Pronoun
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A pronoun (pronombre in Spanish) is a word that takes the place of a noun. This allows a speaker to avoid repeating the noun many times. There are six types of pronouns- personal, relative, indefinite, demonstrative, interrogative and reflexive pronouns.
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Personal pronouns
Personal pronouns stand for people. John went to the store - He went to the store. He is the personal pronoun.
There are direct object pronouns, indirect object pronouns, prepositional pronouns, reflexive pronouns, and subject pronouns.
| English | Spanish | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | ||
| First person | I | We | yo | nosotros | Subjective (Nominative) case |
| Second person | you | you | tú, vos, usted | ustedes, vosotros | |
| Third person | he, she, it | they | él, ella | ellos, ellas | |
| First person | me | us | me | nos | Objective case |
| Second person | you | you | te, le, se | le, se, os | |
| Third person | him, her, them | them | le, se | les, se | |
| First person | my, mine | our, ours | mi, mío | nuestro | Objective case |
| Second person | your, yours | your, yours | tu, tuyo | su, suyo | |
| Third person | his, hers, its | their | su, suyo | su, suyo | |
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Relative pronouns
Relative pronouns refer back to another noun or pronoun mentioned previously in the sentence. For example, The driver, who was traveling at excessive speeds, crashed. Who is the relative pronoun. Relative pronouns include: who, whom, whomever, whoever, which, that, whatever, and whichever.
Indefinite pronouns
Indefinite pronouns refer to an unknown, undefined or indefinite subject. In English they are:
- all, another, anyone, anything, both, each, either, few, many, most, neither, no one, nobody, none, one, several, some, somebody, someone, and something
Demonstrative pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns point at something without saying what it is. This, that, these, and those are the demonstrative pronouns in English.
Interrogative pronouns
The interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions.
- who, whom, which, what, whose
Reflexive pronouns
Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence. In some cases you can think of it as if the action of the verb goes back and affects the subject.
- myself, himself, herself, yourself, itself, ourselves, themselves, and yourselves
