Spanish/Personal pronouns

Spanish has six different type of pronouns, the 1./2./3. person singular and the 1./2./3. person plural:

1. singular	yo	I
2. singular	tú	you (one person, informal)	usted	you (one person, formal)
3. singular	él	he, it	ella	she, it
1. plural	nosotros	we (at least one male)	nosotras	we (only females)
2. plural	vosotros	you (several persons, at least one male, informal, only used in Spain)	vosotras	you (several persons, only females, informal, only used in Spain)	ustedes	you (several persons; in Spain it's formal, in Latin America ustedes is the only pronoun of second person plural).
3. plural	ellos	they (at least one male)	ellas	they (only female)

It is normal in Spanish to omit the personal pronoun (i.e. you seldom say yo estoy bien but estoy bien, and you ask ¿Cómo se llama? instead of ¿Cómo se llama usted?) because the specific conjugation of a verb usually indicates which person is the subject. However, usted, él and ella all use the same verb form so if you choose to drop the pronoun in this case it must be clear in the situational context which pronoun is being referenced.
As indicated above, in most of Spain the vosotros form can be used to address a group of familiar people (e.g. friends), and ustedes is used with more formality (e.g. recent acquaintances). In all Latin American countries and parts of Spain ustedes is used also for a familiar group of people; in these countries the "vosotros" form is almost never used.

Exercise: Personal Pronouns