Like an English pronoun. Object case of personal pronouns in English

The table of pronouns in English is a tricky business, if only because there are not two, but at least eleven of them. Surprised? But do not worry, they are not so easy to confuse if you at least know something about them.

Let's look at the classification of English pronouns and discuss in detail several of their problematic groups.

Let's combine personal and possessive pronouns into one table for clarity. Moreover, it will be much easier for you to draw parallels and remember them:

person/number	Personal			Possessive
		Nominative case	Objective case		Absolute form
Singular	1	I - I	Me - me, me	My - my	Mine
	2	—
	3	He - he She - she It - it	Him - him, him Her - her, her Its - this, this	His - his Her - her Its - this	His Hers Its
Plural	1	We - we	Us - to us	Our - our	Ours
	2	You - you, you	You - you, you; you, you	Your - yours, yours	Yours
	3	They - they	Them - them, them	Their - their	Theirs

Carefully read the following important points on the table of pronouns in English:

• I always capitalized. When listing people, put it in the last place:

Jill, Mark and I went to the Zoo. Jill, Mark and I went to the zoo.

• Pronouns he and she can serve to highlight gender, however, when talking about animals, you can use them in this way only in fairy tales or talking about your favorite pets:

Ginger is our cat. She is very naughty. Ginger is our cat. She is very capricious.

• It can be used in relation to inanimate nouns, any animals, as well as children. Yes, yes, this is perfectly normal:

The baby run away pattering with its feet. The child ran away, stamping his feet.

• reflexive pronouns combined with verbs. You can translate them by adding the suffix -sya. And also it will be necessary to learn a few set expressions with them.

Do not forget that in English, unlike your native language, this is a whole word, and not just a suffix:

She hurt herself when she was cleaning the roof. She got hurt while cleaning the roof.
Help yourselves.- Help yourself!

• Indefinite pronouns formed with words some, any, no:
  

  	Some	Any	no
  -body	Somebody - someone	Anybody+Any- Nobody? anyone	nobody - no one
  -thing	Something - Something	Anything+ Anything- Nothing? Something	nothing - nothing
  -where	Somewhere - somewhere, somewhere	Anywhere+ Anywhere- Nowhere? Anywhere	Nowhere - nowhere

  Indefinite pronouns in English will make you sweat. Pay special attention to how their translation changes depending on the type of sentence:

Do you have anything interesting to read? - Do you have anything interesting to read?
We didn't have anything in the house - it was empty. We didn't have anything in the house - it was empty.
I won't take my old clothes to Paris, choose anything you want. “I won’t take old clothes with me to Paris, choose whatever you like.”

• Interrogative pronouns fully justify their name: they will be useful to you for special questions:

Who- Who? Used with animate nouns and sometimes with animals;
whom- Whom? To whom?
What- What? Which?
Whose- Whose?
Which- Which the?

And although there are very few of them, you still have to spend time on them. So, for example, in a question to the subject with these comrades, auxiliary verbs are not used in present and past simple:

Who came there with you? Who came there with you?
Which of you goes to the swimming pool on Tuesdays? How many of you go to the pool on Tuesdays?

• Relative pronouns completely coincide with their interrogative neighbors, however, they serve to connect main clauses with subordinate clauses:

The girl who is sitting next to the window is my cousin. The girl who sits next to the window is my cousin.
We wondered which of the boys could speak French. We were wondering which of the boys could speak French.
tell me whom you gave the book last week. Tell me who you gave the book to last week.
This is the man whose house was robbed. This is a man whose house was robbed.
This lipstick is just what I want.- This lipstick is exactly what I want. But make no mistake, it's not that simple.

Sometimes that can replace relative pronouns, and also always comes after nouns with superlative adjectives, ordinal numbers and words all, any, only:

These are the people that I saw in the street. These are the people I saw on the street.
This is the most beautiful flower that I have ever seen. — This is the most beautiful flower I have ever seen.
He has seen all the movies that I gave him. He watched all the films that I gave him.

It's time to sum it up. The topic of pronouns is one of the most extensive in the English language. Here you have to first learn all their sections, then practice them in speech and exercises, and finally memorize all the nuances in use. The pronoun table will be your best assistant in this matter. Rely on it, and difficulties will gradually come to naught.

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At the beginning of learning English, you can encounter so many things that are frightening and incomprehensible that it is not difficult to beat off all the desire to learn. But if you approach the issue correctly, you can achieve significant success. Today, so that the desire to learn does not run away, the lesson will be devoted to the topic from the very “basics”: “Pronouns of the English language”.

With experience, I came to the conclusion that any information needs to be sorted out. Therefore, I will give you everything in a table, with translation and even pronunciation.

Let's start, perhaps.

Personal pronouns

The first thing you should get acquainted with when learning a language is personal pronouns. This is what we use in speech every day. I, we, you, he, she, them, us, you... - all this forms the basis of any proposal. At the initial stage, 50% of your offers will begin with them. The rest will, of course, be nouns. You can see them clearly in the table below.

