Subject Pronouns
Subject Pronouns
Yo
I
Tú
You (familiar)
Ud.
Él
Ella
You (formal)
He
She
Nosotros
Nosotras
We (mas./mas.fem.)
We (fem.)
_________________
Uds.
Ellos
Ellas
You (plural)/You all
They (mas./mas. fem.)
They (fem.)
Using Subject Pronouns
• *The subject of a sentence tells who is doing
the action.
• *You often use people’s names as the subject.
Ex. Pablo escucha música. / Pablo listens to
music.
• *You can also use the subject pronoun in place
of the name.
Ex. Él escucha música. / He listens to music.
Tú, usted, and ustedes
• Tú, usted, and ustedes all mean “you”.
• Use tú when talking to someone your own
age, a sibling, or anyone younger than you.
• Use usted when talking to an adult.
• Use ustedes when talking directly to more
than 1 person or group of people regardless of
age or gender.
Nosotros / Nosotras
• Use nosotros when you are talking about yourself
and a male, yourself and a group of males, or
yourself and a group of males and females. (boys
will always use nosotros) Ex. Felipe y yo
(nosotros) / Carlos, Pablo, Ana y yo (nosotros)
• Use nosotras if you are a female and you are
talking about yourself and another female or
yourself and a group of females. (boys will never
use nosotras) Ex. Ana y yo (female) (nosotras)
Ellos
/
Ellas
• Use ellos to talk about a group of boys or a
group of boys and girls regardless of age. Ex.
Los chicos (ellos) / Pablo, Paco, y Claudia.
(Ellos)
• Use ellas to talk about a group of girls
regardless of age. Ex. Las chicas (ellas) /
Susana y Marta (ellas)
¡Vamos a practicar!
• What subject pronouns would you use to talk
about these people?
él
• Carlos _____________
• Felipe y yo ___________
nosotros
• María y Sarita ___________
ellas
• Pablo, Tomás y Anita __________
ellos
• El Sr. Treviño __________
él
• La Sra. Thomas___________
ella
¡Vamos a practicar!
• Tell whether you would use tú, Ud., or Uds.
When talking directly to the following people:
• Your teacher ____________
Usted
• Your best friend ___________
tú
• Your coach ___________
Usted
Ustedes
• A group of teachers __________
• Ana y Felipe ____________
Ustedes
• Your little brother ____________
tú