{"id":10266,"date":"2022-06-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/?p=10266"},"modified":"2022-06-10T16:15:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:15:16","slug":"%d0%b1%d1%80%d0%be%d1%81%d0%b0%d0%b9-%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%ba-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d1%84%d0%b5%d1%81%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%bb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/%d0%b1%d0%bb%d0%be%d0%b3\/%d0%b1%d1%80%d0%be%d1%81%d0%b0%d0%b9-%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%ba-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d1%84%d0%b5%d1%81%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%bb\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Drop Like a Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever heard the term \u201cpro-drop\u201d? It stands for \u201cpronoun-drop\u201d and it\u2019s a grammatical concept that some languages have. Pro-drop might seem like something really small, but learning about it and how to use it will make you feel and sound a little more like a native speaker<\/a>. Keep reading to learn about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is \u201cpro-drop\u201d?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pro-drop is where you drop the pronoun in a sentence. You might be thinking, \u201cHow can you do that? Then you wouldn\u2019t know who is doing the action!\u201d And you\u2019re right! There are certain times when you will need a pronoun to help you. However, some languages, like Spanish, don\u2019t need a pronoun all the time. English, on the other hand, always needs a pronoun, so pro-drop doesn\u2019t happen in English. Let\u2019s take a look at what happens in a sentence in English and Spanish:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"CONVERSA
\u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0435<\/strong>Video: Spanish-English false friends<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>

I<\/span> speak Spanish.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yo<\/span> hablo espa\u00f1ol.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"CONVERSA
\u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0435<\/strong>Online Activity: Conjugate Spanish Verbs in Present<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>

In both of these sentences, there is a pronoun. In English, it\u2019s I<\/em>, and in Spanish, it\u2019s yo. <\/em>However, in Spanish, I could also write the sentence this way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hablo espa\u00f1ol.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this sentence, there isn\u2019t a \u201cyo\u201d, but the sentence is still completely grammatically correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why doesn\u2019t Spanish always need to include pronouns?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Think back to when you learned about conjugation in Spanish. Do you remember how many forms there are in each tense? There are 6! In Spanish, since there are so many types of conjugation, unlike the 2 there are in English, the verbs show who is doing the action clearly. Therefore, the ending of the verb is enough to know who is doing the action. Take a look at these sentences below. Can you tell who is doing each action?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compras<\/span> mucha ropa.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hacemos<\/span> la tarea.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viv\u00eds<\/span> en Valencia.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The subjects for these are t\u00fa<\/em>, nosotros<\/em>, and vosotros<\/em>, and you can tell just based on the endings! There\u2019s no need to include the subject pronoun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When does Spanish include pronouns?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, it\u2019s not clear who is doing the action. This is because \u00e9l, ella <\/em>and usted <\/em>all have the same conjugation, and ellos, ellas <\/em>and ustedes <\/em>use the same conjugation. So, sometimes you need to include the pronoun to clarify who is doing the action. For example, in the following sentence, it\u2019s not clear who the subject is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come a la 11 de la ma\u00f1ana.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless you already established who you\u2019re talking about, you\u2019ll probably need to include the subject so it\u2019s clear who is eating at 11:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ella come a la 11 de la ma\u00f1ana.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, it\u2019s clear that we\u2019re talking about her<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, native speakers will also include pronouns in order to emphasize who is doing an action. Although you could say hablo espa\u00f1ol<\/em>, if someone asks who in the room speaks Spanish, you might want to emphasize \u201cyo<\/span> hablo espa\u00f1ol\u201d<\/em> to <\/em>add emphasis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hope this helped you see that in Spanish, unlike English, you don\u2019t need to use a pronoun every single time. As you\u2019re learning, it\u2019s okay to use pronouns more often to help you conjugate! Once you get the hang of conjugation, try out pro-drop to take your Spanish to the next level.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever heard the term \u201cpro-drop\u201d? It stands for \u201cpronoun-drop\u201d and it\u2019s a grammatical concept that some languages have. Pro-drop might seem like something really small, but learning about it and how to use it will make you feel and sound a little more like a native speaker. Keep reading to learn about it. […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,7,30,87,89,97,24],"tags":[31,48,322,321,81,63],"class_list":["post-10266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a1","category-blog","category-grammar","category-language","category-learning","category-spanish","category-vocabulary","tag-grammar","tag-learn-spanish","tag-pro-drop","tag-pronouns","tag-spanish-grammar","tag-spanish-online"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Portadas-blog-2-4.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}