Getting Familiar with Spanish Pronouns - Subject Pronouns

Pronouns are noun substitutes. What we mean by that is that we can use pronouns to take the place of a noun in a sentence. For example, in the sentence 'The woman walked to work', we can replace the phrase the woman with she; 'She walked to work'. She is a pronoun. Today’s lesson is about the use of Subject Pronouns.

1st Person
Yo [yo] ‘I’
Nosotros [no-sot-ros] ‘we’

2nd Person
Usted [oos-tehd] ‘you’ (Informal - Tu [too])
Ustedes [oos-teh-dehs] ‘you all’

3rd Person
Male - El [el] ‘he/it’ Ellos [eh-yos] ‘they’
Female Ella [eh-ya] ‘she/it’ Ellas [eh-yas] ‘they’

1st Person is used to refer to yourself or to a group that includes you.

2nd Person is used to refer to the person or group of people you are talking to. I recommend using the formal 'usted' in all situations except when talking to close family or children.

3rd Person is used to talk to one person about another person or group of people.

The use of subject pronouns will be further when we start using them in sentences - for now, it is enough that you become familiar with them.