Possessive pronouns

« What's mine is mine! ”- or a story about how to understand what kind of word such “possessive” pronouns are. Mine, hers, his, theirs, ours - that's what is hidden behind this word. By the way, another 20% of your words will begin with these words: my mother- my mom,her dog- her dog.

By the way, if you thought that everything would end so easily, then you were cruelly mistaken, because we have not yet discussed absolute possessive pronouns.

You probably have a question, what is the difference. And the difference is that after these pronouns we do not use nouns. Let's look at an example:

It is my pen . - This is my pen.

The pen is mine. - This a pen my.

The ball is his. - This ball his.

And notice that in sentences with possessive pronouns, the logical stress shifts to them side! The importance of who owns the thing comes first here!

Demonstrative pronouns

Often in speech it is necessary to use demonstrative pronouns. That, those, these, this - all these forms of pronouns are very often used both in written and in oral speech. Let's take a closer look at how we can use them.

reflexive pronouns

What are reflexive pronouns, probably, not everyone has heard. Somewhere in 3rd grade shocked schoolchildren begin to clutch their heads in search of an explanation. It is understandable, because in Russian we rarely use them, in principle, and after all, we are just starting to learn English.

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A pronoun, instead of a name, helps to replace a noun in speech to avoid annoying repetitions. In English, as in Russian, there are several types of pronouns. We will talk today about what these pronouns are, how they are expressed and how to learn them easily and quickly. How easy is it to learn English pronouns?

Getting to know the types of pronouns in English

The first type and the most important Personal Pronouns (personal). This type of pronoun is the most common in speech. Everyone, both beginners and people who have been practicing English for a long time, knows simple and short words:

I - I You - you / you
He - he She - she
It - it, it
We - we They - they

Pay attention to the suggestions:

• I'm busy now. - I'm busy now.
• They are going to take their sister with them. They are going to take their sister with them.
• We must learn English pronouns. We must learn English pronouns.

The same Personal Pronouns, but in the genitive and dative cases:

Me - me, me
You - you, you / you, you
Him - him, him
Her - her, her Its - him, him
Us - us, us
Them - them, them For example:

• Tell us that you are not guilty! Tell us you're not to blame!
• Allow them to pass, please. “Let them pass, please.
• Take me with you. - Take me with you.

The next type of English pronouns is Possessive Pronouns (possessive):

My - mine (mine, mine)
Your - yours / yours
His - his
Her - her Its - his
Our - our
Their - their

• Give me my copy-book, please. Give me my notebook, please.
• Where is your coat? - Where is your coat?
• She is walking with her dog. — She walks with her (her) dog.

Reflexive Pronouns or reflexive pronouns, look like this:

Myself - I myself / myself (myself, myself, etc.)
Yourself - you yourself / yourself
Himself - he himself
Herself - she herself
Itself - it is itself
Ourselves - ourselves
Yourselves - you yourself
Themselves - they themselves

• It switches itself off. - It turns itself off.
• She does everything herself. She does everything herself.
• You should think about yourselves. “You should think about yourself.

And finally, the absolute form or Absolute Pronouns, which is used without nouns:

Mine - mine, mine, mine
yours - yours
His - his
Hers - her Its - his
Ours - our
Theirs - their For example:

• Do not touch this bag; it's mine! Don't touch this bag, it's mine!
• This is our classroom; where is yours? This is our class, where is yours?
• My flat is on the first floor, theirs is on the last floor. My apartment is on the first floor, and theirs is on the top.

We will not dwell on each type of English pronouns, because we examined them in detail in our past articles. We will just focus on how to learn them quickly and effectively.
Demonstrative pronouns in English

Learn English pronouns quickly and effectively!

So, you have decided to master the pronouns in English, remember them once and for all! A very correct decision, because not a single dialogue, not a single conversation can do without these words. We want to offer you several ways to quickly and firmly learn all these types of English pronouns. Moreover, this can be done without interrupting work, household chores or leisure.

To begin with, make yourself such a tablet, in which there will be all of the above types of "substitutes" for English nouns. For example, this one:

PersonalPronouns	Genitive and Dative	PossessivePronouns	ReflexivePronouns	AbsolutePronouns
I - I You - you / you He - he She - she It - it, it We - we They - they	Me - me, me You - you, you / you, you Him - him, him Her - her, her Its - him, him Us - us, us Them - them, them	My - mine (mine, mine) Your - yours / yours His - his Her - her Its - his Our - our Their - their	Myself - I myself / myself (myself, myself, etc.) Yourself - you yourself / yourself Himself - he himself Herself - she herself Itself - it is itself Ourselves - ourselves Yourselves - you yourself Themselves - they themselves	Mine is mine yours - yours His - his Hers - her Its - his Ours - our Theirs - theirs

Make several copies of this tablet, each type of pronoun separately and all together. Fortunately, English pronouns are short words, and each type is consonant with the previous one, that is, they are similar in sound and even in spelling.

So you've made a table; now place the leaves or funny colored stickers with the sign wherever possible: on the desktop, on the bookshelf, in the work bag, in the case along with the mobile phone, in the kitchen near your favorite cup, near the cupboard with dishes. Let these pronouns be in front of your eyes until you “click” them like seeds.

