Pronouns
Pronouns are words used to avoid repetitions of a noun.
In the English language we distinguish Subject Pronouns depending on number (singular, plural) and gender (masculine, feminine, neutral). Subject Pronouns are used to avoid repetitions.
Subject Pronouns are used as a replacement for subjects before verbs.
The Subject Pronouns with the verb have this structure:
subject + verb.
| SBJ | PERS. | No. | GENDER |
| I | 1st person | sing. | - |
| You | 2nd person | sing. | - |
| He | 3rd person | sings. | masculine |
| She | 3rd person | sings. | feminine |
| It | 3rd person | sings. | neutral* |
| We | 1st person | plur. | - |
| You | 2nd person | plur. | - |
| They | 3rd person | plur. | - |
* (object/animal)
Subject of the verb:
- I am tall.
- You are pretty.
- He is short.
- She is beautiful.
- It is big.
- We are young.
- You are athletes.
- They are fat.
To replace the person and avoid repetitions:
- [n/a]*
- Andy, take off that hat, you look funny.
- John is tall and he is also thin.
- Maria is from Spain, she is Spanish.
- I like the colour red, it is passionate.
- Me and Julia come from France, we are French.
- You and Peter always talk, you are really talkative.
- John and Maria are fat, they eat a lot.
*non applicable for the first person.
Subject Pronouns are the pronouns used:
- as the subject of the verb.
- to replace the person and avoid repetitions.
Subject Pronouns differ in gender (masculine, feminine and neutral) and number (singular and plural).
We use Subject Pronouns for two reasons:
- they can be used as the subject of the verb.
- they can be used to replace a person or thing which has been previously mentioned, to avoid repetitions.
For example:
— “He is handsome” = In this case, the pronoun he behaves as a subject and has no other purposes.
— “Look at David, he is handsome!” = In this case, the pronoun he replaces the subject expressed in the first part of the sentence (= David).
NOTE: If you want to use Subject Pronouns as a replacement, it is not possible to do this when you need to use the first person singular (I).
Let’s revise this content within the [Form] section. Take a look at the [Example] section that shows its use within a context.