SPA 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Pickaxe, Voseo
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A pronoun replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition. Subject pronouns function as the subject of a verb. Unlike english, the use of subject pronouns is optional in spanish. Many dialects of spanish only use subject pronouns for emphasis or in cases where it is not clear who the subject is. Notice in the example below how the english translation makes use of 5 subject pronouns, while spanish only uses 1. Subject pro(cid:374)ou(cid:374)s are la(cid:271)elled (cid:271)y the ter(cid:373) perso(cid:374), referri(cid:374)g to the su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t"s role i(cid:374) the (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)ersatio(cid:374). 1st person refers to the person(s) speaking (i, we); 2nd person to the person(s) spoken to (you); and 3rd person to the person(s) or thing(s) spoken about (he, she, it, they). There are t(cid:449)o other su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t pro(cid:374)ou(cid:374)s that are(cid:374)"t ofte(cid:374) (cid:373)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374)ed i(cid:374) i(cid:374)trodu(cid:272)tory pa(cid:374)ish (cid:272)ourses: (cid:448)os a(cid:374)d vosotros. Vos is used in argentina for the informal second person singular (you) instead of t .
