Personal Pronouns, Possessive Pronouns, and Reflexive Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

A personal pronoun is a pronoun that is associated primarily with a particular person, in the grammatical sense.

When discussing "person" in terms of the grammatical, the following rules apply :

• First person, as in "I"
• Second person, as in "you"
• Third person, as in "It, he, she"

 Personal pronouns may take on various forms depending on number (singular or plural for the most part). They may also take different forms depending on case, gender, or formality. It is important to note that personal pronouns may refer to objects, animals, or people.

number	person	gender	personal pronouns
			subject	object
singular	1st	male/ female	I	me
	2nd	male/ female	you	you
	3rd	male	he	him
		female	she	her
		neuter	it	it
plural	1st	male/ female	we	us
	2nd	male/ female	you	you

Example :

1. Subjective personal pronouns (I, you, they, we, she, he, it).

• I like coffee.
• Do you like coffee.
• He runs fast.
• She is clever.
• It doesn't work.
• We went home.
• Do you need a table for three?
• They played doubles.

2.  Objective personal pronouns (me, you, us, them, her, him, it)

• Alka helped me.
• Alka loves you.
• Did Ram beat him?
• Does Mary know her?
• Can the man fix it?
• Alka drove us.
• Did Alka and Bella beat you at doubles?
• Alka and Bella beat them.

Possessive Pronouns

A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that can take the place of a noun phrase to show ownership.

Below are the possesive pronouns, followed by some example sentence. Notice that each possessive pronoun can :

• Be subject or object
• refer a singular or plural antecedent.

number	person	gender (of "owner")	possessive pronouns
singular	1st	male/ female	mine
	2nd	male/ female	yours
	3rd	male	his
		female	hers
plural	1st	male/ female	ours
	2nd	male/ female	yours
	3rd	male/ female/ neuter	theirs

Example :

• Look at the these pictures. Mine is the big one. (subject)
• I like you flowers. Do you like mine? (object)
• My flowers are dying. Yours are lovely. (subject)
• I looked every where for you key.I found Alka's key but I couldn't find yours. (object)
• Alka was looking for a book, I think this is his book. (object)
• These aren't Alka and Bella children. Theirs have black hair. (subject)
• Bella and Alka don't like your car. Do you like theirs? (object)

Reflexive Pronouns

A reflexive pronoun is a type of pronoun that is preceded by the adverb, adjective, pronoun, or noun to which it refers, so long as that antecedent is located within the same clause.

In English grammar, a reflexive pronoun indicates that the person who is realizing the action of the verb is also the recipient of the action. While this might seem strange at first glance, the following examples of reflexive pronouns and the accompanying list of reflexive pronouns will help you gain thorought understanding. In fact, you will probably notice that you youself use reflexive pronouns frequently when speaking or writing.

 

	reflexive pronoun
singular	myself yourself himself, herself, itself
plural	ourselves yourselves themselves

Example :

• I wasin a hurry, so I washed the car myself.
• You're going to have to drive yourself to school today.
• He wanted to impress her, so he baked a cake himself.
• Alisa does chores herself because she doesn't trust othersto do right.
• That car is in a class all by itself.
•  We don't have to go out we can fix dinner ourselves.
• You are too young to go out by yourselves.
• The actors saved the local theatre money by making costumes themselves.

Referensi :

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/pronouns-possessive.htm

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/pronouns-personal.htm

http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/reflexive-pronouns/

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/pronouns-reflexive.htm