Subject Pronouns
What is the subject of a sentence? Tells who is doing the action. People’s names can be the subject of a sentence. Gregorio escucha música. Gregory listens to music. Ana canta y baila. Ana sings and dances. 12/7/2018
You can also use subject pronouns to tell who is doing an action You can also use subject pronouns to tell who is doing an action. The subject pronoun replaces people’s names. Él escucha música. He listens to music. Ella canta y baila. She sings and dances. 12/7/2018
Here are the subject pronouns yo I tú you Usted you él he ella she nosotros, we nosotras vosotros you all Ustedes you all ellos they ellas they 12/7/2018
Tú, Usted, Ustedes, and vosotros All mean you. Use tú with family, friends, people your age or younger, and anyone you call by their first name. Use Usted with adults you address with a title. Usually written Ud. Ustedes is used to talk to more than one person. Wrtten Uds. Vosotros is used to talk to more than one person and is only used in Spain. 12/7/2018
If a group is made up of males only or of both males and females together, use the masculine forms: nosotros, ellos If a group is made up of all females, use the feminine forms: nosotras, ellas 12/7/2018
You can combine a subject pronoun and a name to form a subject. Juan y yo = nosotros Carlos y ella = ellos Pepe y tú = Uds. Lola y ella = ellas 12/7/2018
What subject pronoun would you use to talk about these people? Carlos él 2. Felipe y yo nosotros 3. María y Sarita ellas 4. Pablo, Tomás, y Anita ellos 5. El señor Treviño 6. Tú y Esteban Uds. 12/7/2018
Tell whether you would use tú, Ud., or Uds. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 12/7/2018
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