Los Pronombres Personales

1. Los Pronombres Personales Subject Pronouns Intro to Spanish by Señora Segura Cold Spring Harbor High School January 2005

2. What are subject pronouns? • Pronouns can take the place of nouns. • Nouns are people, animals, places, or things • A subject pronoun will serve as the main actor of a sentence. • Remember we use subject pronouns all the time in English. • In Spanish, howeversubject pronouns are only use for emphasis or clarity

3. Subject Pronouns

4. Singular pronounsthey represent one person First personsingular Second personsingular, use to addresses a friend or peer Third personsingular Usted “you” for addressing a stranger or someone whose title you see or someone older than you.

5. Plural pronounsthey represent more than one person “you all” vosotros /vosotras In Spain is the familiar plural form used when addressing friends. In all other areas of the Spanish speaking world, ustedes (Uds.) is used to mean you all, whether speaking to friends or strangers, to men or to women.

6. Translate the following Englishpronouns into Spanish nosotros 1.- I …………………………… 2.- we ( 2 ways) ………………………………….. 3.- you familiar ……………………………………….. ………………………………………….. 4.- they femenine …………………………………… 5.- she ……………………………………………….. 6.- he …………………………………… 6.- you all (not in Spain) ……………………………………….. 7.- they masculine ………………………………………… 8.- you all Spain ( 2 ways) ……………………………… ………………………………. yo tú nosotras ellas ella él ustedes ellos vosotros vosotras

7. tarea • Copy pronouns chart in your notebook • Complete the handout. El fin