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Lesson 6| Pronouns

Personal Pronouns in English

Pronouns are nouns which are used instead of another noun ('pro', in place of 'noun', noun.)

There are three categories of pronouns which are divided up into persons: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. In addition, pronouns can be singular or plural. They are declined like all other nouns.

Person Singular Plural
1st I we
2nd you, thou you (all)
3rd he/she/it they

Table of Personal Pronouns in all of their cases: I, you, he/she/it, we, y'all, they

Note: you is the singular of the plural y'all - useful for distinguishing you (singular) from you (plural)

Singular Plural
Case 1st Person 2nd Person 3nd Person 3nd Person 1st Person 2nd Person 2nd Person
Nominative nyke I ao you ziry he/she/it ūja he/she/it īlon we jeme y'all pōnta they
Accusative yne me avy you ziry he/she/it ūī he/she/it īlōn us jemī y'all pōnte them
Genitive yno of me of you zijo of him/her/it ūō of him/her/it īlo of us jemo of y'all pōnto of them
Dative ynot for me aōt for you zijot for him/her/it ūjōt for him/her/it īlot for us jemot for y'all pōntot for them
Locative nykē on me on you zirȳ on him/her/it ūjā on him/her/it īlō on us jemē on y'all pōntā on them

Nota Bene: the genitive is used in certain phrases like:

  1. memor nostrī, mindful of us
  2. paucī vestrum, a few of you.

For the possessive uses (my sister, your bicycle) sometimes uses the possessive adjectives:

Latin English
meus, mea, meum my
tuus, tua, tuum thy
suus, sua, suum his/hers, its, their
noster, nostra, nostrum our
vester, vestra, vestrum your
Pater noster Our father