subject pronouns slides and personal 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.
 He does work in New
York.
Work
I work
You work
They work
She works
He works
We work
It works
Trabajar
Yo trabajo
Tu trabajas
Ellos trabajan
Ella trabaja
El trabaja
Eso trabaja
Nosotoros trabajamos

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

6. Spanish Subject Pronouns
Singular Plural
1st Person
2nd Person
3rd Person
El
Ella
usted
Nosotros
Nosotras
ustedes
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.
 ai

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

9. El
3rd person singular
 El = he
 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
 It is used to talk about a girl or
something “feminine”.

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
 ustedes(as) is used to address a
group of people.
 It is informal
 It is used only in Spain.
 Iu

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.

15. Ellas
3rd person plural
 Ellas = they
 It is used to talk about a group of
females or “feminine” objects.

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.

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