Personal pronouns
- the person speaking
- the person spoken to
- the person spoken of
- I am fed up.
- We have to go.
- You are my best friend.
- You have betrayed my trust.
Personal pronouns have different forms:
The pronouns that are used as subjects of verbs are: I, he, she, they, you and we.
The personal pronouns that are used as objects of verbs are: me, him, her, them, you and us. Note that you does not change.
Personal pronouns in the possessive case has the following forms: mine, his, hers, theirs, yours and ours.
Note that the possessive pronouns shall not be confused with the possessive adjectives my, his, her, their, your and our. The possessive adjectives are used before nouns.
Compare:
- This is my dog. (Here the possessive adjective my qualifies the noun dog.)
- Those are their books. (Here the possessive adjective their qualifies the noun books.)
- This dog is mine.
- Those books are theirs.
- This is my coat. Where is yours?
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