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Subject pronouns
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What is a pronoun? A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.
When the pronoun is the subject (the person doing the action) of the sentence, it is called a Subject Pronoun. Example: Bob is swimming. He is swimming. Subject Subject Pronoun
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What are the English subject pronouns?
Singular Plural 1st person I We 2nd person You You all 3rd person He, She, It They
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English subject p I = Yo We = nosotros (m) Nosotras (f) You = tú
Spanish subject pronouns are similar to English, but there are some differences. Singular Plural 1st person I = Yo We = nosotros (m) Nosotras (f) 2nd person You = tú You all = vosotros(m) Vosotras (f) 3rd person He = él She = ella They (m) = Ellos They (f) = Ellas English subject p
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The first person singular pronoun “YO”
“Yo” means “I” and is used in the same way as in English. Yo soy alumno. Note that it is not capitalized unless it starts a sentence: Mi amigo y yo… The first person singular pronoun “YO”
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Second person singular pronoun Tú
Tú means you (familiar/ informal) Used when talking to someone familiar We’ll learn more about this in a moment. Second person singular pronoun Tú
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3rd person singular masculine él
Él = he It is used when talking ABOUT a boy/guy/man. DON’T forget the accent mark. If you do, you are actually writing the Spanish word for “the” él = he el = the 3rd person singular masculine él
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3rd person singular Feminine Ella
Ella = she It is used when talking ABOUT a girl/woman. Please pronounce it correctly. It sounds like (eh-yah) not (el- lah) Remember ll= y sound. 3rd person singular Feminine Ella
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The first person plural pronoun “Nosotros / nosotras”
Use nosotros/ nosotras to talk about a group of people that includes you. in English we have one word to talk about “we,” but in Spanish, we distinguish between “we” masculine and feminine: Jennifer & Ana say Nosotras somos alumnas. Ben and John say Nosotros somos alumnos. The first person plural pronoun “Nosotros / nosotras”
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2nd person plura VOSOTROS / AS
VOSOTROS means you all Familiar (when talking to friends the same age as you There is also a distinction of gender Vosotras – you all feminine Vosotros – you all masculine 2nd person plura VOSOTROS / AS
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3rd person Plural masculine Ellos
Ellos = They (masculine) It is used when talking ABOUT a group of boys/guys/men or a mixed group. Please pronounce it correctly. It sounds like (eh-yohs) not (el-lohs) Remember ll= y sound. 3rd person Plural masculine Ellos
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3rd person plural Feminine Ellas
Ellas = They (feminine) It is used when talking ABOUT a group of only females. Please pronounce it correctly. It sounds like (eh-yahs) not (el- lahs) Remember ll= y sound. 3rd person plural Feminine Ellas
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Adapted from mendycolbert.com
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