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Conjugación 0: Introduction to Spanish Language Subjects and Pronouns
This is the first of a series of entries concerning the wonderful mystery that is Spanish language conjugación and tenses. I hope you find it useful!
Spanish Language Subjects and Pronouns
The subject is the person (or object) that performs the action described by the verb; in other words, it's the main person, thing, idea, etc., whom we talk about in the sentence we make. Any thing, person or idea (or things or people or ideas) can be a subject, and we can either mention it by name (Juan, Alicia, Marcos, el Sr. López, etc.) or replace it with one of the subject pronouns:
Los Pronombres Personales
| Yo | I | The speaker, alone. |
| Tú | You | The person who the speaker is talking to, alone. |
| Usted | You | The person who the speaker is talking to, alone. Usted is the formal way to address people, generally used for strangers, authority figures, and older people. |
| Él | He | One man the speaker refers to without speaking directly to him. |
| Ella | She | One woman the speaker refers to without speaking directly to her. |
| Nosotros | We | A group of people the speaker belongs to. |
| Ustedes | You | A group of people the speaker is talking to. |
| Ellos | They | A group of people comprised of men and women the speaker refers to, without speaking directly to them. |
| Ellas | They | A group of women the speaker refers to, without speaking directly to them. |
Notice that...
- In Spanish there is no special pronoun for things. I guess it's troublesome enough to have things being feminine or masculine x_X
- In other countries, like Spain and Argentina, the use of tú and ustedes changes to vos and vosotros, and those have different conjugations. Which, I'm sorry, but I won't include in any of the Conjugation series. If you have questions about them feel free to ask, though.
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