Spanish: An Essential Grammar

Table 8.1

Subject and object pronouns

Person

Subject

Direct object

Indirect object

Prepositional object

Singular1st

yo

(I)

me

(me

)

me

(to me

)

mí

(me

)

2nd

tú

(you

) familiar

te

(you

)

te

(to you

)

ti

(you

)

usted

(you

) polite

lo

(masc.) or

le

(to you

)

usted

(you

)

la

(fem.) (

you

)

vos

(you

) familiar [LA]

te

(you)

te

(to you

)

vos

(you

) [LA]

3rd

él

(he

)

lo

(him, it

masc.)

le

(to him/it

)

él

(him

)

ella

(she

)

la

(her, it

fem.)

le

(to her/it

)

ella

(her

)

ello

(it

neuter)

lo

(it

neuter)

le

(to it,

neuter)

ello

(it

neuter)

Plural1st

nosotros

(we

) masc.

nos

(us

)

nos

(to us

)

nosotros

(us

)

nosotras

(we

) fem.

nos

(us

)

nos

(to us

)

nosotras

(us

)

2nd

vosotros

(you

) masc. familiar [SP]

os

(you

) [SP]

os

(to you

) [SP]

vosotros

(you

) [SP]

vosotras

(you

) fem. familiar [SP]

os

(you

) [SP]

os

(to you

) [SP]

vosotras

(you

) [SP]

ustedes

(you

) polite [SP and LA]

los

(masc.) or

les

(to you

)

ustedes

(you

)

familiar [LA]

las

(fem.) (

you

)

3rd

ellos

(they

) masc.

los

(them

)

les

(to them

)

ellos

(them

)

ellas

(they

) fem.

las

(them

)

les

(to them

)

ellas

(them

)

Note

: In central and northern Spain,

le

rather than

lo

is the preferred 3rd person singular direct object pronoun for reference to males.