Spanish subject pronoun
See also: Pronombre and Pronoun types
Subject pronouns replace nouns whose function is to perform the action of a verb.
La chica está cantando.
The girl is singing.
Ella está cantando.
She is singing.
Spanish subject pronouns:
| Person | Spanish pronoun | English pronouns |
| first person singular | yo | I |
| second person singular | tú | you |
| third person singular | él / ella usted |
he (it) / she (it) you (formal singular) |
| first person plural | nosotros / nosotras | we |
| second person plural | vosotros / vosotras | you |
| third person plural | ellos / ellas ustedes |
they you (formal plural) |
Note the following differences with English:
- ways to say 'you'
- tú = singular
- vosotros = plural masculine
- vosotras = plural feminine
- usted = formal singular (grammatically third person)
- ustedes = formal plural (grammatically third person)
- ways to say 'we'
- nosotros = plural masculine
- nosotras = plural feminine
- ways to say 'they'
- ellos = plural masculine
- ellas = plural feminine
