Subject Pronouns Los Pronombres Personales What is a

Subject Pronouns Los Pronombres Personales

What is a noun? • Person • Place • Thing • Idea

What is a pronoun? • It is a word that is used instead of a noun and still maintains the meaning of the sentence. – The man is from Mexico. – He is from Mexico. – Maria and I are going to the store. – We are going to the store. – My friends are buying the bread. – They are buying it.

Subject Pronouns • A subject pronoun is a word that replaces the noun that is doing the action of the sentence. – My father works in New York. – He works in New York.

English Subject Pronouns Singular Plural 1 st Person I We 2 nd Person You (y’all) 3 rd Person He She It They

Spanish Subject Pronouns 1 st Person Singular Plural Yo Nosotros Nosotras 2 nd Person Tu Vosotros Vosotras 3 rd Person El Ellos Ellas usted Ustedes

Yo • Yo means I. • It is used in the same way as English. • It is not capitalized unless it starts a sentence.

Tu 2 nd person singular • Tu means YOU informally (familiar). • Used when talking to someone informally

El 3 rd person singular • El = he or it • It is used when talking about a boy, man, or something “masculine”. • DON’T forget the accent mark. – El = he – El = the

Ella 3 rd person singular • Ella = she or it • It is used to talk about a girl or something “feminine”. • It sounds like “ayyah” NOT “el-lah”

Usted Formal You • • Usted = You (formal and singular) Used to talk to someone you should respect. Ud. It is considered a 3 rd person singular pronoun.

Nosotros (as) 1 st person plural • Used to talk about a group of people that includes you. • Nosotras is used when the group is all females. • Nosotros is used when the group is either all males or a mixed group of people.

Vosotros(as) 2 nd person plural • Vosotros(as) is used to address a group of people. • It is informal • It is used only in Spain.

Ellos 3 rd person plural • Ellos = They • It is used to talk about a group of boys, guys, men, “masculine” objects, or a mixed group. • Pronounciation: “ayyohs”

Ellas 3 rd person plural • Ellas = they • It is used to talk about a group of females or “feminine” objects. • Pronounced: “ayyahs”

Which subject pronoun would you use to replace these subjects? • • The man is going to the store with her. My sister is dancing the tango. Marco and Rafael are having coffee. The teacher is giving the lesson. You and Paco are studying Spanish. Ana and Rosita live in Madrid. My mother’s mother is my grandmother. Miguel and I are sitting in class.