Pronouns

Personal Pronoun – Persoonlijk Voornaamwoord     

(I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it, we, us, they, them)

I love books                    He is talking to me                  

He eats apples                We certainly love them

 

Possessive Pronoun – Bezittelijk Voornaamwoord

(my, your, his, her, its, our, their)

This is my book

He eats his apple

 

Reflexing Pronoun

You use a reflexing pronoun when we refer back to the subject (person or thing)

Myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, themselves, yourselves

I swear I did everything myself

 

Demonstrative Pronoun

This, That, Those, These

 

Close by

Far off

Singular

This

That

Plural

These

Those

 

Indefinite Pronoun

An indefinite pronoun does not refer to any specific person, thing or amount. It is vague and "not definite". Some typical indefinite pronouns are:

all, another, any, anybody/anyone, anything, each, everybody/everyone, everything, few, many, nobody, none, one, several, some, somebody/someone

I don’t know everything

I have some apples / I don't have any apples

 

Interrogative Pronoun

We use interrogative pronouns to ask questions. The interrogative pronoun represents the thing that we don't know (what we are asking the question about).

There are four main interrogative pronouns: who, whom, what, which

 

subject

object

person

who

whom

thing

what

person/thing

which

 

Which do you like best? aplles or pears?

Who are you talking to?