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
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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 |
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person |
who |
whom |
thing |
what |
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person/thing |
which |
Which do you like best? aplles or pears?
Who are you talking to?