Seeing English pronouns at every step before your eyes, just repeat them out loud several times. Also, substitute auxiliary words with which pronouns will be more firmly deposited in memory: my book, his cup etc. Make the task more difficult, add more auxiliary words: this is our house, that is their car etc.

Name objects around you with pronouns

“Run through” English pronouns with your eyes at every opportunity and free minute: on the way to work, from work or from school, at night before going to bed, etc. You yourself will not notice how your visual memory will serve you well, and you learn pronouns in just a few days.

As you know, all parts of speech are divided into independent and auxiliary. As in Russian, pronouns in English belong to an independent part of speech, which denotes an object or is its attribute, but does not name persons and objects directly. These words do not name relations and properties, they do not give a spatial or temporal characteristic.

Pronouns (Pronouns) in English replace the noun, which is why they are called “in place of the name” - He, you, it. These words can also be used instead of an adjective - Such, that, these. As in Russian, so in English, there are a lot of such lexical units, but it is necessary to know them and use them correctly. Therefore, we proceed directly to the study.

According to their meaning, Pronouns can be classified into several groups. I suggest that you familiarize yourself with this classification and the features of each of the groups:

Personal (Personal) - the most important and common pronouns. In a sentence, they act as the subject. And the word "I (I)" is always capitalized, regardless of whether it is at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence. And the pronoun you (you, you) expresses both the plural and the singular.

It should also be remembered that lexemes he (he) and she (she) use when they want to designate an animated person, and it- to refer to animals, abstract concepts and inanimate objects. BUT "they" It is used both for inanimate objects and for animate persons.

Personal pronouns in English are declined by case. In the case when they play the role of a subject in a sentence, they are in the nominative case, and when they play the role of an object, they are in the object case. To make it clearer to you, study the table

Face	Nominative case		Objective case
	Singular
1	I	I	me	me, me
2	you	you	you	you, you
3	he	he	him	him, his
	she	she is	her	her, her
	it	it, he, she	it	him, her, him, her
	Plural
1	we	we	us	us, us
2	you	you	you	you, you
3	they	they	them	them, them

Possessive pronouns

English possessive pronouns (Possessive) we discussed in detail in the previous article. But still, let me remind you that they express belonging, have two forms - an adjective and a noun, answer the question “Whose?” and do not change in numbers. There is also a special absolute form. Look at the table, how Possessive Pronouns are declined:

pronouns
the form	personal	possessive	absolute
unit. number	I he she it	my his her its	mine his hers her its his/her
Plural number	we you they	our your their	ours yours theirs

Demonstrative pronouns in English

Demonstrative or demonstrative - point to a person or object. Demonstrative pronouns in English do not change by gender, but decline by number, that is, they have singular and plural forms. Wherein " this"They call an object that is next to the speaker, and the word" that” denotes an object located at a considerable distance.

In addition, “that” can be translated into Russian as “this, this”. Demonstrative pronouns in English in a sentence can act as a subject, object, attribute or noun.

Reflexive pronouns in English

Reflexive or reflexive - express a reflexive meaning, show that the action is directed to the actor himself, therefore, reflexive pronouns in English in a sentence correspond in form to the subject.

Their distinguishing feature is that they end in "- self"in the singular or "- selves" in plural)". In Russian, this is the verbal suffix “-sya (-s)” or the pronoun “himself (himself, himself, himself)”: He cut himself - He cut himself

Singular		Plural
myself		ourselves
yourself		yourselves	yourself (themselves)
himself	himself (himself)	themselves
herself
itself
oneself indefinite personal form

Indefinite pronouns in English

Indefinite is one of the most numerous groups of English pronouns. In sentences, nouns and adjectives can be replaced. Indefinite pronouns in English can be conditionally divided into words, formed from “no” (no, not at all), “any” (any, a few, a little) and “some” (a few, a little).

no		any		some
noone/nobody	nobody	anyone/anybody	someone/someone, anyone	someone/somebody	somebody/someone
nothing	nothing	anything	something/something, whatever	something	something
nowhere	nowhere	anywhere	somewhere/somewhere, anywhere/anywhere	somewhere	somewhere
		anyhow	somehow / somehow, somehow	somehow	somehow / somehow
		any day/any time	whenever	some time/some day	someday

Other Indefinite Pronouns include: every, each, both, all, few, little, many, much.

Interrogative pronouns in English

Interrogatives are very similar to relative ones, but perform completely different functions in a sentence where they are subject, adjective or object: Who is there? - Who's there? Sometimes they can be a nominal part of the predicate. Interrogative pronouns in English are also called "question words":

• who? - who?
• which? - which the?
• whom? - whom? to whom?
• where? - where?
• what? - what?
• whose? - whose?
• when? - when?
• why? - why?

Other pronouns

We have looked at the main and more numerous pronouns in more detail, but there are other groups of pronouns in English:

• Universal: all, both, everyone, everybody, everything, every, either, each
• Dividers: another, other
• Negative: no, nobody, nothing, no one, neither, none
• Relative: that, which, whose, who