Subject Pronouns

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