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The Pronoun

The pronoun is a flexible part of speech that take the place of a noun. The Pronoun can be:      

Personal Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns Relative Pronouns Possessive Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns Interrogative Pronouns

Personal Pronouns: A personal pronoun can refer to a person, an animal or an object. When discussing “person” in terms of the grammatical, the following rules apply:   

First person, as in “I” / we =EU / NOI Second person, as in “you”=TU / VOI Third person, as in “It, he, she” / they =EL or EA/ EI or ELE

Personal pronouns provide us with the following information:   

The person – Who is speaking? The number – Is the pronoun plural or singular? The gender – Is the pronoun feminine, masculine, or neuter?

Personal Pronouns as Subject Pronouns The pronoun is acting as the subject of the sentence. ( Ex: Eu/tu/el,ea, noi/voi/ei, ele). Personal Pronouns as Object Pronouns An objective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as an object of a verb. Singular Form: MĂ/ M- ex: mă vezi (you see me), m-ai văzut (you saw me) TE / TE- : te văd, te-am văzut Îl / l- : îl văd, l-am văzut (pe el, masculin form) O / O- o văd, am văzut-o (pe ea, feminin form)

Plural Form: NE / NE- ne vezi, ne-ai văzut VĂ / V- vă văd, v-am văzut ÎI / I- îi văd, i-am văzut LE / LE- le văd, le-am văzut (for feminin)

Comparing Subject and Object Pronouns Use the following table to compare subject and object pronouns. Notice that some subject pronouns are identical to certain object pronouns. Subject Pronoun

Object Pronoun

It

It

You

You

What

What

I

Me

He

Him

She

Her

We

Us

Who

Whom

They

Them

Personal Pronouns and TO BE VERB

TO BE=A FI I am=Eu sunt You are=Tu ești He/She/It is=El (m), ea (f) este

We are=Noi suntem You are=Voi sunteți They are=Ei (m) / Ele (f) sunt

Polite: you=dumneavoastră