Slovene), may also have distinct pronouns for these. Languages which have other numbers, such as dual (e.g. third-person pronouns normally refer to third parties other than the speaker or the person being addressed (as the English he, she, it, they).Īs noted above, within each person there are often different forms for different grammatical numbers, especially singular and plural.second-person pronouns normally refer to the person or persons being addressed (as the English you) in the plural they may also refer to the person or persons being addressed together with third parties.first-person pronouns normally refer to the speaker, in the case of the singular (as the English I), or to the speaker and others, in the case of the plural (as the English we).Languages typically have personal pronouns for each of the three grammatical persons: Finally, in, did so is a verb phrase, not a pronoun, but it is a pro-form standing for "help".įrequency of personal pronouns in Serbo-Croatian No other word can function there with the same meaning we don't say "the sky is raining" or "the weather is raining". In, the pronoun it doesn't stand in for anything. In, the pronoun it "stands in" for whatever was mentioned and is a good idea.
I asked her to help, and she did so right away.Pronouns mostly function as pro-forms, but there are pronouns that are not pro-forms and pro-forms that are not pronouns. A pro-form is a type of function word or expression that stands in for (expresses the same content as) another word, phrase, clause or sentence where the meaning is recoverable from the context. Examples are the majestic plural in English and the use of vous in place of tu in French.įor specific details of the personal pronouns used in the English language, see English personal pronouns. The re-use in some languages of one personal pronoun to indicate a second personal pronoun with formality or social distance – commonly a second person plural to signify second person singular formal – is known as the T–V distinction, from the Latin pronouns tu and vos. The term "personal" is used here purely to signify the grammatical sense personal pronouns are not limited to people and can also refer to animals and objects (as the English personal pronoun it usually does). Personal pronouns may also take different forms depending on number (usually singular or plural), grammatical or natural gender, case, and formality. Personal pronouns are pronouns that are associated primarily with a particular grammatical person – first person (as I), second person (as you), or third person (as he, she, it, they). JSTOR ( June 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).
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