Español 1 El 15 de octubre de 2012 Entrada: Pronouns[en el libro importante] Answer the following questions in complete sentences in English: 1.What is.

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1 Español 1 El 15 de octubre de 2012 Entrada: Pronouns[en el libro importante] Answer the following questions in complete sentences in English: 1.What is a pronoun? 2.Explain what 1 st person, 2 nd person, and 3 rd person mean. 3.List the subject pronouns in English. (Hint: there are singular & plural pronouns in 1 st person, 2 nd person, 3 rd person)

2 Subject Pronouns Subjects The subject of a sentence tells who or what is doing the action. Peoples names are often used as the subject: Gregory listens to music. Ana sings and dances. You also use subject pronouns to tell who is doing an action. Subject pronouns replace peoples names.

3 Subject Pronouns Subject pronouns The English subject pronouns are: SingularPlural 1 st personIwe 2 nd personyou (you all, yall, you guys) 3 rd personhe, she, itthey

4 Subject Pronouns Subject pronouns The Spanish subject pronouns are: SingularPlural 1 st personyonosotros, nosotras 2 nd person tú (familiar) usted / Ud. (formal) vosotros, vosotras (familiar, used in Spain & in literature) ustedes / Uds. (used everywhere) 3 rd personél, ellaellos, ellas

5 Subject Pronouns Different forms of you Use tú with family, friends, people your age or younger, and anyone you call by his/her first name. Use usted with adults you address with a title, such as señor, señora, profesor(a), etc. Usted is usually written as Ud. In Spain, use vosotros(as) when speaking to two or more people who you call tú individually: tú + tú = vosotros(as). Use ustedes when talking to two or more people you call usted individually. Everywhere else, use ustedes when speaking to two of more people, regardless of age. Ustedes is usually written as Uds.

6 Subject Pronouns Groups If a group is made up of males only or of both males and females together, use the masculine forms (nosotros, vosotros, ellos). If a group is all females, use the feminine forms (nosotras, vosotras, ellas). You can combine a subject pronoun and a name to form a subject: Alejandro y yo = nosotros Carlos y ella = ellos Pepe y tú = ustedes Lola y ella = ellas

7 Español 1 El 15 de octubre de 2012 Salida: Subject pronouns [en el libro importante] For each Spanish subject pronoun, give at least two examples of a person/group of people for which you would use that pronoun. *Exception: Yo should only have one example.