Personal pronouns

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Personal pronouns발음듣기

[Voiceover] Hello grammarians! I want to talk about personal pronouns.발음듣기

But before I get too specific with that, I just want to write out some sentences for you.발음듣기

Now, all of these words that I'm about to circle, "I, we, you, you," and, they," are personal pronouns.발음듣기

We decide which personal pronouns are appropriate for a given sentence depending on whom we're talking about.발음듣기

I'll explain. In English, we divide personal pronouns into three basic types.발음듣기

There are pronouns that are about me.발음듣기

There are pronouns that are about you.발음듣기

And there are pronouns that are people or things that are neither me nor you.발음듣기

Another way of saying this is that this is the first person, the second person, and the third person.발음듣기

Another way to divide up these pronouns is to divide it into the singular and the plural.발음듣기

The one, and the more than one.발음듣기

So in English, if we're only talking about one person that includes me, well, then we'd be talking about pronouns like, "I," "me," "my," and, mine."발음듣기

But if I am in a group of two or more people, we don't refer to ourselves as, "I."발음듣기

We refer to ourselves as, "we," or, us," or, our," or, ours."발음듣기

And if I were talking about you or something that belonged to you, whether it was singular or plural I would say, "you," "your," and, yours."발음듣기

So when I said, "You are a capable person," and I said, You are capable people," I was trying to demonstrate that you" is the same, whether it's singular or plural.발음듣기

Whether there is one person in "you", or more than one person.발음듣기

In standard American English, there is no difference between just one person and multiple people when you're addressing them directly, in what we call, "the second person."발음듣기

So if we're talking about people or things that are neither me nor you when there's only one of those people or things, we would refer to that person or thing as, "she," "her," "hers," "he," "him," or, his," or, it," and, its."발음듣기

Now if we're talking about more than one person or thing that is neither me nor you, then we would say, "they," "them," "their," or, theirs."발음듣기

Now there is most certainly a way to distinguish between, "I," and, me," and, my," and, mine."발음듣기

For the meantime, just take a look at this chart.발음듣기

Pause the screen if you have to.발음듣기

Maybe practice saying them out loud and figuring out which one corresponds to which box.발음듣기

If I say, "it," is that in the first, second, or third person?발음듣기

Am I talking about me, you, or a person or thing that is neither me nor you?발음듣기

If I talk about "them", am I talking about me or you or people that are neither you nor me?발음듣기

Give it a try, check out the exercise, we'll go deeper in the next video.발음듣기

You can learn anything. David out.발음듣기

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