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    PRONOUNS

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    1) Personal pronouns refer to the speaker (first person), the person spoken to (second person), and others (third person). They can be singular or plural, and indicate subject or object. 2) Reflexive and emphatic pronouns contain "self" or "selves" and refer back to the subject of the sentence or emphasize a noun phrase. 3) Reciprocal pronouns like "each other" and "one another" refer to actions that go between two or more people or things in both directions. 4) There are also possessive, demonstrative, indefinite, relative, and interrogative pronouns that have specific grammatical functions.

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    1) Personal pronouns refer to the speaker (first person), the person spoken to (second person), and others (third person). They can be singular or plural, and indicate subject or object. 2) Reflexive and emphatic pronouns contain "self" or "selves" and refer back to the subject of the sentence or emphasize a noun phrase. 3) Reciprocal pronouns like "each other" and "one another" refer to actions that go between two or more people or things in both directions. 4) There are also possessive, demonstrative, indefinite, relative, and interrogative pronouns that have specific grammatical functions.

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    1) Personal pronouns refer to the speaker (first person), the person spoken to (second person), and others (third person). They can be singular or plural, and indicate subject or object. 2) Reflexive and emphatic pronouns contain "self" or "selves" and refer back to the subject of the sentence or emphasize a noun phrase. 3) Reciprocal pronouns like "each other" and "one another" refer to actions that go between two or more people or things in both directions. 4) There are also possessive, demonstrative, indefinite, relative, and interrogative pronouns that have specific grammatical functions.

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    PRONOUNS

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    1) Personal pronouns refer to the speaker (first person), the person spoken to (second person), and others (third person). They can be singular or plural, and indicate subject or object. 2) Reflexive and emphatic pronouns contain "self" or "selves" and refer back to the subject of the sentence or emphasize a noun phrase. 3) Reciprocal pronouns like "each other" and "one another" refer to actions that go between two or more people or things in both directions. 4) There are also possessive, demonstrative, indefinite, relative, and interrogative pronouns that have specific grammatical functions.

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    PRONOUNS

    PERSONAL PRONOUNS
    Introduction:
    Personal pronouns do not always refer to people. Personal means first person (speaker),
    second person (the person spoken to) and third person (another person or thing). These are the
    forms.
    Singular plural
    Subject object Subject Object
    First person I me we us
    Second person you you you you
    Third person he him they them
    She her they them
    It it they them
    One ones
    REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS, EMPHATIC PRONOUNS AND EACH OTHER
    FORM
    We form reflexive/ emphatic pronouns with self or selves.
    Singular Plural
    First person myself ourselves
    Second person yourself yourselves
    Third person himself / herself/ itself themselves
    Oneself
    We use a reflexive pronoun as object or complement when it refers to the same thing as the
    subject.
    I fell over and hurt myself.
    The company’s directors have given themselves a big pay rise.
    We use an emphatic pronoun to emphasize a noun phrase. Self / selves is stressed.
    Adama himself was in class yesterday.
    The children themselves were playing football in the school yard.
    EACH OTHER / ONE ANOTHER
    These are sometimes called reciprocal pronouns. They refer to an action going in one
    direction and also back in the opposite direction.
    The students help each other/ one another with their homework.
    The two drivers blamed each other / one another for the accident.
    POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
    Forms
    Singular plural
    Determiners pronouns determiners pronouns
    First person my mine our ours
    Second person your yours your yours
    Third person his his their theirs
    Her hers their theirs
    Its its their theirs

    DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
    Singular plural
    This these
    That those
    INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
    The indefinite pronouns are formed with: some, any, no and every.
    Examples
    Someone, anyone, no one, everyone
    Someone is in the house. Anyone can do this exercise. No one buys the new book.
    Something, anything, nothing, everything
    Something is in her hand bag. Anything can happen here. Nothing is good today. Everything
    is possible in the competition.
    Somebody, anybody, nobody, everybody
    Somebody has closed the door. Anybody wants to be rich. Nobody likes to be betrayed.
    Everybody is ready now.
    RELATIVE PRONOUNS
    The relative pronouns are: who, whom, which, that.
    Who : qui for person (subject)
    Ex: The man who goes to Sikasso.
    Whom: que for person (object)
    Ex: The man whom I see today.
    Which: qui for animals and things (subject and object)
    Ex: The dog which barks in night.
    That class that we are.
    That: qui, que for both animals, things and person (subject and object)
    Ex: The child that cries every day.
    The school that they demolished yesterday.

    INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
    The interrogative pronouns are: who, what, whom, which, whose
    Who: qui? What: que? Whom: qui? (object) Which: lequel, laquelle? Whose: dont, à
    qui? (possession)
    Examples:
    Who are you? (subject)
    Whom did you see? (object)
    What happens now? (subject)
    What do you do? (object)
    Which is the best answer? (subject)
    Which does he want now? (object)
    Whose was the idea?

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