Subject Pronouns Review of Spanish 1 Avancemos 2
Subject Pronouns – Review of Spanish 1 Avancemos 2 – Lección Preliminar (Página 5)
Subject Pronouns The subject of a sentence tells who is doing the action. You often use people’s names as the subject. Gregorio escucha música. Ana canta y baila.
Subject Pronouns You also use subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, they) to tell who is doing an action. The subject pronouns replace people’s names. Here all the subject pronouns:
Subject Pronouns (singular) § Yo §I § Tú § You (informal) § Él/ella § He/she § Usted § You (formal)
Subject Pronouns (singular) § Nosotros/nosotras § We (m)/we (f) § Ellos/ellas § They (m)/they (f) § Ustedes (Uds. ) § You all (informal)
Subject Pronouns § Tú, ustedes, and vosotros (as) all mean “you”. § Use tú with family, friends, people your age or younger, and anyone you call by his or her first name.
Subject Pronouns § Use usted with adults you address with a title, such as señor, señora, profesor (a), etc. § Usted is sometimes written as Ud.
Subject Pronouns § In Latin America, use ustedes when speaking to two or more people, regardless of age. § Ustedes is sometimes written as Uds.
Subject Pronouns § In Spain, vosotros is used when speaking to two or more people, you call tú individually. § Ustedes is used when talking to two people you call usted individually.
Subject Pronouns § If a group is made up of both males and females, or of males only, we use the masculine forms: § Nosotr os , vosotr os , ellos.
Subject Pronouns § You can combine a subject pronoun and a name to form a subject. § Examples: § Alejandro y yo = nosotros § Carlos y ella = ellos § Pepe y tú = ustedes § Lola y ella = ellas
Práctica: Write the correct pronoun in Spanish 1. Carla and I 2. I 3. You and your mom 4. They (m/f) 5. My mom 6. You (informal) 7. You guys (plural) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Nosotros Yo Ustedes Ellos Ella Ustedes
Práctica : Write the correct pronoun in Spanish 1. Carla 2. Ella y yo 3. Carla y Alejandro 4. Tú y Alejandro 5. Los estudiantes 6. Mi papá 7. Señor Rodriguez 8. Mi mamá y mi papá 1. Ella 2. Nosotros 3. Ellos 4. Ustedes 5. Ellos 6. Él 7. Él 8. Ellos
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