explanation of personal pronouns with easy examples
Explanation of Personal Pronouns with Easy Examples
Personal pronouns refer to a particular person or thing. This Buzzle article explains this type of pronoun in detail with the help of easy examples, as well as lists the ones in French, Spanish, Latin, and German.
- Number ('I' for singular, 'we' for plural)
- Person ('I' for 1st person, 'you' for 2nd person, 'he, she, it' for 3rd person)
- Gender ('he' for male, 'she' for female, 'it' for neuter)
- Case ('we' as subject, 'us' as object)
NUMBER | PERSON | GENDER | PERSONAL PRONOUNS | |||||||||
ENGLISH | FRENCH | SPANISH | LATIN | GERMAN | ||||||||
Subject | Object | Subject | Object | Subject | Object | Subject | Object | Subject | Object | |||
SINGULAR | 1st Person | Male/Female | I | me | je | me/moi | yo | me | ego | mē/mihi | ich | mich/mir |
2nd Person | Male/Female | you | you | tu | te/toi | tú/usted | te | tū | tē/tibi | du/sie | dich/dir/sie/ihnen | |
3rd Person | Male | he | him | il | le/lui | él | le/lo | is | eum/eī | er | ihn/ihm | |
Female | she | her | elle | la/lui | ella | le/la | ea | eam/eī | sie | sie/ihr | ||
Neuter | it | it | on | - | - | - | id | id/eī | es | es/ihm | ||
PLURAL | 1st Person | Male/Female | we | us | nous | nous | nostras/ nosotros | nos | nōs | nōs/nōbīs | wir | uns |
2nd Person | Male/Female | you | you | vous | vous | vostras/ vosotros | os | vōs | vōs/vōbīs | ihr | euch | |
3rd Person | Male/Female/Neuter | they | them | ils/elles | les/leur | ellos/ellas | les/los/las | eī/iī/eae/ea | eōs/eās/ea/eīs/iīs | sie | sie/ihnen |