Pronoun – Personal Pronoun

Definition: Personal Pronoun is a word which is used in place of a person or thing.

I, We, You, He, She, It and They are Personal Pronouns. They have others forms also that are used specific to cases(Possessive case , Objective case).

Personal mean related to persons. There are three types of persons we talk about in English grammar.

First Person – Who is talking (I, My, Mine, Me, We, Our, Ours, US)

Second Person – To whom one is talking. (You, Your, Yours)

Third Person – About whom two are talking. (He, His, Him, She, Her, Hers, It, Its, They, Their, Theirs, Them)

Note: When case of Personal Pronoun changes, its form also gets changed.

Table for Personal Pronoun for better understanding:

Table for Personal Pronoun
Nominative Case Possessive Case Objective Case
Possessive Adjective Possessive Pronoun
I My Mine Me
We Our Ours Us
You Your Yours You
He His His Him
She Her Hers Her
It Its x It
They Their Theirs Them

Don’t confuse with Possessive Adjective here when we are discussing about Personal Pronouns. Basically in Possessive case My, Our, Your, His, Her, Its and Their are used as Adjective or say Possessive Adjective. They are used before a Noun. My car, Your Table, His pen etc.

You can understand difference easily in sentences given below:

This is my car.

(My is used before car so it is  qualifying the car, hence here My is Possessive Adjective)

Now some other sentences:

This car is mine.

(Here Mine is used as Possessive Pronoun in Objective case)

This pen is his (his – Pronoun)

I met her (her – Pronoun)

We will learn more about Adjectives in next chapters.

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