{"id":368,"date":"2019-05-03T17:44:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T17:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/?post_type=chapter&p=368"},"modified":"2019-10-31T18:10:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:10:22","slug":"pronombres-del-sujeto","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/chapter\/pronombres-del-sujeto\/","title":{"raw":"Los pronombres del sujeto","rendered":"Los pronombres del sujeto"},"content":{"raw":"
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Objetivos<\/h3>\r\nChange personal nouns into subject pronouns\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\"Cover\r\n

\"Play<\/a><\/span> Pronombres del sujeto<\/h3>\r\nSubject pronouns are words that can be used as the subject of a sentence rather than repeating the noun. (Click here for an explanation of pronouns in English<\/a>)\r\n\r\nIn Spanish, the singular subjects are:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\"Play<\/a><\/span>yo<\/strong><\/td>\r\nI<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play<\/a><\/span>t\u00fa<\/strong><\/td>\r\nyou (informal)<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play<\/a><\/span>usted<\/strong><\/td>\r\nyou (formal)<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play<\/a><\/span>\u00e9l<\/strong><\/td>\r\nhe<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play<\/a><\/span>ella<\/strong><\/td>\r\nshe<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nPlural subjects are:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\"Play<\/a><\/span>nosotros \/ \"Play<\/a><\/span>nosotras *<\/strong><\/td>\r\nwe<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play<\/a><\/span>vosotros\u00a0 \/ \"Play<\/a><\/span>vosotras **<\/strong><\/td>\r\nyou (informal in Spain)<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play<\/a><\/span>ellos\u00a0 \/ \"Play<\/a><\/span>ellas<\/strong><\/td>\r\nthey<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play<\/a><\/span>ustedes<\/strong><\/td>\r\nyou all<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n*Nosotros<\/em>\u00a0(we) has a feminine\u00a0nosotras<\/em>\u00a0that is used when the entire group is composed of females. Likewise, vosotros<\/em> and ellos<\/em>\u00a0have feminine forms\u00a0vosotras<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0ellas<\/em>.\r\n\r\n** In Latin America,\u00a0vosotros<\/em>\u00a0is almost unheard of, and\u00a0ustedes<\/em>\u00a0is exclusively used instead\u00a0for the plural 'you' in both formal and informal speaking.\r\n\r\nAs society has become more sensitive to questions of gender and sexual identity, people have begun experimenting with ways to adjust the traditional binary-gendered structure of the Spanish language. For now, you should begin by learning the pronouns as used in standard Spanish, as detailed above; click the following link to explore some of the experiments in gender-neutral language that Spanish speakers have been developing.\u00a0https:\/\/nonbinary.wiki\/wiki\/Gender_neutral_language_in_Spanish<\/a>\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"771900\"]Click here for a more detailed explanation of the subject pronouns in Spanish[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"771900\"]\r\n\r\nEnglish subject pronouns are divided into the following categories: first person<\/strong> \u2013 the person speaking, second person<\/strong> \u2013 the person spoken to, and third person<\/strong> \u2013 the person spoken about. These categories are further divided into singular and plural. While a similar structure is used in Spanish, there are differences in the way that certain subject pronouns are used.\r\n

First Person<\/h4>\r\nWhile the first person yo<\/em> works very much like in English, the \u201cwe\u201d has two forms based on the gender composition of the group. If the group and speaker are all females then the nosotras<\/em> form is used, but if there is a single male in the group, then the nosotros<\/em> form is required. While the Spanish Academy of Languages has suggested recently that this be changed to agree with the gender of the majority, adoption of this will likely take some time in mainstream culture.\r\n\r\nEjemplos<\/em>\r\n