1. Subject pronouns

2. What is a pronoun? A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.
When the pronoun is the subject (the person doing the action) of the sentence, it is called a Subject Pronoun.
Example: Bob is swimming. He is swimming.
Subject
Subject Pronoun

3. What are the English subject pronouns?
Singular
Plural
1st person I We
2nd person
You
You all
3rd person
He, She, It
They

4. English subject p I = Yo We = nosotros (m) Nosotras (f) You = tú
Spanish subject pronouns are similar to English, but there are some differences.
Singular
Plural
1st person
I = Yo
We = nosotros (m)
Nosotras (f)
2nd person
You = tú
You all = vosotros(m)
Vosotras (f)
3rd person
He = él
She = ella
They (m) = Ellos
They (f) = Ellas
English subject p

5. The first person singular pronoun “YO”
“Yo” means “I” and is used in the same way as in English.
Yo soy alumno.
Note that it is not capitalized unless it starts a sentence:
Mi amigo y yo…
The first person singular pronoun “YO”

6. Second person singular pronoun Tú
Tú means you (familiar/ informal)
Used when talking to someone familiar
We’ll learn more about this in a moment.
Second person singular pronoun Tú

7. 3rd person singular masculine él
Él = he
It is used when talking ABOUT a boy/guy/man.
DON’T forget the accent mark. If you do, you are actually writing the Spanish word for “the”
él = he el = the
3rd person singular masculine él

8. 3rd person singular Feminine Ella
Ella = she
It is used when talking ABOUT a girl/woman.
Please pronounce it correctly.
It sounds like (eh-yah) not (el- lah)
Remember ll= y sound.
3rd person singular Feminine Ella

9. The first person plural pronoun “Nosotros / nosotras”
Use nosotros/ nosotras to talk about a group of people that includes you.
in English we have one word to talk about “we,” but in Spanish, we distinguish between “we” masculine and feminine:
Jennifer & Ana say
Nosotras somos alumnas.
Ben and John say
Nosotros somos alumnos.
The first person plural pronoun “Nosotros / nosotras”

10. 2nd person plura VOSOTROS / AS
VOSOTROS means you all
Familiar (when talking to friends the
same age as you
There is also a distinction of gender
Vosotras – you all feminine
Vosotros – you all masculine
2nd person plura VOSOTROS / AS

11. 3rd person Plural masculine Ellos
Ellos = They (masculine)
It is used when talking ABOUT a group of boys/guys/men or a mixed group.
Please pronounce it correctly.
It sounds like (eh-yohs) not (el-lohs)
Remember ll= y sound.
3rd person Plural masculine Ellos

12. 3rd person plural Feminine Ellas
Ellas = They (feminine)
It is used when talking ABOUT a group of only females.
Please pronounce it correctly.
It sounds like (eh-yahs) not (el- lahs)
Remember ll= y sound.
3rd person plural Feminine Ellas

13. Adapted from mendycolbert.com