Personal Pronouns Flashcards

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when do we use personal pronouns in Spanish?

A

in order to say who is performing an action.

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what are personal pronouns?

A
i - yo
you - tu
he - el
she - ella
you - usted (formal)
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why don’t we use personal pronouns very much in Spanish?

A

verbs change depending on who is performing the action therefore we don’t need to use personal pronouns as much as the verb indicates who we are talking about.

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what are the two ways of adressing ‘you’?

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tu - more informal - can be used with friends and family or people who we know well.
usted - a more polite way of talking to people we dont know as well -e.g. someone old or a boss

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