Types of personal PRONOUNS

Within the classes of words we can find a multitude of them. On this occasion, in this lesson from a TEACHER we are going to see what types of personal pronouns exist and we will define them so that you can learn to identify and use them correctly. These pronouns are used very frequently and help us to express ourselves and write without unnecessary repetition.

First of all, before knowing the types of personal pronouns, we must know what their definition is. The pronouns are those words we use to replace a name or substantive and therefore present the same functionalities within the sentence than these.

These pronouns will always refer to grammatical people and serve to show the context of what is being expressed. These can be the reflection of something that has already been indicated in the text and therefore acquire an anaphoric value or they can refer to something that will appear next.

As they will always refer to a noun, they must agree with him in gender and number, in the same way that they will do with the person of the tense to which they refer.

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Now that we know what the personal pronouns we can delve into the different types that we will find in our language. Personal pronouns are divided into two categories:

• Tonic personal pronouns
• Unstressed personal pronouns

Tonic personal pronouns

Tonic personal pronouns are those that have a prosodic accent, that is, they are pronounced with more emphasis even if they do not have an accent. These can appear in different ways within a sentence:

• Isolated
• Behind a preposition
• No verb

As we have already pointed out, these always have to agree in gender and number with the verb, but there is a neuter pronoun often used in formal registers and that refers to something that has already been mentioned above. Another of the unstressed pronouns within this register is the second person you or you, which is usually used as a sign of courtesy or respect.

Unstressed personal pronouns

They do not have a prosodic accent and always must be accompanied by a verbal formEither before or after this. On many occasions, when they appear after the verb, they join it to form a single word. For example: tell me, listen to me, ask them… etc.

Personal pronouns always they are going to substitute a noun or a nominal group, so the functions that they can fulfill within a sentence will always be the same as those of the Names. It should be noted that they almost always go alone and that they can fulfill four syntactic functions:

• Subject
• Direct complement
• Indirect compliment
• Prepositional use

The personal pronouns are: (Table)

Personal pronouns as a subject

To better understand how personal pronouns work as a subject, let's see a few examples:

• Me I can go to the movies tomorrow, but not Thursday.
• Your you are solely responsible for what happened.
• Her she is the queen of the house.
• He has gone to visit his grandmother.
• U.S we stayed a little longer.
• We We will go tomorrow morning.
• You you are much more up to date on Social Networks than your parents.
• They they always look for the best option for their family.
• They have gone trip to Morocco this vacation.

Personal pronouns as direct objects

One of the functions that personal pronouns can perform is that of direct object. This happens when they accompany a verb and substitute for a noun. Let's see some examples in these sentences:

• ¿I did you see yesterday
• ¡Tea I have called twice!
• ¿It have you heard
• As soon as i have money the I'll buy.
• Us they have much appreciation.
• You They are waiting in the hall on the second floor.
• The they have thrown out.
• The they will all change when the summer season is over.

Personal pronouns as an indirect object

Personal pronouns can function, when accompanying a verb, as an indirect object of it. In order to understand it better, we are going to see some sentences in which the personal pronouns appear fulfilling this mission. To be able to distinguish them better, they have been indicated in bold:

• I They called very early this morning.
• Tea I'm going to tell a secret
• tell him that I'm not going tomorrow.
• I know you have to say it more slowly, otherwise they will not understand you.
• Us They gave many gifts to celebrate our wedding anniversary.
• You I recommend the restaurant in the Plaza Mayor.
• Them I bought some goodies at the kiosk.

With prepositional use

They can also appear representing a prepositional function within the sentence. These examples will help you understand:

• Not you go now.
• I do everything for you.
• The gift is for her.
• Don't wait for U.S.
• Iran with you to the movies.
• The food is for they.

We hope this lesson on the types of personal pronouns has helped you better identify and understand them. If you want more content like this, do not hesitate to visit our section Spanish language in which you will find lessons designed for you.