Hence, if in a group, there is even 1 men and 9,999,999 women, use vosotros. Vosotras is used for a group of female members only. In this respect, vosotros is used for a group of male and female members. For now, just realize that, Spanish language gives much more importance to gender than English does. Ok then, when to use vosotros and when vosotras? The answer of this question is related to the topics which we will cover in the next lessons. Hence, if you want to follow the Latin American way, you will not need the pronoun vosotros at all. On the other hand, in Latin America, vosotros is not used ustedes is used in formal as well as in informal cases. In formal situations, “ustedes” is used in Spain. In informal cases, vosotros/vosotras is used in Spain. Here again, the use of “you” may depend on whether the situation is informal or formal. In short, tú is used in informal situations and usted is used in formal situations.Īs far as the subject pronoun “you” is concerned, whether you speak to one person or a group of people does not matter in English one uses always “you”. If, on the other hand, you are talking to a stranger, your boss, your teacher, someone who is older than you, use usted. If the person you are talking to is your friend, use tú. Well, the first fact you should be aware of is that for Spanish speakers how much you know a person is very important. Vosotros and ustedes are used to talk to more than one person. Tú and usted are used to talk to one person. So, they are yo, tú, él, ella, usted, nosotros/nosotras, vosotros/vosotras, ellos/ellas, ustedes.Īs you see there are four versions of “you”: tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, ustedes. The table below summarizes the subject pronouns in Spanish. Let us have a look at these points one after the other. Also, in some cases, the pronoun needs to be in agreement with the gender.

For instance, there is more than one way to say “you”. Spanish subject pronouns are different in some ways than English subject pronouns. To understand this topic better, remember that the subject pronouns in English are I, you, he, she, it, we and they. In case of subject pronouns, the pronoun takes the place of a person.

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