Different uses of "tu" and "te"

Question

I do not understand the different uses of: tu, and te in Spanish. I understand that "tu" is a subject pronoun, and "te" is an indirect object pronoun, however, I do not understand the uses of these. In the example: "Yo fui pensando sobre (tu/te)" (I was thinking about you), which form of "you" would be used? I believe it is "tu," but I'm not 100% sure! ¡Muchas gracias!

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Answer 1

Tú /Te/Ti

Tu as subject

YOU are bautifull. TU eres guapo

Tu as indirect object is TE

I (subject) give YOU( indirect object) a present(direct object). Yo TE doy un regalo.

TI to aclarate more, who the indirect object is. It use to go preceed for a preposition a/en/por...

. Yo a TI te doy un regalo. or yo te doy un regalo a TI.

I give you a present TO YOU.

The sentence i was thinking about you . Woul be.

Estaba pensando en TI

Answer 2

First of all, what's your native language?

Second, try to understand full sentences instead of single words that might have different meaning and uses, just like in English.

Answer 3

Nice reading here: http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/courses/PRONOUN1.HTM

There are a number of distinct situations where you need to choose between tú, te, and ti.

Txelis delineated the indirect object and subject cases nicely.

Ti is used as the object of a preposition, which can include anytime the object is used with a personal a as emphasize, but can simply be when there is a preposition, as in the example he gave using "pensar en ti".

Te is also used as the direct object and the "reflexive/pronominal" usage:

Te desperté. I woke you up- direct object

Te despertaste. You woke (yourself) up.

It is important to recognize all 5 situations, as different pronouns change in different patterns in all these situations.