Subject Pronouns in Spanish

Several years ago your teachers taught you about the subject of a sentence. They also taught you about verbs. We talk about the subject of a sentence performing the action of the sentence. That subject is the first part of understanding what a subject pronoun is. The second part is the word pronoun. In basic terms, a pronoun takes the place of a noun. So, instead of saying my brother we can change it to just say he. He is a pronoun replacing the noun brother. So let's study the pronouns in Spanish:




I




Yo


We


Nosotros

You (familiar)


Tú


You-all (familiar)*


Vosotros

He


Él


They (male or co-ed)


Ellos

She


Ella


They (all female)


Ellas

You (formal)


Usted (Ud.)


You-all (formal)*


Ustedes (Uds.)

* - The you-all (familiar) "vosotros" is mostly limited to Spain in its usage. In Latin America the pronoun ustedes is widely used for you-all whether it is formal or familiar. By the way, we recognize that you-all is not proper and formal English but it will be used throughout the course for the simplicity in distinguishing it from the singular you.

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[brifleming14]

Thank you! I really enjoyed this and it helped a lot! I also like the mini quiz at the end :)