Notes: Nouns & Subject Pronouns

Subject Nouns In languages, subject nouns tell WHO or WHAT is doing the action in your sentence. ________ eats ice cream. _______________ live in Caracas. _________ costs €45. ______ ate a mouse. Ramón Silvia and Carlos The shirt A cat

Subject Nouns Now…… if you always use the subject noun, your sentences become very repetitive. Silvia y Carlos live in Caracas. Silvia y Carlos moved from Bogotá. Silvia y Carlos looked for a house. Silvia y Carlos bought a house. Silvia painted the kitchen and Carlos painted the house blue.

Subject Pronouns Subject Pronouns are the words you use to refer back to the subject noun once you’ve established WHO or WHAT you’re talking about.

Subject Pronouns They Silvia y Carlos live in Caracas. ______ moved from Bogotá. ______ looked for a house and ______bought an old house. Silvia looked for paint so _____ could paint the kitchen. Carlos needed to repair the roof so ____ bought new shingles. They they she he

Subject Pronouns So when someone else starts doing an action, you have to use a Subject Noun so everyone knows you’re talking about a different person or thing. Once you do that, you can use Subject Pronouns again.

Subject Pronouns They Silvia y Carlos live in Caracas. ______ moved from Bogotá. ______ looked for a house and ______bought an old house. Silvia looked for paint so _____ could paint the kitchen. Carlos needed to repair the roof so ____ bought new shingles. They they she he

Subject Pronouns

I we you you all he & it she & it they (masculine) they (feminine) singular (one person) plural (two or more) I we you (informal) you all he & it she & it (formal) they (masculine) they (feminine) (formal & informal)

yo I

tú you (informal)

él he

ella she

usted you (formal)

nosotros we

vosotros you all (informal)

ellos they (masculine)

ellas they (feminine)

you all (formal & informal) ustedes you all (formal & informal)

Now some important info

Spain Ud. Uds. Ustedes Vosotros is only used in _________, in the Americas, everyone uses _____________.   Ustedes In Spanish, you’ll sometimes see the Latin abbreviations used: usted ______ & ustedes _______   Ud. Uds.

In English, back in the day, we used to use ______, ______, _______ but over the centuries we stopped using those forms.   thou thee thine

Using tú Tú = You (informal/familiar) Use Tú to address: Anyone you already know Anyone in your family A friend Anyone who is younger than you Anyone you know really well

Using usted Usted = You (formal) Use Usted to address: Anyone you’ve never met Anyone you want to show respect to Anyone who is older than you

Would you address the following people as tú or usted? 1. Your principal _____________ 2. Your best friend ____________ 3. Your brother or sister __________ 4. Your English teacher ___________ 5. A policeman __________ 6. Your classmate ___________ 7. Barack Obama ____________ tú tú usted usted tú usted

How are you? ¿Cómo estás tú? (informal/familiar) ¿Cómo está usted?

How are you? Which question would you ask Mr. Mares? ¿Cómo está usted? Which question would you ask Steve? ¿Cómo estás tú?

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