When using él, ella, nosotros/as, ellos, and ellas (essentially the pronouns used to talk about
people, rather than directly to people), we often have to use someone's name or title before using
the pronoun in order to avoid confusion.
For example, if a student says to me, "He can't come to class today," my first reaction is going to be:
Who is "he"? The speaker needs to set up who the players are first: "Marcos can't come to class
today," and then start using pronouns: "He isn't feeling well. He wanted me to tell you." Now there
is no room for confusion.
To practice this in Spanish, you will be given the "players" on the left, and then select the pronoun
that you should use to replace their name(s) as the conversation moves along.
Activity by Erin Huebener.
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