{"id":7115,"date":"2019-12-11T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydailyspanish.com\/?p=7115"},"modified":"2022-08-23T23:09:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T07:09:22","slug":"spanish-subject-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mydailyspanish.com\/spanish-subject-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Get to Know Spanish Subject Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is an article about Spanish subject pronouns.<\/strong> We\u2019ll start by looking at what they are, and then go through each (don\u2019t worry, there aren\u2019t too many), and look at how to use them!<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are pronouns? Let’s review<\/h2>\n

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We know that nouns are words that name things. Pronouns are words that can be used to replace them. For example, the bold words in this account are pronouns:<\/p>\n

Jim went to his<\/strong> wardrobe and pulled out his <\/strong>best suit jacket, which his <\/strong>mother had given to him.<\/strong> He<\/strong> had to get it dry-cleaned before he <\/strong>could wear it to visit <\/em>her.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Are pronouns that important? Well, let\u2019s look at Jim\u2019s story again, but this time without pronouns:<\/p>\n

Jim went to Jim\u2019s wardrobe and pulled out Jim\u2019s best suit jacket. Jim\u2019s mother had given the suit jacket to Jim. Jim had to get the suit jacket dry-cleaned before Jim could wear the suit jacket to visit Jim\u2019s mother<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So, you tell me. Are pronouns important?<\/p>\n

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(Yes. Yes, they are.)<\/span><\/p>\n

So, what are Spanish subject pronouns?<\/h2>\n

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There are different types of pronouns. One group is personal pronouns, and within this group, we find our topic for today: subject pronouns.<\/p>\n

The subject of a phrase is the person or thing that\u2019s \u201cdoing\u201d the action. For example, the subject in \u2018John loves Mary\u2019 is John. He\u2019s doing the lovin\u2019.<\/p>\n

So, a personal subject pronoun is a pronoun that refers to the (usually human) subject of the sentence! In English, they are \u2018I,\u2019 \u2018you,\u2019 \u2018he,\u2019 \u2018she,\u2019 (\u2018it\u2019), \u2018we,\u2019 and \u2018they.\u2019<\/p>\n

And here they are in Spanish:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t
yo<\/i><\/Strong> (\u2018I\u2019)<\/td>nosotros<\/i><\/Strong> (\u2018we\u2019)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
t\u00fa (\u2018you\u2019)<\/td>vosotros<\/i><\/Strong> (\u2018you\u2019)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e9l\/ella\/usted<\/i><\/Strong> (\u2018he\u2019\/\u2018she\u2019\/ [\u2018it\u2019] \/\u2019you\u2019) <\/td>ustedes<\/i><\/Strong> (\u2018they\u2019\/\u2019you\u2019)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

It\u2019s not me, it\u2019s you …<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Before we start looking at the Spanish subject pronouns one by one, we need to talk about the subject pronoun \u2018you.\u2019<\/p>\n

In English, we use the word \u2018you\u2019 in a lot of different ways without even thinking about it! We use it for the:<\/p>\n

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