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 "one" and its compounds. Santo "Saint" has the form San before a masculine name in the singular:  Gran takes the place of grande "great" (but  is  while  is  and cien takes the place of ciento "100", before either masculine or feminine.

1.2Pronouns are of five classes: personal, demonstrative, interrogative, relative, and indefinite.

1.21Personal pronouns are of two main types: those which can be used apart from verbs, called disjunctive pronouns, and those which can be used only with verbs, called conjunctive pronouns.

1.Disjunctive pronouns are:

When the pronouns mí, tí, and are used as objects of the preposition con "with", the following forms result: conmigo, contigo, and consigo.

The word usted (abbreviated Ud. or Vd.) is used when speaking to persons with whom one is not well acquainted, and takes a verb in the third person singular; the plural ustedes (abbreviated Uds. or Vds.) is used in the same way. In Spanish America, ustedes is often used instead of vosotros, as the plural corresponding to ''tú. Tú'' is used only between relatives, young people, intimate friends, and in addressing children, servants, and pets. In South America, especially Argentina, vos is generally used for tú.

2.Conjunctive pronouns are: