What are TONIC personal pronouns?

Pronouns are words that replace nouns., or also known as nouns (people, animals or things), in order to avoid the repetition of words in a text. The tonic personal pronouns They fulfill, within a sentence, the same functions as the name they replace, functioning as a subject, attribute, etc.

We know that all this may seem like a mess, that's why in this lesson from a TEACHER we are going to explain it to you in detail. what are tonic personal pronouns and examples so that you better understand this Spanish language syllabus. Let's start!

As we have mentioned before, the pronouns are the words that have as their main function replace the name. We can distinguish between stressed personal pronouns and unstressed personal pronouns, but in this lesson we are going to focus only on the first ones.

The tonic personal pronouns are those words that replace nouns and they can go alone in the sentence or accompany the verb.

Let's put a pair on you examples of pronouns that go alone in the sentence:

• Hey, you! - The pronoun "you" is only in the sentence, we can see that it does not accompany any verb.
• ¿With you? - The pronoun "with you" is alone in the sentence and replaces a noun.

These are some examples of tonic personal pronouns that are accompanied by the verb:

• She eat with Lara in the dining room. - "She", which replaces the name of a girl, is accompanying the verb eat.
• We We go to French class together. - "Nosotras", which replaces the name of several people, is accompanying the verb ir.

Can classify stressed personal pronouns taking into account the person you are referring to and the noun you are replacing.

First person

Replaces the person who is speaking:

• Singular: I, me, with me
• Plural: we, us

Second person

It refers to the person listening:

• Singular: you, you, with you
• Plural: you, you, you

Third person

The third person refers to another person who is not present in the conversation:

• Singular: he, she, it, yes, with.
• Plural: they, them, yes, with me.

In order to recognize a tonic personal pronoun within a sentence, the first thing you should know are its characteristics. Keep reading to discover the main characteristics of tonic personal pronouns:

• They can function as a subject (you you will know), as an attribute (the culprits are they) or as the end of a preposition (my brother will come with us).
• They maintain the person, number and gender of the noun they replace.
• They can appear isolated or accompanied by the verb.

The best way to understand a lesson is to see how it is put into practice. Therefore, in this section we want to show you some examples of sentences containing stressed personal pronouns. We have pointed them out to you in bold font, to make it easier for you to identify them:

• I I am a quiet person.
• You You always say you're cold.
• She she stared at the moon while he he watched her.
• Well us We are about to discover a habitable planet.
• You You have never been on a plane.
• They They live in a completely different world.
• TO my I like rain.
• TO you The cold never bothered you.
• TO she The night seemed beautiful to him.
• Discovering a new plant food would be something very important for us.
• Is Paco with you? With me he is not.
• The world belongs to everyone and, of course, also to they.
• They they brush their teeth.
• He He has bought fruits and vegetables at the market.
• They They go to school with their books.
• He he is eating french fries.
• TO my I like everything that has chocolate.
• I I am studying piano.
• You can count on us.
• You you are one of my best friends.
• We will go with you on the journey.
• Everything he has done has been for you.
• She has to be more demanding with him same.
• She He arrived earlier than usual.
• You can trust they, Well, they are good people.

We leave you with the answers from the previous exercise. We have marked the stressed personal pronoun of each sentence in bold font:

• I I have always been surrounded by very good people. - First person
• He He is the best father anyone could have. - Third person
• TO my I think the idea you told us is very good. - First person
• You You could go very far if you wanted to because you have a lot of talent. - Second person
• Us We have already become experts in that matter. - First person

Now that you know what are tonic personal pronouns, you will see that they appear in most texts you read or write. If you want to continue learning about other grammatical categories of the Spanish language, do not hesitate to consult our grammar and linguistics section, where we will discover all the secrets of our language.