Capítulo uno Gramática 1.2 Subject pronouns (Los pronombres)

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1 Capítulo uno Gramática 1.2 Subject pronouns (Los pronombres)

2 Subject Pronouns Subject pronouns take the place of a subject so that you do not have to keep repeating the subject over and over again. For example: Rosa vive en Ecuador. Rosa es una estudiante. Rosa es de Peru. Or, you could use a subject pronoun to replace Rosa so that you do not have to keep repeating her name. Rosa vive en Ecuador. Ella es una estudiante. Ella es de Peru.

3 Subject pronouns (Los pronombres) Subject pronouns (Los pronombres) SINGULAR PLURAL yo I tú you (familiar) él ella usted (Ud.) he she you (formal) nosotros nosotras vosotros vosotras ellos ellas ustedes (Uds.) we (masculine or mixed group) we (feminine) You all (masculine or mixed group) You all (feminine) they (masculine or mixed group) they (feminine.) You all

4 o The first person singular pronoun “YO” o “Yo” means “I” and is used in the same way as in English. o Note that it is not capitalized unless it starts a sentence: Subject pronouns (Los pronombres) Yo soy americano. Yo soy estudiante I am American I am a student Mi amigo y yo somos de Venezuela. My friend and I are from Venezuela.

5 o In Spanish there are two ways to say “you” (singular). o Use tú when addressing a friend, a family member, or a child you know well. o Use usted to address a person with whom you have a formal relationship, do not know or have a more distant relationship, such as a superior at work, a professor, or an older person. o Although subject pronouns are often left out, the pronoun usted is commonly stated when addressing someone to show respect. Subject pronouns (Los pronombres) friend relative someone your age teacher adult you’ve just met someone you show respect to Familiar tú Formal usted ¿Cómo está usted? How are you?

6 o In Spanish there are three ways to say “you all” o Vosotros/vosotras are the plural forms of tú. Ustedes is the plural form of usted. o Vosotros is used when talking to a familiar group of males or a mixed group. o Vosotras is the feminine form of vosotros and is used when the entire group are females. o These two familiar forms are used primarily in Spain. Subject pronouns (Los pronombres) friend relative people your age any group Familiar (in Spain) vosotros Form. & Fam. ustedes

7 o The masculine plural forms nosotros, vosotros, and ellos refer to a group of males or to a group of males and females. o The feminine plural forms nosotras, vosotras, and ellas can refer only to groups made up exclusively of females. Subject pronouns (Los pronombres) group of all males group of males and females group of all females Masculine nosotros vosotros (Spain) ellos Feminine nosotras vosotras (Spain) ellas

8 Yo is I and tú is you. Él and Ella, he and she. Usted is you, more formally. Nosotros/nosotras both mean we. Ustedes is y’all the southern way. Vosostros is y’all but just in Spain. Ellos and ellas both mean they. And that will bring us back to yo yo yo…. Yo is I and tú is you. Él and Ella, he and she. Usted is you, more formally. Nosotros/nosotras both mean we. Ustedes is y’all the southern way. Vosostros is y’all but just in Spain. Ellos and ellas both mean they. And that will bring us back to yo. ® Vamos a cantar (Let’s sing) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulqwY_x2uJU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNqJle2NgyM Class sing the song Do re mi instrumental