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Subject Pronouns

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Subject Pronouns

Subject pronouns are the words that we use to replace nouns. In Spanish, they have subject pronouns but they don’t always need to use them with the verb.

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Subject pronouns in Spanish

  • You DO NOT always need to use subject pronouns in Spanish.
    • This means, you don’t always need words like ‘yo’ or ‘tú’.
  • The verb ending shows who is doing the verb.
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I, you, he, she

  • yo - I
  • - you (singular)
  • el - he/it
  • ella - she/it
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We, you, they

  • nosotros/nosotras - we
  • vosotros/vosotras - you (plural)
  • ellos/ellas - they
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Nosotros, vosotros, ellos

  • We use 'nosotros', 'vosotros' and 'ellos' for:
    • Talking about more than one masculine noun.
    • Talking about male people, or a mixed group of masculine and feminine.
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Nosotras, vosotras, ellas

  • We use 'nosotras', 'vosotras' and 'ellas' for:
    • Talking about more than one feminine noun or female people.

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