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Personal Pronouns: Quick reference
Broadly speaking, we can say that:
1. The Personal Pronouns used in subject position (that is, in the Nominative case,
and which are stressed) are:
1ra persona del Yo
Singular
2da persona del Tú /Vos
Singular
(De modo formal, Usted refiere a la 2da persona pero
conjuga como la 3ra persona del singular)
3ra persona del Él /ella/ ello
Singular
1ra persona del Plural Nosotros /nosotras
2da persona del Plural Vosotros/ vosotras
(De modo formal, Ustedes refiere a la 2da persona pero
conjuga como la 3ra persona del plural)
3ra persona del Plural Ellos /ellas
2. The Personal Pronouns used in direct object position (that is, in the Accusative
case, and which are unstressed, placed before the verb) are:
(Pronombres Usaremos como (Pronombres
Personales Pronombres Personales Objeto
Sujeto) Personales Directo)
1ra p. sing Yo Objeto Directo: Me
Si
2da p. sing Tú /Vos Te
refiere
3ra p. sing Él /ella/ ello/Usted Lo/la
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a ….. 1ra p. plural Nosotros Nos
como /nosotras
objeto 2da p. plural Vosotros/ Os
vosotras
3ra p. plural Ellos /ellas Los/ las
3. The Personal Pronouns used in indirect object position (that is, in the Dative case,
which are unstressed, placed before the verb or the direct object pronoun) are:
(Pronombres Usaremos como (Pronombres
Pronombres Personales Objeto)
Personales
Personales
Sujeto) Objeto Indirecto:
1ra p. sing Yo Me
Si
2da p. sing Tú /Vos Te
refiere
3ra p. sing Él /ella/ Le/se
a …..
ello/Usted
como
1ra p. plural Nosotros Nos
objeto
/nosotras
2da p. plural Vosotros/ Os
vosotras
3ra p. plural Ellos /ellas Les/ se
Remember:
 When the direct object is also replaced by a pronoun (lo/los, la/las) the indirect
object is replaced by the pronoun se, in both singular and plural.
- “¿Le diste el libro? (Did you give the book to her/him?)
-“Si, se lo di.” (I gave it to her/him)
 Se is also used as a reflexive pronoun as in "Ella se peina" (She combs herself)
and the subject of an indefinite construction of the passive voice as in "Se dice" (It
is said), “Se cree” (it is believed)
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Careful!
Although the Real Academia Española recognizes lo, la, los, las as the unstressed third-
person object pronouns in Spanish, some people may use le/les in direct object position,
e.g. for a masculine human reference “Le llamé” instead of “Lo llamé” (I called him) while
lo is kept for things. “¿Encontraste tu pasaporte? Sí, lo encontré”.
This is also the case when the speaker wishes to show respect. “Les llamé ayer” (The
third person in Spanish used as the second person to mean "you"-as ustedes- “I called
you yesterday”).
Summary
IO Pronoun (when
DO Pronouns IO Pronouns DO pronoun is also English Equivalent
present)
Me me Me
Te te you (familiar)
lo, la le se him, her, it, you (formal)
Nos nos Us
Os os you-all (familiar)
los, las les se them, you-all (formal)
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