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The words for 'I', 'you', etc.: yo and tú

In Spanish, you often don't need a separate word for I, you, we, etc, as the information is all there in the verb itself:


  • soy I'm
Soy de Canarias. I'm from the Canaries.

  • eres you are
¿De dónde eres? Where are you from?

  • vamos we go
Vamos al cine. We go to the cinema.

The words I, you, etc, do exist but are used mainly for emphasis or contrast:

 

Yo soy de Canarias. Me, I'm from the Canaries.

 

You can also use them as shorthand:

 

¿Y tú? ¿Qué tomas? And you? What are you having?
Yo, una cerveza. I'll have a beer