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Los Pronombres pronouns Subject Pronouns • In this presentation we’re going to look at the form and use of subject pronouns in Spanish. Do you remember subject pronouns?? Lets Get Started! • Compare these two sentences • Jorge es mexicano. • Él es mexicano. •In the first sentence, we name the person who is Mexican. •In the second sentence, we replace the person’s name with the word ‘él’. And your point is…?! •A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun: e.g. Jorge = él. •Examples of pronouns in English are : We, You, He, She, It, I & They. •These particular examples are all subject pronouns or pronouns used only when replacing subjects of verbs. Here are your subject pronouns in Spanish!! Subject Pronouns (Singular) •I • You (informal) • You (formal) • He • She • Yo • Tú • Usted (Ud.) • Él • Ella Subject Pronouns (Plural) • We (males) • We (females) • You All (informal & formal) • They (males) • They (females) • Nosotros • Nosotras • Ustedes (Uds.) • Ellos • Ellas You Who? • Tú, usted, and ustedes all mean “you.” • Use tú with family, friends, people your age or younger, and anyone you call by his or her first name. You Who? • Use usted with adults you address with a title, such as señor, señora, profesor, etc. Usted is a more formal address and is usually written as Ud. Hey, you! • In most countries, use ustedes when speaking to two or more people, regardless of age or formality. Ustedes is usually written as Uds. Subject Pronouns For the purposes of instructions, I will use the following abbreviations all year long to distinguish the different forms of ‘You’. Be Prepared to Memorize!!! Abbreviations You = Tú You (F) = Usted/(Ud.) You (P) = Ustedes/ (Uds) Masculine or Feminine? • If a group is made up of males only or of both males and females together, use the masculine forms: nosotros or ellos. Masculine or Feminine? • Only when a group is made up of ALL females do you use the feminine forms: nosotras or ellas. Subject Pronouns • You can combine a subject pronoun and a name to form a subject. Subject Pronouns • Alejandro y yo = nosotros • Carlos y ella = ellos • Pepe y tú = ustedes • Lola y ella = ellas Other Helpful Tips • Don’t forget the accent marks!! • Él (w/ accent) means ‘He’. • El (w/o accent) means ‘The’. More Helpful Tips • Unlike ‘I’ in English, ‘yo’ is only capitalized when it begins a sentence: Mi amigo y yo jugamos. One More Point! • In English we always have to use a subject pronoun. Look at these sentences: Went to the store. Speaks German. • Without the pronouns these sentences make no sense! Spanish is Different! • Spanish sentences frequently drop the subject pronoun when they are NOT needed to clarify who we are talking about: Bailas muy bien. Estudio con ellos. And finally… Did you notice ‘it’ is a subject pronoun in English? In Spanish, there is NO word for ‘it’ as a subject. You simply conjugate the verb in the él/ella/Ud. form!!!