Spanish personal pronouns
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Lecto Comprensión en Español Course on Spanish Language Reading Comprehension (Level 1)
Spanish South America Online School of Languages
www.spanishsouthamerica.org
Personal Pronouns: Quick reference Broadly speaking, we can say that:
1. The Personal Pronouns used in subject position (that is, in the Nominative case, and which are stressed) are:
1ra persona del
Singular
Yo
2da persona del
Singular
Tú /Vos
(De modo formal, Usted refiere a la 2da persona pero
conjuga como la 3ra persona del singular)
3ra persona del
Singular
Él /ella/ ello
1ra persona del Plural Nosotros /nosotras
2da persona del Plural Vosotros/ vosotras
(De modo formal, Ustedes refiere a la 2da persona pero
conjuga como la 3ra persona del plural)
3ra persona del Plural Ellos /ellas
2. The Personal Pronouns used in direct object position (that is, in the Accusative case, and which are unstressed, placed before the verb) are:
Si
refiere
(Pronombres
Personales
Sujeto)
Usaremos como
Pronombres
Personales
Objeto Directo:
(Pronombres
Personales Objeto
Directo)
1ra p. sing Yo Me
2da p. sing Tú /Vos Te
3ra p. sing Él /ella/ ello/Usted Lo/la
Lecto Comprensión en Español Course on Spanish Language Reading Comprehension (Level 1)
Spanish South America Online School of Languages
www.spanishsouthamerica.org
a …..
como
objeto
1ra p. plural Nosotros
/nosotras
Nos
2da p. plural Vosotros/
vosotras
Os
3ra p. plural Ellos /ellas Los/ las
3. The Personal Pronouns used in indirect object position (that is, in the Dative case,
which are unstressed, placed before the verb or the direct object pronoun) are:
Si
refiere
a …..
como
objeto
(Pronombres
Personales
Sujeto)
Usaremos como Pronombres Personales
Objeto Indirecto:
(Pronombres Personales Objeto)
1ra p. sing Yo Me
2da p. sing Tú /Vos Te
3ra p. sing Él /ella/
ello/Usted
Le/se
1ra p. plural Nosotros
/nosotras
Nos
2da p. plural Vosotros/
vosotras
Os
3ra p. plural Ellos /ellas Les/ se
Remember:
When the direct object is also replaced by a pronoun (lo/los, la/las) the indirect object is replaced by the pronoun se, in both singular and plural.
- “¿Le diste el libro? (Did you give the book to her/him?)
-“Si, se lo di.” (I gave it to her/him)
Se is also used as a reflexive pronoun as in "Ella se peina" (She combs herself) and the subject of an indefinite construction of the passive voice as in "Se dice" (It is said), “Se cree” (it is believed)
Lecto Comprensión en Español Course on Spanish Language Reading Comprehension (Level 1)
Spanish South America Online School of Languages
www.spanishsouthamerica.org
Careful!
Although the Real Academia Española recognizes lo, la, los, las as the unstressed third-person object pronouns in Spanish, some people may use le/les in direct object position, e.g. for a masculine human reference “Le llamé” instead of “Lo llamé” (I called him) while lo is kept for things. “¿Encontraste tu pasaporte? Sí, lo encontré”.
This is also the case when the speaker wishes to show respect. “Les llamé ayer” (The third person in Spanish used as the second person to mean "you"-as ustedes- “I called you yesterday”).
Summary
DO Pronouns IO Pronouns
IO Pronoun (when
DO pronoun is also
present)
English Equivalent
Me me
Me
Te te
you (familiar)
lo, la le
se him, her, it, you (formal)
Nos nos
Us
Os os
you-all (familiar)
los, las les
se them, you-all (formal)
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