CALIFORNIA SYSTEMS GRAMMAR EXPRESS PRONOUNS SUBJECT PRONOUNS California Systems, S.L. - Inscrita en el registro Mercantil de Madrid, Tomo 16.979, Folio 134, Sección 8ª, Hoja M-290562, Inscripción 1ª – C.I.F.: B-83081794 1 I (Yo) We: We believe you. (Nosotros te creemos.) You: You know it. (Tú lo sabes.) You (Vosotros-as; Usted-es) He / She / It (Él / Ella / generally not translated) They (Ellos-as) OBJECT PRONOUNS 2 Me (me) Us: It belongs to us. (Nos pertenece.) You (te) You (os; le –de usted) Him / her / it: Did you see her? (¿Le viste?) Them (les) POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS 3 Mine: A friend of mine. (Un amigo mío.) Ours (nuestro) Yours (tuyo) Yours: It´s yours. (Es vuestro; suyo –de usted) His / hers / its (suyo) Theirs (suyo) REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS 4 Myself (yo mismo-a / yo solo, me) Ourselves (nosotros mismos / solos, nos) Yourself (Help yourself. (Sírvete tú mismo/a.) Yourselves (vosotros mismos / solos, os) Himself / herself / itself (él mismo-ella misma / Themselves: They did it themselves. (Ellos solos solo, se) OR mismos lo hicieron.) IMPERSONAL PRONOUNS (people in general) 5 One should enjoy oneself. (Uno debería pasarlo bien. / Habría que pasarlo bien.) They never tell you the truth. (Nunca le dicen la verdad a uno. / Nunca te dicen la verdad.) INDEFINITE (NON-SPECIFIC) PRONOUNS 6 Somebody / someone: alguien Somebody is coming. / Viene alguien. Something: algo; Some: algo* (de) Someone will find it. / Alguien lo encontrará. Use: affirmative, and also interrogative when an Something is wrong. / Algo pasa. affirmative answer is expected Would you like some? / ¿Quieres (algo*)? Anybody / Anyone: alguien, nadie (negative & Anybody would know. / Cualquiera lo sabría. interrogative), cualquier(a) (affirmative) Anyone else? / ¿Alguien más? Anything: algo (interrogative), nada (negative) Anything else? / ¿Algo más? Nobody / no one: nadie Nobody believes you. / Nadie te cree. Nothing: nada No one has it. / Nadie lo tiene. Use: negative with emphasis Every: todos, cada uno Nothing matters. / Nada importa. Everybody knows. / Todos lo saben. Everyone knows. / Todos (emphatic) lo saben. Everything is here. / Todo está aquí. Telephone: 627 433 609 ● www.californiasys.com ● E-mail: [email protected]