Subject Pronouns

Subject Pronouns

2020-2021

Yo

When the person is talking about themselves

Tú (you, informal)

When you are talking TO someone you refer to on a first name basis

Él

When you are talking ABOUT someone who is male.

Ella

When you are talking ABOUT someone who is female.

Usted (you, formal)

Used when you're talking TO anyone you refer to by last name

Nosotros / Nosotras

When you are talking ABOUT a group that includes yourself.

Masculine: -os

Feminine: -as

Ellos

When you are talking ABOUT a group of people that are either all males OR mixed group (males & females)

Ellas (They)

When talking ABOUT a group that is all female.

Ustedes

When you're talking TO a group of people (no mater what gender).

Practice

On the following questions, you're talking TO the person.

Multiple Select

Which pronoun would you use for Selena Gómez? (2 answers)

• yo

• tú

• ella

• Usted

Multiple Choice

You're talking TO your teacher

• yo

• él or ella

• Usted

• nosotros

Multiple Choice

You're talking TO 3 of your female friends in Spain

• Nosotros

• Nosotras

• Vosotros

• Vosotras

Multiple Choice

You're talking TO your best friend

• yo

• tú

• él

• ella

Más practica

In the next slides, you're talking ABOUT the people

Multiple Choice

Beyoncé & Jay-Z

• nosotros

• ellos

• ellas

• vosotros

Multiple Choice

Your best friend and yourself

• ellos / ellas

• vosotros / vosotras

• nosotros / nosotras

• ustedes

Multiple Choice

Sra. Rodriguez & Sra. Schmit

• nosotras

• ellos

• ellas

• ustedes

Multiple Choice

If you're talking ABOUT a group of boys, which subject pronoun would you use?

• ustedes

• ellas

• ellos

• tú

Multiple Choice

If you're talking TO a group of people, what pronoun would you use?

• tú

• nosotros

• ustedes

• ellos