Personal Pronoun
is a group of words used to replace directly the name of a person thus the name 'personal pronoun.'
Personal pronoun are especially divided into 'persons,''number,''gender' and 'case' to clearly identify the usage of each personal pronoun.
Study the chart below to understand the each personal pronoun.
As you can observe in the chart, the gender is only indicated at the third person singular. This is because the other 'persons' are used with either genders. They can be used for masculine, feminine or neuter; for things and animals. 'I' refers to the speaker or the one who is talking regardless of the gender, the same with 'us,' 'their,' 'our,' 'mine,' 'me,' 'they' and 'them.' For the third person plural, all words are used to address group of person so gender is disregarded.
'You' has only one form for singular and plural, subjective and objective. This means, you can address either a single person or a crowd in 'second person' with 'you.'
*Note that personal pronouns substitute or changes directly the name of a person or thing. Their are some exemptions with the use of gender-specific pronouns with addressing animals, especially when one would like to use an emphatic tone. Example, an elderly woman would call her kittens daughters thus, "Would you give her some milk?" would mean the she is addressing her kitten.
'You' has only one form for singular and plural, subjective and objective. This means, you can address either a single person or a crowd in 'second person' with 'you.'
*Note that personal pronouns substitute or changes directly the name of a person or thing. Their are some exemptions with the use of gender-specific pronouns with addressing animals, especially when one would like to use an emphatic tone. Example, an elderly woman would call her kittens daughters thus, "Would you give her some milk?" would mean the she is addressing her kitten.
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