Personal Pronouns

I, you, he, she, it, we and they are called personal pronouns. They
take the place of words for people, animals, places or things.

Examples:

Mona is five years old.

She is five years old. (She replaces Mona)

Jerry bought a new car.

He bought a new car. (He replaces Jerry)

James and Tom are going home.

They are going home. (They replaces James and Tom)

The vase is broken.

It is broken. (It replaces the vase)

Personal pronouns represent specific people or things. We use

them depending on:
 1st person singular= I

 2nd person singular = You

 3rd person singular = he, she, it (It is used to replace everything except people)

 3rd person plural= we, you, they

We use personal pronouns in place of the person or people that we are talking about.
 EXAMPLE:
My name is Josef but when I am talking about myself I almost always use
"I" or "me", not "Josef". When I am talking direct to you, I almost always
use "you", not your name. When I am talking about another person, say
John, I may start with "John" but then use "he" or "him". And so on.

Personal Pronouns, followed by some example

sentences:
personal pronouns
Subject Object
number person gender Pronouns Pronouns
1st male/female I me
2nd male/female you you
singular male he him
3rd female she her
neuter it it
1st male/female we us
plural 2nd male/female you you
3rd male/female/neuter they them
 Object Pronouns

Examples: In each case, the first sentence shows a subject

pronoun in light blue, the second an object pronoun in
green:

 I like coffee.
 John helps me every day.

 Do you like coffee?

 John loves you.

 He runs fast.
 I like him.

 She is Intelligent.
 Does Mary know her?
 It doesn't work.
 Can the engineer repair it?

 We went home.
 Anthony waits for us every morning.
 Do you need a table for three?
 She likes you.
 They watch TV.
 John and Mary play with them.

When we are talking about a single thing, we almost always use it. However,
there are a few exceptions. We may sometimes refer to an animal as he/him or
she/her, especially if the animal is domesticated or a pet.

Example:

 This is our dog Rusty. He's an Alsatian.

 My first car was a Mini and I treated it like my wife.

We often use it to introduce a remark:

 It is nice to have a holiday sometimes.

 It is important to dress well.
 It's difficult to find a job.
 Is it normal to see them together?
 It didn't take long to walk here.

We also often use it to talk about the weather, temperature, time and
distance:
 It's raining.
 It will probably be hot tomorrow.
 Is it nine o'clock yet?
 It's 50 kilometres from here to Cambridge.
 I

You (singular)

he

she