Lunes, 5/10/15  What is the purpose of a subject pronoun?  Give at least one example of a subject pronoun in English.

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2 Lunes, 5/10/15  What is the purpose of a subject pronoun?  Give at least one example of a subject pronoun in English.

3 Pronombres de sujeto ¿Cuál es un pronombre de sujeto? A subject pronoun is a word that replaces the subject of a sentence Examples of subject pronouns in English are: “I, you, he, she, it, we, they.”

4 Compare these two sentences: Oribe Peralta es de México. Él es de México. In the first sentence, we name the person who is from Mexico. In the second sentence, we replace the person’s name with the word él.

5 Yo This means “I” and is used in the same way as in English. –Yo soy estadounidense. –Yo soy profesora. Note that it is not capitalized unless it starts a sentence.

6 Tú & usted In Spanish, there are several ways to express the concept of “you”. When talking to one person use: –tú with one person of about the same age (or younger), family members –usted (abbreviated Ud.) with one adult you are not related to.

7 Él y ella These pronouns are used in the same way as their English counterparts: –Jorge y Ana son mexicanos. Él es de Guadalajara y ella es de Acapulco.

8 Nosotros y nosotras In English we have one word to talk about “we,” but in Spanish, we distinguish between “we” masculine and feminine. Use the masculine pronoun nosotros if you are part of a group of all men and/or boys or a mixed group Use the feminine pronoun nosotras if you are part of a group of all girls and/or women.

9 Ustedes y vosotros When we want to talk to more than one person (“all of you” or “y’all”), we can use: –ustedes (abbreviated Uds.): this is used in most cases, regardless of whether the group you are addressing consists of “tú” or “usted.” –vosotros/vosotras: this is used only in Spain and only when everyone in the group is “tú.”

10 Ellos y ellas In English, we have one word to express the idea of “they,” but in Spanish, we distinguish between “they” for masculine and feminine Use the masculine ellos if you are referring to a group of all boys and/or men or a mixed group. Use the feminine ellas if you are talking about a group of all girls and/or women.

11 One more point! In English, we always have to use a subject pronoun. Look at these sentences: –Went to the store. –Speaks German. –Like classical music. Without the subject pronoun, we don’t know who we are talking about. The verb doesn’t give us enough information.

12 Spanish is different! Look at these sentences in Spanish: –Soy de Chicago. –Eres estudiante. –Es mexicana. –Somos compañeras de clase. –Son amigos. The verb does give us enough information: As such, Spanish sentences frequently drop the subject pronoun in writing and speech; they are not needed to clarify who we are talking about.

13 Let’s practice! Rewrite each sentence with an appropriate subject pronoun. _____ estudio español. _____ eres estudiante. Juan es mi amigo. _____ es de Chile. Marta es muy inteligente. _____ estudia física y química. Mis hermanos y yo somos atletas. _______ jugamos al vólibol y al fútbol. Mis hermanos juegan al béisbol también [also]. ______ son muy atléticos.

14 How did you do? Yo estudio español. Tú eres estudiante. Juan es mi amigo. (Él) es de Chile. Marta es muy inteligente. (Ella) estudia física y química. Mis hermanos y yo somos atletas. (Nosotros) jugamos al vólibol y al fútbol. Mis hermanos juegan al béisbol también [also]. (Ellos) son muy atléticos.

15 Los pronombres Here are the subject pronouns in Spanish: –I = yo –you = tú, usted (Ud.) –he = él –she = ella –we = nosotros, nosotras –you = ustedes (Uds.) –they = ellos, ellas

16 That’s confusing! Not really! Here’s a summary: Singular –I–Informal: tú –F–Formal: usted Plural –F–Formal/informal: ustedes