Los Pronombres (general)
Pronouns
are, as the name indicates, word that are used in place of nouns (a person,
animal, thing, event, etc.) Pronouns are used to avoid the repetition of
persons, animals, things, events etc. previously mentioned, called antecedents:
Juan
plays the trumpet. = He plays the trumpet. |
Juan
toca la trompeta. = Él toca la trompeta. |
Juan plays with María.
= Juan plays with her. |
Juan
juega con María. = Juan juega con ella. |
He hasn't any brothers.
= He hasn't any. |
Él
no tiene ningún hermano. Él no tiene ninguno. |
Depending upon the grammatical
function of the noun that gets replaced by a pronoun we make a difference
between:
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Personal Pronouns (pronombres
personales)
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Subject pronouns (that stand
for the grammatical subject) (pronombres de sujeto)
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Object pronouns (that stand
for the grammatical direct or indirect object) (pronombres de complemento
directo, indirecto o preposicional)
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Reflexive Pronouns (that
refer back to the subject of the sentence) (pronombres reflexivos)
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Interrogative Pronouns (that
are used to ask for persons, animals, things, events, etc.) (pronombres
interrogativos)
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Demonstrative Pronouns (that
are used to point out persons or things) (pronombres demostrativos)
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Possessive Pronouns (that
are used to show possession or ownership) (pronombres posesivos)
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Relative Pronouns (that are
used to introduce relative clauses) (pronombres relativos)
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Indefinite Pronouns (that
are used to refer to unidentified persons or things) (pronombres indefinidos)
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