Different Forms of Personal Pronouns
Different Forms of Personal Pronouns :
First Person (Masculine or Feminine)
Case….Singular….Plural
Nominative….I…..we
Possessive…. my, mine….our, ours
Accusative….. me….us
Second Person (Masculine or Feminine)
Case….Singular….Plural
Nominative….thou….you
Possessive…. Thy, Thine…. your, yours
Accusative….thee….you
Third Person : Singular
Case….. Masculine…..Feminine…..Neuter
Nominative….he….she….it
Possessive….his…. her, hers….its
Accusative….him….her….it
Third Person : Plural
Case….. All genders
Nominative….they
Possessive….their, theirs
Accusative….them
My, your, his, her, its, one’s and theirs are determiners. These determiners also do the work of the adjectives. So, they are often called Possessive Adjectives.
This is my house.
We have got a new dog.
What is its name?
It is called Remy.
Mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs are pronouns and are not used with articles.
The cycle is mine.
This signature is yours.
Yours, hers, ours and theirs are spelt without apostrophe.
WHOSE
Whose car is this?
Here WHOSE is a determiner.
The word WHOSE determines the ownership of the card.
Whose is this?
Here WHOSE is a pronoun.
Here, the word WHOSE stands for the one who owns this.
That is Seenu's bike.
Seenu’s bike – determiner
That bike looks like Seenu's.
like Seenu's – Pronoun
MINE : (Pronoun) - [possessive form of I]
The one that belongs to me.
The ones that belong to me.
That's your shirt. Mine (my shirt) is here.
That's mine!
Give it back to me.
She borrowed a book of mine.
OURS : (Pronoun) [possessive form of we]
(The one or ones of or belonging to us)
This is your room and ours is next door.
Ours is on the table.
Ours are on the table.
She said it was hers. But we told her it was ours.
She is a friend of ours.
YOURS : (Pronoun) [possessive form of you]
Of the person or people spoken to
This is our room and yours is at the end of the hall.
Yours is green.
Yours are green.
Is not he a friend of yours?
YOURS FAITHFULLY & YOURS TRULY are used to end a formal letter that begins with Dear Sir(s) / Madam.
YOURS SINCERELY is used to end a less formal letter that begins…
Dear Mr. Ram,
Dear Miss. Jones,
YOURS, BAKER & YOURS TRULY! are other ways of concluding the letters.
Note : In English, YOURS SINCERELY is the most common way of ending a letter to someone whose name you know.
YOURS FAITHFULLY is used when writing to someone whose name you do not know.
In informal letters, many other endings are possible such as….YOURS & BEST WISHES.
THEIRS : (Pronoun) [Possessive form of they]
Of those people, animals or things already mentioned
I do my work and they do theirs.
He is a friend of theirs.
HIS : (Pronoun) [That / those belonging to him]
Which part is Ahmed's?
Is this one his?
His is on the table.
His are on the table.
Everyone wants only what is his by right
HERS : (Pronoun) [Possessive form of She]
Of that female person or animal already mentioned
This is my coat and hers is over there.
My shoes are red and hers are brown.
He's a friend of hers.
Study the following.
This is my car.
Those are your books.
That is her pen.
[my, your and her are called possessive adjectives]
This is his car. (his : Possessive Adjective)
This car is his. (his : Possessive Pronoun)
This pen is mine.
This pen is yours.
These pens are mine.
These pens are yours.
This pen is hers.
That car of yours is simply smart.
Different Forms of Personal Pronouns
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