1. Subject Pronouns

2. What is the subject of a sentence?
Tells who is doing the action.
People’s names can be the subject of a sentence.
Gregorio escucha música.
Gregory listens to music.
Ana canta y baila.
Ana sings and dances.
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3. You can also use subject pronouns to tell who is doing an action
You can also use subject pronouns to tell who is doing an action. The subject pronoun replaces people’s names.
Él escucha música.
He listens to music.
Ella canta y baila.
She sings and dances.
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4. Here are the subject pronouns
yo I
tú you
Usted you
él he
ella she
nosotros, we
nosotras
vosotros you all
Ustedes you all
ellos they
ellas they
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5. Tú, Usted, Ustedes, and vosotros
All mean you.
Use tú with family, friends, people your age or younger, and anyone you call by their first name.
Use Usted with adults you address with a title. Usually written Ud.
Ustedes is used to talk to more than one person. Wrtten Uds.
Vosotros is used to talk to more than one person and is only used in Spain.
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6. If a group is made up of males only or of both males and females together, use the masculine forms: nosotros, ellos
If a group is made up of all females, use the feminine forms: nosotras, ellas
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7. You can combine a subject pronoun and a name to form a subject.
Juan y yo = nosotros
Carlos y ella = ellos
Pepe y tú = Uds.
Lola y ella = ellas
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8. What subject pronoun would you use to talk about these people?
Carlos él
2. Felipe y yo
nosotros
3. María y Sarita
ellas
4. Pablo, Tomás, y Anita
ellos
5. El señor Treviño
6. Tú y Esteban
Uds.
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9. Tell whether you would use tú, Ud., or Uds.
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