Subject Pronouns in Spanish
September 23, 2021
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Learn the subject pronouns in Spanish with FREE Video lessons, Chart, Examples & worksheet.Spanish Subject pronouns are the first step to learning Spanish,
In order to know what definite articles are, we need to do a quick review:
Note: Nouns having gender is not something that is used in English, but don’t panic, we got this! Let’s review some examples as a refresher!
Example(s):
Noun | Feminine or Masculine | Singular or Plural | |
mesa | mesa is feminine | mesa is singular | |
mesas | mesas is feminine | mesas is plural | |
carro | carro is masculine | carro is singular | |
carros | carros is masculine | carros is plural |
Practice:
Noun | Feminine or Masculine | Singular or Plural | |
bicicleta | |||
perro | |||
bicicletas | |||
perros |
What about nouns that do not end in -o or -a?
Noun | Feminine or Masculine | Singular or Plural | |
estudiante | Can be either feminine or masculine | estudiante is singular | |
estudiantes | Can be either feminine or masculine | estudiantes is plural | |
corazon | corazon is singular | ||
corazones | corazones is plural |
Tip: These will just need to be memorized, there’s no ‘rule’ for these!
Practice:
Noun | Feminine or Masculine | Singular or Plural | |
presidente | |||
presidentes | |||
hospital | |||
hospitales |
We are going to learn how to say the feminine singular and feminine plural and the masculine singular and masculine plural.
Let’s look at this example together:
Me gusta _____ carro.
Me | gusta | _____ | carro. |
carro is singular and masculine |
Me | gusta | el | carro. |
el is the definite article | carro is singular and masculine |
Tip: Él (he) vs el (the) (check out the subject pronoun video)
Me gustan _____ carros.
Me | gustan | _____ | carro. |
carro is singular and masculine |
Me | gustan | los | carros. |
los is the definite article | carros is plural and masculine |
Me gusta _____ bicicleta.
Me | gusta | _____ | bicicleta. |
bicicleta is singular and feminine |
Me | gusta | la | bicicleta is singular and feminine |
el is the definite article | bicicleta is singular and feminine |
What are definite articles?
Tip:
INSERT DEFINITE ARTICLE CHART FROM VIDEO
How about when it’s a noun that ends in something other than -o or -a?
Noun | Feminine or Masculine | Singular or Plural | el la los las |
helado | Masculine | Singular | el |
helados |
Tip: definite articles in English are ‘the’ (specific); indefinite articles in English are ‘a’ (not specific) (check out the indefinite article video)
RECALL: el helado de chocolate (the chocolate ice cream)
What did we learn?
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Learn the subject pronouns in Spanish with FREE Video lessons, Chart, Examples & worksheet.Spanish Subject pronouns are the first step to learning Spanish,
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Learn the Conjugation of Ar with FREE Video lessons, charts, Examples & worksheets.
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Tú (you informal) → estás
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Vosotros (vosotras) → estáis
Ellos/Ellas/Uds. → están
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