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(idea) by Jeeves (5.5 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Fri Jun 30 2000 at 22:10:58

A pronoun that refers to a person. In English, words like "I", "you", "me", "them", "us", "she", etc.

(thing) by everyone (3.3 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Fri Mar 23 2001 at 23:58:52

Personal Pronouns in a few languages
(1,2,3 = person; s/p = singular/plural;
polite forms in brackets):
  • Afrikaans
    • 1s - ek
    • 2s - jy (u)
    • 3s - hy, sy, dit
    • 1p - ons
    • 2p - julle
    • 3p - hulle
  • Chinese (Cantonese)
    • 1s - ngoh
    • 2s - nei
    • 3s - kui
    • 1p - ngoh dei
    • 2p - nei dei
    • 3p - kui deh
  • Chinese (Mandarin/putonghua)
    • 1s - wo
    • 2s - ni (nin)
    • 3s - ta
    • 1p - wo men
    • 2p - ni men
    • 3p - ta men
  • Danish
    • 1s - jeg
    • 2s - du (De)
    • 3s - han, hun, det/den
    • 1p - vi
    • 2p - I
    • 3p - de
  • English
    • 1s - I
    • 2s - you (Thou)
    • 3s - he, she, it
    • 1p - we
    • 2p - you
    • 3p - they
  • French
    • 1s - je
    • 2s - tu (Vous)
    • 3s - il, elle, on
    • 1p - nous
    • 2p - vous
    • 3p - ils, elles
  • German
    • 1s - ich
    • 2s - du (Sie)
    • 3s - er, sie, es
    • 1p - wir
    • 2p - ihr
    • 3p - sie
  • Hebrew
    • 1s - ani
    • 2s - atah, at
    • 3s - hu, hi
    • 1p - anakhnu
    • 2p - atem, aten
    • 3p - hem, hen
  • Icelandic (nominative case only)
    • 1s - ég
    • 2s - þú
    • 3s - hann, hún, það
    • 1p - við (vér)
    • 2p - þið (þér)
    • 3p - þeir, þær, þau
  • Italian
    • 1s - io
    • 2s - tu (Lei)
    • 3s - egli/lui/esso, ella/lei/essa
    • 1p - noi
    • 2p - voi
    • 3p - essi/loro, esse/loro (Loro)
  • Japanese (also see Japanese pronouns)
    • 1s - watashi -- really watakushi, boku
    • 2s - anata, kimi
    • 3s - kare, kanojo -- female only, ano hito
    • 1p - watashitachi (watakushitachi), bokura/bokutachi
    • 2p - anatatachi/anatagata
    • 3p - karera, kanojotachi -- female only, ano hitobito/ano hitotachi
  • Klingon
    • 1s - jIH
    • 2s - SoH
    • 3s - ghaH, 'oH
    • 1p - maH
    • 2p - tlhIH
    • 3p - chaH/bIH
  • Norwegian
    • 1s - jeg
    • 2s - du
    • 3s - han, hun, den/det
    • 1p - vi
    • 2p - dere
    • 3p - de
  • Russian
    • 1s - Ya
    • 2s - Ty, Vy -- Pronounced like a cross between Tee and Toy, sort of
    • 3s - On, Ona, Ono
    • 1p - My
    • 2p - Vy
    • 3p - Oni
  • Serbo-Croat
    • 1s - ja
    • 2s - ti (Vi)
    • 3s - on, ona, ono
    • 1p - mi
    • 2p - vi
    • 3p - oni, one, ona
  • Spanish
    • 1s - yo
    • 2s - tú (usted)
    • 3s - él, ella
    • 1p - nosotros
    • 2p - vosotros (ustedes)
    • 3p - ellos, ellas
  • Swedish
    • 1s - jag
    • 2s - du (ni)
    • 3s - han, hon, den/det
    • 1p - vi
    • 2p - ni
    • 3p - de
  • Thai
    • 1s - phom, deechan / kan
    • 2s - khun/kaer
    • 3s - kaer/khao/man, lorn -- women only
    • 1p - rao
    • 2p - khun
    • 3p - kaer/khao/man
I was also going to do Sanskrit, but couldn't find my notes... Thanks to taschenrechner for the Russian...

Quenya, and Sindarin were interesting, too, but pronouns aren't used; instead, the languages use affixes to the verbs...

Please /msg either me or a Content Editor if you add to this node so that your w/u can be neatly assimilated.


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