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Subject (personal) pronouns
- Spanish subject pronouns are usually omitted unless a certain emphasis is required :
- no vamos = we're not going
- nosotros no vamos = we aren't going
- The subject pronoun is normally omitted when it is implicit in the verb ending:
- canto = I sing
- It is sometimes necessary to include the pronoun to avoid ambiguity:
- cuando él llegó yo estaba cantando = when he arrived I was singing
- The subject pronoun is used in the second half of a comparison:
- la conoces mejor que yo = you know her better than I
- Also it is used immediately after: según, salvo, excepto, and sometimes entre:
según yo = according to me
Subjects
| SPANISH | ENGLISH |
| YO | I |
| TU | YOU |
| EL | HE |
| ELLA | SHE |
| ELLO (NEUTRO) | IT |
| NOSOTROS | WE |
| USTEDES | YOU |
| ELLOS | THEY |
Spanish spelling is an exact reflection of the pronunciation of the language. The pronunciation of each individual letter in Spanish is subject to certain strict rules and a word is pronounced simply by adding together the sounds of the individual letters which make up the word.
