Subject Pronouns
01 Apr 2018Definition
As its name suggests, a subject pronoun is used to replace the subject noun of a sentence.
In English there are seven subject pronouns: “I”, “you”, “he”, “she”, “it”, “we”
and “they”. In Spanish, there are twelve: two pronouns take gender (nosotros
and vosotros), and there are four pronouns for “you”.
| Singular | Plural |
|---|---|
| yo | nosotros(as) |
| tú | vosotros(as) |
| usted | ustedes |
| él | ellos |
| ella | ellas |
NB: there is no “it” in Spanish.
Verb conjugation
The conjugated verb must agree in number(first-/second-/third-person) with the
subject. This is true for -ar, -er and -ir verbs:
| Person | -ar | -er | -ir |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | -o, -amos | -o, -emos, | -o, -imos |
| 2nd | -as, -áis | -es, -éis | -es, -ís |
| 3rd | -a, -an | -e, -en | -e, -en |