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Subject Pronouns by Ronald Glenn Wrigley, M.A.

The subject pronouns (or personal pronouns) indicate the subject of a verb.

<tgroup cols="4"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="25%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="25%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center"/> <colspec colname="col3" colnum="3" colwidth="25%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center"/> <colspec colname="col4" colnum="4" colwidth="25%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center"/> <thead> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>Singular</emphasis></p></td> <td><para/></td> <td><p><emphasis>Plural</emphasis></p></td> <td><para/></td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>io</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>I</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>noi</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>we</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>tu</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>you (informal)</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>voi</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>you (informal)</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>lui, lei</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>he, she</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>loro</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>they</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><emphasis>Lei</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>you (formal)</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Loro</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>you (formal)</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <p>The <emphasis>tu</emphasis> and <emphasis>voi</emphasis> subject pronouns are used to speak directly to friends, relatives, and children, and in informal situations. 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