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Spanish personal pronouns

Personal pronouns refer to persons or things in singular or plural. This can be as a subject (I, you, etc.), as a direct object (me, you, it, etc.) or as an indirect object (me, you, etc.). All three can appear in a sentence at the same time.(I gave it to you )

Subject
Sujeto 		Direct object
Objeto directo
(Who? What?) 		Indirect object
Objeto indirecto
(To whom? For whom?) 		With preposition
yo
I 		me
me 		me
me 		mi (conmigo)
with me
tú
you 		te
you 		te
you 		ti (contigo)
with you
él
he
ella
she
ello
it 		lo
him
la
her
lo
it 		le or se (**)
him
le or se (**)
her
- 		el (con el)
with him
ella (con ella)
with her
-
usted (*)
you 		lo / la
you 		le or se (**)
you 		usted (con usted)
with you
nosotros, nosotras
we 		nos
us 		nos
us 		nosotros, nosotras
us
vosotros, vosotras
you 		os
you 		os
you 		vosotros, vosotras
you
ellos
ellas
they 		los
las
them 		les or se (**)

them 		ellos
ellas
them
ustedes (*)
you 		los / las
you 		les or se (**)
you 		ustedes
you

(*) usted/ustedes refers to the 2nd person (you), but is used grammatically as the 3rd person (he/she/they)

(**) le or les becomes se in the 3rd person when both direct object and indirect object starts with a l. So le lo becomes se lo, le las becomes se las, etc.

Position of the personal pronoun in a sentence:

As direct object:
before the conjugated verb or can be joined after the infinitive when there are 2 verbs
  • La (la sopa)
    I eat it
  • Lo (el pollo)
    I eat it
  • El chico las (las plumas)
    The boy buys them
  • El chico no las
    The boy doesn't buy them
  • María los (los libros)
    Maria has them
  • El chico la
    El chico la
    The boy needs to buy it
  • El chico no la
    El chico no la
     The boy doesn't need to buy it
As indirect object:
before the conjugated verb or can be joined after the infinitive when there are 2 verbs
  • Juan te un regalo
    Juan buys a gift for you
  • Juan no te un regalo
    Juan doesn't buy a gift for you
  • Ella le una carta
    She writes him/her/you a letter
  • Juan nos un regalo
    Juan nos un regalo
    Juan wants to buy a gift for us
  • Juan no nos un regalo
    Juan no nos un regalo
    Juan doesn't need to buy a gift for us




As direct object and indirect object in one sentence:
Indirect object comes before the direct object
Note the accent on the merged form!
  • Ellos me lo
    They give it to me
  • Ella te la
    She sells it to you
  • Se lo (le lo wordt se lo)
    I have it for you
  • El chico te la
    The boy buys it for you
  • El chico no te la
    The boy doesn't buy it for you
  • El chico te la
    El chico tela
     The boy has to buy it for you
  • El chico no te la
    El chico no tela
     The boy doesn't need to buy it for you

Summarizing:
  • Sergio un regalo a Carmen
    Sergio brings a gift for Carmen
  • Sergio le un regalo
    Sergio brings a gift for her
  • Sergio se lo (le lo wordt se lo)
    Sergio brings it for her
  • Sergio lo
    Sergio wants to bring it
  • Sergio lo
    Sergio wants to bring it
  • Sergio se lo (le lo wordt se lo)
    Sergio wants to bring it for her
  • Sergio selo (le lo wordt se lo)
    Sergio wants to bring it for her


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