Spanish Personal Pronouns

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) © Edith Luna Villanueva