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Intro to Spanish

Subject Pronouns

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Hacer Ahora

Underline the SUBJECTS of the following

English Sentences

1) Gregory plays the piano. 2) Jonathan talks on the phone.

3) Samantha and Elizabeth listen to music.

What is a subject?

What words can we replace the subjects with

in the sentences above?

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Hacer Ahora

1) Gregory plays the piano.

2) Jonathan talks on the phone.

3) Samantha and Elizabeth listen to music.

4) Subject: who orwhatdoes the action

5) Subject Pronouns!

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Subject Pronouns

Subject Pronouns: A word that takes theplace of the subject.

Why do we use Subject Pronouns?

To make our sentences shorter and easier!

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English Subject Pronouns

I WE

YOU YOU ALL

HE/SHE THEY

Singular Plural

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Un Modelo

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Prctica

In the English sentences below, identify

which ENGLISH SUBJECT PRONOUN you

could use to replace the SUBJECT in eachsentence. 1) Laniya walks to the door.

2) Jacob and Samantha eat breakfast.

3) Jamie and I go to the mall.

4) Sr. Rabin teaches Spanish class.

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1) Laniya walks to the door.

SUBJECT? Laniya

SUBJECT PRONOUN? SHE

2) Jacob and Samantha eat breakfast.

SUBJECT? Jacob and Samantha

SUBJECT PRONOUN? THEY

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3) Jamie and I go to the mall.

SUBJECT? Jamie and I

SUBJECT PRONOUN? WE

4) Sr. Rabin teaches Spanish class..

SUBJECT? Sr. Rabin

SUBJECT PRONOUN? HE

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In Spanish, we also have SUBJECT

PRONOUNS and we use them for theEXACT SAME REASON!!

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Spanish Subject Pronouns

I =Yo We = NOSOTROS orNOSOTRAS

YOU (informal) = T YOU ALL (informal) =VOSOTROS or

VOSOTRAS

HE = lSHE = Ella

YOU (formal) = Usted

THEY =ELLOS (males) Or

ELLAS (females) Or

YOU ALL (Formal) =

USTEDES

Singular Plural

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Un Repaso A Review

When do we use T vs Usted?

(Think: Cmo ests tversus Cmo est

usted?)T =YOU Usted =YOU

- Informal - Formal

- LessRespect/Authority

- MoreRespect/Authority

- Friends, Younger thanyou, close family

- People with titles, olderthan you, authority figures

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The difference between T and Ustedonly occurs when you are talking TOsomeone (because they both mean

YOU)

* IfI was talking TO my best friend, which Spanishsubject pronoun should I use?

* IfI was talking TO a police officer, which Spanishsubject pronoun should I use?

Usted

T

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Un Modelo

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The ChantSr. Rabin: When I say yo you say I Yo!

Students: I!

Sr. Rabin: Yo

Students: I!

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Sr. Rabin: When I say Tu you sayYou Tu!

Students: You!

Sr. Rabin: Tu!

Students: You!

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PrcticaIdentify which Spanish subject

pronoun you could use to replacethe SUBJECTS listed below.

1) Jane:English subject pronoun? She

Spanish subject pronoun? Ella

2) Kevin:English subject pronoun? He

Spanish subject pronoun? l

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3) Jenny and Lakira:English subject pronoun? They (girls)

Spanish subject pronoun? Ellas

4) I: English subject pronoun? I

Spanish subject pronoun? Yo

5) Talking to you (best friend):English subject pronoun? You (informal)

Spanish subject pronoun? T

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6) Talking to you (principal):English subject pronoun? You (formal)

Spanish subject pronoun? Usted

7) Talking aboutMrs. Covington:English subject pronoun? She

Spanish subject pronoun? Ella

8) Steven and I (male):English subject pronoun? We (males)

Spanish subject pronoun? Nosotros

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9) Benny and Donald:English subject pronoun? They (males)

Spanish subject pronoun? Ellos

10) You all (females) (in Spain)English subject pronoun? You all (girls)

Spanish subject pronoun? Vosotras