Subject Pronouns

(I, you, he, she, we, they..)

Subject Pronouns The subject of a sentence tells who is doing the action. People’s names are often the subject of a sentence: Maria corre y salta. Paco tiene plátanos.

Subject Pronouns Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, they) are also used to tell who is doing an action. Subject pronouns replace people’s names. The subject pronouns are:

Singular Subject Pronouns Yo Tú Usted (Ud.) Él Ella I You (informal) You (formal) He She

Plural Subject Pronouns Nosotros Nosotras Vosotros Vosotras Ustedes (Uds.) Ellos Ellas We (m and f) We (female only) You (All) (m and f) informal You (All) (female) informal You (All) (formal) They (m and f) They (females)

Subject Pronouns Use usted with adults that you would address with a title. For example: señor, señora, doctor(a), profesor(a), etc. Usted is usually written as Ud. and Ustedes as Uds.

Subject Pronouns In Latin America, ustedes is used when speaking to two or more people, regardless of age. In Spain, vosotros (as) is used to address two or more people who you are familiar with and would not address with a title( like señor or señora…)

Subject Pronouns Use the masculine forms: nosotros, ellos (nosotros, ellos) when a group is made up of males only or of both males and females together. Use the feminine forms vosotras and ellas when the people in the groups are only female.

Subject Pronouns Paco y yo = nosotros Roberto y ella = ellos Beto y tú = ustedes Angela y ella = ellas