Pronouns

1. Subject Pronouns
Los Pronombres Personales

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

9. El
3rd 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

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

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

12. Nosotros (as)
1st 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.

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

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

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

16. 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.