What Are Personal Pronouns? (With Examples)

Personal pronouns represent people or things. The personal pronouns are: ·         I ·         you ·         he ·         she ·         it ·         we ·         they Subjective Personal Pronouns The list above shows the subjective personal pronouns. These are the versions used for the subjects of verbs. For example: ·         You are happy. ·         They won the league. Objective Personal Pronouns The objective personal pronouns are me, you, him, her, it, us, and them. These are the versions used when the personal pronouns are objects (like direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepositions). For example: ·         Paul knows her. (The personal pronoun is a direct object.) ·         Paul gave them the letter. (The personal pronoun is an indirect object.) ·         Paul went with him. (The personal pronoun is an object of a preposition.) Choosing Personal Pronouns Native English speakers rarely make mistakes when selecting which personal pronoun to use. However, whether we know it or not, we all select a personal pronoun having first determined its: ·         Number Is the personal pronoun representing something singular or plural?  ·         Person Is the personal pronoun representing something: In the first person? (This is the speaker himself or a group that includes the speaker, i.e., I, me, we, and us.) In the second person? (This is the speaker's audience, i.e., you.) In the third person? (This is everybody else, i.e., he, she,it, they.)  ·         Gender Is the personal pronoun representing something male, female, or neuter? ·         Case Is the personal pronoun representing something which is a subject or an object? The Personal Pronouns and Their Possessive Versions The table below shows the subjective personal pronouns and the objective personal pronouns. For completeness, it also shows the associated possessive adjectives and absolute possessive pronouns. Person Subjective Case Objective Case Possessive Case Possessive Adjective Possessive Case Absolute Possessive Pronouns First Person Singular I me my mine Second Person Singular you you your yours Third Person Singular he/she/it him/her/it his/her/its his/hers/its First Person Plural we us our ours Second Person Plural you you your yours Third Person Plural they them their theirs

Personal pronouns	Possessive adjectives	Possessive pronouns	Reflexive pronouns	Object pronouns
I	my	mine	myself	me
you	your	yours	yourself	you
he	his	his	himself	him
she	her	hers	herself	her
it	its	its	itself	it
we	our	ours	ourselves	us
you	your	yours	yourselves	you
they	their	theirs	themselves	them

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