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Definition of
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
Pronoun is a term that comes, etymologically speaking, from Latin. More exactly it emanates from
the sum of two Latin particles: the prefix "pro-", which is equivalent to "before", and the noun
"nomen", which can be translated as "name".
Personal pronouns
Personal, on the other hand, we can establish that it is a word that is also the result of the
derivation of the Latin term "personalis". This is made up of two components: "person", which is
synonymous with "person", and the suffix "-al", which comes to mean "relative to".
Pronoun is a type of word without a fixed reference. Pronouns are determined according to the
relationship they have with other words that have already been named, being able to refer to
people or extralinguistic things.
The personal pronouns are those that usually refer to people, animals or objects and that do not
have lexical content. These pronouns express different grammatical categories, being the most
usual those that indicate the grammatical person. Personal pronouns can also distinguish the
grammatical number (singular or plural).
"I", "we", "he", "you" and "you" are examples of personal pronouns. The expression "I am a lawyer
and work in a legal study center" makes sense according to the person who pronounces the
phrase. The personal pronoun "I" indicates that the person making the comment is "lawyer".
If a person wants to comment that another subject is "lawyer" he will have to say, according to the
context, "He is a lawyer", "You are a lawyer", etc. Another possibility is that the speaker is
"lawyer" and that he wants to include another colleague in his speech. In that case, you can
express "We are lawyers", which is equivalent to "He and I are lawyers".
There are other interesting data that are also worth knowing about personal pronouns.
Specifically, these are the most significant specifications:
• From the first person, there is the "I" in the singular as well as the "us" or "us" in the plural.
• Regarding the second person, there are the you for the singular and for the plural two forms:
you and you.
• In reference to the third person, we should highlight the existence of four different forms for the
singular: he, she, it and you. For the plural, on the other hand, there are three modalities: they,
them and you.
• The personal pronoun is used specifically in cases in which you want to make clear who the
subject is and also when you want to emphasize who the subject would be.
• In the same way, in a generalized way, when speaking about a group of people, it is usual to use
the masculine form of the pronoun to refer to it and only to resort to the feminine form when all
the members of the group are women.
Personal pronouns can also indicate possession (such as "mine" or "yours") or verbal objects
("me", "it"): "Do not worry, Carlos already told me", "Is that car yours?" , "Leave that notebook
that is mine", "A cousin of his is a professional footballer and plays in Austria", "We go to my
house to do the work of natural sciences and then we have the afternoon free", "I like your
jacket".
En español
DEFINICIÓN DE
PRONOMBRES PERSONALES
Pronombre es un término que procede, etimológicamente hablando, del latín. Más exactamente
emana de la suma de dos partículas latinas: el prefijo “pro-“, que es equivalente a “delante”, y el
sustantivo “nomen”, que puede traducirse como “nombre”.
Pronombres personales
Personal, por otra parte, podemos establecer que es una palabra que también es fruto de la
derivación del término latino “personalis”. Este se encuentra conformado por dos componentes:
“persona”, que es sinónimo de “persona”, y el sufijo “-al”, que viene a significar “relativo a”.
Pronombre es un tipo de palabra sin referente fijo. Los pronombres se determinan según la
relación que entablan con otras palabras que ya se han nombrado, pudiéndose referir a personas
o a cosas extralingüísticas.
Los pronombres personales son aquellos que suelen referirse a personas, animales u objetos y que
no tienen contenido léxico. Estos pronombres expresan diversas categorías gramaticales, siendo
los más usuales los que indican la persona gramatical. Los pronombres personales también
pueden distinguir el número gramatical (singular o plural).
“Yo”, “nosotros”, “él”, “tú” y “ustedes” son ejemplos de pronombres personales. La expresión “Yo
soy abogado y trabajo en un estudio jurídico del centro” tiene sentido según la persona que
pronuncia la frase. El pronombre personal “yo” indica que quien realiza dicho comentario es
“abogado”.
Si una persona quiere comentar que otro sujeto es “abogado” tendrá que decir, según el contexto,
“Él es abogado”, “Tú eres abogado”, etc. Otra posibilidad es que el hablante sea “abogado” y que
quiera incluir en su expresión a otro colega. En ese caso, puede expresar “Nosotros somos
abogados”, lo que equivale a “Él y yo somos abogados”.
Existen otros datos de interés que también merece la pena conocer acerca de los pronombres
personales. En concreto, estas son las especificaciones más significativas:
Pronouns are those words we use when we speak and write and whose function is simply to
substitute a name. Among them, the personal pronouns refer to the three grammatical persons:
the first or person who speaks, the second or person to whom it is spoken and the third, person
to whom the conversation refers. To learn more about them, read on. In unComo.com we
explain what are the personal pronouns in Spanish.
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Steps to follow:
2 The personal pronouns tonics can exercise the same function as a noun or name, since they
substitute it. These are the forms of the personal pronouns tonics:
SINGULAR: me, me, with me, you, you, you, with you, him, she, you, it, yes, with him.
Subject:
Attribute:
Proposition term:
On the other hand, the forms of the unstressed personal pronouns are:
4 The unstressed personal pronouns replace the different people when they act as
complements of the verb and are not introduced by any preposition.
5 They can also act as forms of pronominal verbs, that is, as reflexive personal pronouns.
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En español
los pronombres son aquellas palabras que utilizamos cuando hablamos y escribimos y cuya
función no es otra más que sustituir a un nombre. De entre ellos, los pronombres personales
hacen referencia a las tres personas gramaticales: la primera o persona que habla, la segunda o
persona a quien se habla y la tercera, persona a la que se refiere la conversación. Para saber más
sobre ellos, sigue leyendo. En unComo.com te explicamos cuáles son los pronombres personales
en español.
Pasos a seguir:
2.-Los pronombres personales tónicos pueden ejercer la misma función que un sustantivo o
nombre, puesto que lo sustituyen. Estas son las formas de los pronombres personales tónicos:
SINGULAR: yo, mí, conmigo, tú, vos, ti, contigo, él, ella, usted, ello, sí, consigo.
Sujeto:
Ejemplo: Él dirá.
Atributo:
Término de proposición:
3.-Por otro lado, las formas de los pronombres personales átonos son:
SINGULAR: me, te, lo, la, le, se.
4.-Los pronombres personales átonos sustituyen a las distintas personas cuando estas actúan
como complementos del verbo y no se introducen por ninguna preposición.
Ej: Te lo he comprado.
5.-También pueden actuar como formas de los verbos pronominales, es decir, como pronombres
personales reflexivos.
Ej: No me lo he comido.
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