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Without pronouns:
Budi lifted the log. Budi found a worm under the log.
With pronouns:
Budi lifted the log. He found a worm under it.
Personal pronouns represent specific people
or things. We use them depending on:
Number: singular (I) or plural (we)
Person: 1st person (I), 2nd person (you),
or 3rd person (he/she)
Gender: male (he) or female (she)
Case: subject (we) or object (us)
We use personal pronouns in place of the
person or people that we are talking about.
Subject
A subject pronoun functions as the subject of a verb.
That means that it represents the person/people or I
thing(s) that perform the action described. Because of
this, it normally appears at the start of the sentence,
followed by a verb. You
He
We
They
Object
Me
An object pronoun functions as the object of a verb
or preposition. That means that it represents the
person/peole or thing(s) affected by an action.
You
Him
Us
Them
Possesive
Pronouns A possessive pronoun is a pronoun
that is used to express ownership or
Mine possession.
yours
We can use a possessive pronoun instead of a
His full noun phrase to avoid repeating words:
Is that John's car?
No, it's mine instead of (No, it’s my car)
Hers
Whose coat is this?
Is it yours? instead of (Is it your coat?)
Its