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There are many different kinds of Spanish pronouns
that you will learn as you advance in your skills.
In this video I'm going to explain all about subject pronouns in Spanish,
also known as the personal pronouns.
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Subject pronouns.
In Spanish there's first person singular, "Yo", "I".
"Yo enseño español", "I teach Spanish."
Second person singular
could be "Tú" or "Usted", "You".
"Tú" or "Usted", "You".
"Tú hablas español muy bien"
o "Usted habla español muy bien",
"You speak Spanish very well."
For third person singular
we have "Él"o "Ella",
"Él"o "Ella",
"He" or "She".
"Él es mi papá y ella es mi mamá",
"He is my dad and she is my mom."
For first person plural, we use "Nosotros",
"We". "Nosotros"
"Nosotros vamos a la escuela",
"We go to school."
For second person plural,
we have "Vosotros" or "Ustedes".
"Vosotros" or "Ustedes".
"Vosotros sois estudiantes",
"Ustedes son estudiantes",
"You are students."
For third person plural, we have
"Ellos" or "Ellas",
"Ellos" or "Ellas."
"They". "Ellos son americanos",
"They are americans."
"Ellas son americanas",
"They are americans."
Pronouns have gender. They can be masculine or feminine.
For example, for third person singular, there's "Él" and "Ella".
"Él" and "Ella".
"Él" is masculine, "Ella" is feminine.
"Él es un niño", "He is a boy."
"Ella es una niña", "She is a girl."
First person plural, "Nosotros"
or "Nosotras".
"Nosotros" or "Nosotras".
"Nosotros" is masculine,
but we can use it if there's a group of boys, "Nosotros,"
if we are boys or girls together, "Nosotros",
but if we are only girls, we say "Nosotras".
"Nosotros vamos a la escuela",
"We go to school."
For second person plural,
there's "Vosotros" o "Vosotras".
You guys, "Vosotros" or "Vosotras".
If you all are boys, we say "Vosotros".
If they're boys and girls, it stays "Vosotros".
If they are girls, "Vosotras".
"Vosotros sois estudiantes",
"You are students."
For third person plural,
"Ellos" or "Ellas".
If it's a group of boys, we say "Ellos", "They".
If it's a group of girls, "Ellas", "They."
If they are combined, girls and boys, "Ellos".
"Ellos son americanos",
"They are americans."
Pronouns have number, meaning they can be singular or plural.
For first person plural, we say "Nosotros" or "Nosotras", "We".
"Nosotros" or "Nosotras",
For second person plural,
we say "Vosotros", "Vosotras" o "Ustedes" - "You guys" .
"Vosotros", "Vosotras" o "Ustedes".
For third person plural, we say "Ellos" or "Ellas, "They".
"Ellos" or "Ellas,
What is the difference between "Tú" and "Usted"?
Both are second person, "Tú" and "Usted".
The difference is "Tú" is infomal;
"Usted" is fomal.
In Spanish, there's a formal way to address someone
and an informal way.
If you don't know the person, if you're meeting this person for the first time,
you want to use the formal way, "Usted".
If it's someone older than you, a senior,
a boss, someone that you would address with more respect,
you would use "Usted".
Yo can use "Tú" for informal situations, talking to the family,
a friend, someone you really know very well.
It is better when you're meeting someone to start with "Usted"
and being corrected, "Oh, don't worry, call me tú",
than meeting someone calling him "tú"
and then they're like, "Uh-uh, usted".
Pronouns have accent marks.
Pay attention to the accent marks.
"Tú", there's an accent on the U, "Tú".
If there's no accent, it means that it's a possessive adjective.
"Tu libro", "Your book," not Tú - "You" pronoun.
For "Él",
we have an accent on the E, "Él", "He".
If there's no accent, then it is a masculine singular article.
"El libro", "The book."
It is very important to know these pronouns in Spanish
because in a conversation
you don't want to be repeating the noun over and over again.
We can just eliminate the noun altogether. For example,
"Juan is my friend. Juan is 30 years old.
Juan lives in Mexico."
In Spanish, we can just eliminate the subject,
"Juan es mi amigo.
Él tiene 30 años y vive en México".
It is easy to get confused with all these pronouns,
vosotros, ustedes, nosotros.
Don't panic, it's okay.
First person singular, "Yo", "I".
"Yo"
Second person singular could be "Tú" or "Usted",
"Tú" or "Usted", "You".
For third person singular, we have "Él" o "Ella",
"Él" o "Ella", "He" or "She".
For first person plural, we use "Nosotros", "We".
"Nosotros",
For second person plural, we have
"Vosotros" or "Ustedes".
For third person plural, "Ellos" or "Ellas".
"Ellos" or "Ellas".
Now it's time for a quiz.
True or false, cierto o falso.
Número uno.
It's okay to address your boss saying the pronoun "Usted".
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Número dos.
You can use "Ellos" to refer to a group of men and women.
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Número tres.
It's okay to call an older person "Tú".
[música]
Número cuatro.
To address a group of women, it's okay if we say "Nosotros".
[música]
Número cinco. Accents don't matter.
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Muy bien, good job on the quiz.
Now it's time for a fun fact.
Did you know that in Mexico we don't use the pronoun "vosotros"?
That is only used in Spain
or a few Latin American countries like Argentina.
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