singular pronouns *Usted (Ud.) means you (formal) *Usted is used when talking to someone *Usted “lives” with él and ellain our chart…you will understand why soon! Example: You are the Queen of England. Ustedes la Reina de Inglaterra.

  11. First person plural pronouns *Nosotros and nosotras mean we *Nosotros is used when a guy is part of the “we” *Nosotras is used when everyone is a girl *Nosotros and nosotras are used to talk about you and someone else Example: We are friends. Nosotrossomos amigos.

  12. Second person plural pronouns *Vosotros and vosotras mean you all *Vosotros is used when a guy is part of the “you all” *Vosotras is used when everyone in the “you all” is a girl *Vosotros and vosotras are used to talk to a group of people *The vosotros form is used only in Spain *The vosotros form is the informal or familiar way of saying “you all” (like tú)

  13. Second person plural pronouns *Vosotros and vosotras are important to recognize and learn, but we won’t use them regularly Example: You all are in Spanish class. Vosotrosestáis en la clase de español.

  14. Third person plural pronouns *Ellos means they (with a guy) *Ellos is used when talking about a group of people (with at least one guy) Example: They are the members of One Direction. Ellos son los miembros de One Direction.

  15. Third person plural pronouns *Ellas means they (all girls) *Ellas is used when talking about a group of girls (only girls) Example: They are the members of the Spice Girls. Ellas son los miembros de los Spice Girls.

  16. Third person plural pronouns *Ustedes (Uds.) means you all *Ustedes is the formal version of vosotros/vosotras *Ustedes is used when talking to a group of people Example: You all are teenagers. Ustedes son adolescentes.

  17. Third person plural pronouns *Ustedes is used in most parts of the Spanish-speaking world instead of vosotros *In Spain, ustedes is only used when addressing a group formally *In this class, I will generally used “ustedes” when talking to you as a class

More Related