Private Classes

Teacher: Luis David Garca

1. Personal pronouns. Ex
I - Me
You -

I am Luis / Yo soy Luis.

You are tall / Usted/tu eres alto.
He is handsome / El es guapo.

He - Him

She is pretty / Ella es guapa.

She - Her

It is cold today / Hace frio hoy.

We are friends / Nosotros somos amigos.

It - It

You are hungry / Ustedes estan hambrientos.

We - Us

They are in class / Ellos estan en clase.

You - You
They Them

2. Possessive pronouns. Function determinate.

You

My Mi (own objetive)
Ex. This is My house / Esta es Mi casa.
Your Tus / tuyo/ suyo
Ex. This is Your book / Este es Tu/Su libro.
His su/ de el
Ex. This is His cellphone / Este es Su cellular (de l).
Her su / de ella
Ex. This is Her dress / Este es Su vestido.
Its su
Ex. This is its (the cat`s house) / Esta es la casa del gato.
Our nosotros/ de nosotros
Ex. These are Our books / Estos son Nuestros libros (el objeto ova
en plural).
Your vosotros/ de ustedes
Ex. These are your books / Estos son sus libros.
Their su/ de ellos
Ex. These are their books / Estos son Sus libros

3. Possessive Pronouns

Mine Mio
Ex. This book is Mine / Este libro es Mio.
Yours tuyo (s) suyo (s)
Ex. Is this book Yours? / Es este libro Suyo?
His Suyo (s) /de el
Ex. This book is His / Este libro es de El.
Hers Suyo s /de ella
Ex. This book is Hers / este libro es de Ella.
Its Su / propio de ellos
Ex. The house is its (the cats house) / Esta casa es Suya (la casa del
gato) refrerido al objeto de la persona.
Ours Nosotros / Nuestro (s)
Ex. This book is Ours / este libro es Nuestro (s).
Yours vuestro / suyos
Ex. These books are Yours / Estos libros son Suyos.
Theirs Ustedes / de ellos
Ex. This book is Theirs / Este libro es de Ustedes.
4. Role of determining the subject article.
Grammatically it works as a determinant article accompanying noun
therefore always goes before the subject. Ex:
My car is blue / Mi coche es azul.
His house is big / Su casa es grande (de el).
5. Fuction Pronoun.
Grammatically functions as a pronoun direct object function. He
always goes to the end of the sentence. Ex:
The blue car is Mine / El coche azul es Mio.
The big house is His / La casa grande es de El.

6. The genetic (s)

Not to be confused with possessive pronouns. We can say.
Her dress / Su vestido (de ella).
(we can say)
Andreas dress / el vestido de Andrea.
(se usa el gentico para referirnos a personas).
Pauls house / La casa de Paul.
Marys book / El libro de Mary.
7. Singular and here (singular y aqu)
I like this car /Me gusta este coche.
I like that car / Me gusta Ese coche.
Singular and there (Singular y alla)
I like these cars / Me gustan estos coches. (aqui pero ms de uno)
I like those cars / Me gustan aquellos coches. (alla pero ms de uno)
8. Other users of demostrative.
(this) podemos utilizarlo cuando nos presentamos a travs de una
lnea telefnica. Ex:
Hello. This is Luis. (Hola, soy Luis)
(this) tambin lo usamos al presentar a una persona. Ex:
Luis, this is my friend David
(that) o cuando no estamos seguros de con quien estamos hablando a
travs de un lugar sin poderse ver. Ex:
Luis, is that you? (Eres t, Luis?)
(that) tambin lo podemos utilizar para referirnos a algo del pasado.
Ex:
That pizza was delicious. (aquella pizza estaba deliciosa).