1. Notes: Nouns & Subject Pronouns

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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

8. Subject Pronouns

9. 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)

10. yo I

11. tú
you
(informal)

12. él he

13. ella
she

14. usted
you
(formal)

15. nosotros we

16. vosotros
you all
(informal)

17. ellos
they
(masculine)

18. ellas
they
(feminine)

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

20. Now some important info

21. 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.

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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

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

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

28. Now let’s practice!