[MUSIC] When we speak and use verbs there's always a point of view for each action, there's always a subject such as I, you, she, he, it, we, y'all or they. These are called subject pronouns and they're classified as either being first, second, or third person, singular or plural. In English only the third person singular forms he, she, display what we call gender. Gender markings are much more prevalent in Spanish as we're going to see right away. So for the first person, in English we say I, for the singular form. In Spanish it's yo which comes from the Latin word ego, ego, yo. But for the plural we have nosotros for a group of men or a mixed group. And we also have nosotras for a group of women, meaning we. So we have the forms yo and then nosotros, nosotras. For the second person, it's a little bit more complicated because there are informal forms and there are formal forms. So to say you in Spanish, you use the word tu if it's informal, you use the word usted if it's formal. And for the y'all form, you use the form vosotros for a mixed group or men, and you use the form vosotras for a group of women, y'all. This form is especially used in Spain, but most of Latin America uses a formal word, which is ustedes. Now, for the third person, you have in the singular, he or she, el and ella. For the plural they, if it's a mixed group or a group of men, ellos, if it's a group of women, ellas. Now be advised there's a little wrinkle with the usted form and the ustedes form. We've already said that it's the second person, you and you all, but these forms, these words, usted and ustedes, they go with verb forms that are third person. We're going to do lots of practice.