¿Sabes cuáles son los pronombres personales en español?
En esta lectura vas a aprender todo sobre los pronombres personales en el idioma español.
YO
TÚ
ÉL/ELLA/USTED
NOSOTROS/NOSOTRAS
VOSOTROS/VOSOTRAS
ELLOS/ELLAS/USTEDES
Ahora te explico cómo funcionan:
- “Yo” es la primera persona singular;
- “Tú” es la segunda persona singular;
- “Él o ella”, son la tercera persona singular, masculino y femenino (él: masculino, ella: femenino);
- “Nosotros o nosotras”, son la primera persona plural, masculino y femenino (nosotros: masculino, nosotras: femenino);
- “Vosotros o vosotras”, son la segunda persona plural, masculino y femenino (vosotros: masculino, vosotras: femenino);
- “Ellos, ellas” son la tercera persona plural, masculino y femenino (ellos: masculino, ellas: femenino).
USTED y USTEDES, ¿qué significan?, ¿para qué se utilizan?
- “Usted” es la persona de cortesía. En España, cuando yo quiero hablar con un amigo, con un familiar o con una persona conocida, utilizo “tú”. Por ejemplo, «Tú eres Juanita, tú eres Juanito». Pero si yo quiero hablar con una persona importante, o adulta, o desconocida, no utilizo “tú”, utilizo “usted”, con el verbo en tercera persona del singular. Por ejemplo, “Usted es el Señor Importante”.
«Tú eres el Señor importante». NO
«Usted es el Señor Importante». SÍ
- “Ustedes” es exactamente lo mismo, pero en plural. Si yo quiero hablar con un grupo de personas, amigos, familiares, conocidos, utilizo “vosotros”. Por ejemplo, «Vosotros sois mis amigos»; pero si yo quiero hablar con un grupo de personas desconocidas, adultas, importantes, no utilizo “vosotros”, utilizo “ustedes”, con el verbo en tercera persona del plural. Por ejemplo: “Ustedes son los Señores importantes”.
«Vosotros sois los Señores importantes». NO
«Ustedes son los Señores importantes». SÍ
“Usted” y “Ustedes” en España y en Sudamérica
¿Sabías que en España y en Sudamérica, el uso de “Usted” y “Ustedes” es diferente?
Mientras que en España “usted” y “ustedes” son solo de cortesía, en Sudamérica, utilizan “Ustedes», para los amigos, para la familia, y para las personas importantes, porque nunca utilizan «vosotros«.
«Ustedes son mis amigos». SÍ
«Ustedes son personas importantes». SÍ
Además, en algunos países como Argentina utilizan la persona “VOS”, que es una persona especial que sustituye la persona del “tú”.
«Vos sos mi amigo.»
Aunque el idioma sea el mismo, muchas veces hay pequeñas diferencias entre el español de España y el de Sudamérica.
Do you know what are the PERSONAL PRONOUNS in Spanish? In this reading you will learn everything about personal pronouns in the Spanish language
Do you know which are the PERSONAL PRONOUNS in Spanish?
In this reading you will learn everything about personal pronouns in the Spanish language
ME
YOUR
HE SHE YOU
WE/US
YOU YOU
THEY, THEY, YOU
Now I’ll explain how they work:
“I” is the first person singular;
“You” is the second person singular;
“He or she” is the third person singular, masculine and feminine (he: masculine, she: feminine);
“Us or us”, are the first person plural, masculine and feminine (us: masculine, nosotras: feminine);
“Vosotros o vosotras” are the second person plural, masculine and feminine (vosotros: masculine, vosotras: feminine);
“They, they” are the third person plural, masculine and feminine (they: masculine, them: feminine).
YOU and YOU, what do they mean?, what are they used for?
“You” is the courtesy person. In Spain, when I want to talk to a friend, relative or someone I know, I use “tú”. For example, “You are Juanita, you are Juanito.” But if I want to talk to an important person, or an adult, or an unknown person, I don’t use “tú”, I use “usted”, with the verb in the third person singular. For example, “You are Mr. Important.”
“You are the important Lord.” NO
“You are Mr. Important.” YES
“You” is exactly the same, but in the plural. If I want to talk to a group of people, friends, relatives, acquaintances, I use “vostros”. For example, “You are my friends”; but if I want to talk to a group of unknown, adult, important people, I don’t use “vosotros”, I use “ustedes”, with the verb in the third person plural. For example: “You are the important Lords”.
“You are the important Lords.” NO
“You are the important Lords.” YES
“You” and “You” in Spain and South America
Did you know that in Spain and in South America, the use of “You” and “You” is different?
While in Spain “usted” and “ustedes” are only courtesy, in South America, they use “Us”, for friends, for family, and for important people, because they never use “vosotros”.
“You are my friends”. YES
“You are important people.” YES
In addition, in some countries like Argentina they use the person “VOS”, which is a special person that replaces the person of “you”.
“You are my friend.”
Although the language is the same, there are often small differences between the Spanish of Spain and that of South America.
The verb to be
Now we are going to learn to conjugate our first verb, the verb SER. This verb is the most important of all.
I AM – «I am Marta, I am Spanish, I am a teacher.»
YOU ARE – “You are a Spanish student.”
HE/SHE/YOU IS – “He is Juanito, she is Juanita.”
WE/WE ARE – “We are people.”
VOSOTROS/VOSOTRAS SOIS – “You are my students.”
THEY/THEY/YOU ARE – “They are my classmates.”
WHAT IS THE VERB TO BE USED FOR IN SPANISH?
The verb SER is used to talk about nationality. For example: «I am Spanish».
The verb SER is used to talk about the characteristics of the person’s character. For example: “Juanito is unpleasant.”
The verb SER is used to talk about the time. For example: “What time is it?”
The verb SER is used to identify. For example: «I am Marta, who are you?».
The verb SER is used to talk about the profession or occupation. For example: “I am a teacher, I am a student, I am a doctor…”.
The verb SER is used to talk about the characteristics of the physicist. For example: “You are very pretty.”
These are some of the most important uses of the verb SER.
AN IMPORTANT GRAMMATICAL RULE
To finish we are going to talk about something very small, but very important.
This symbol: ´ , is called ACCENT, and in Spanish it is VERY IMPORTANT. Not all words have it. We will learn in another class when words have an accent, but we can learn that YOU and HE always have an accent.
Are accents in Spanish important?
ACCENTS ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
