personal pronoun
"Personal pronouns" are essential in English for replacing nouns and clarifying who or what is being discussed.
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Definition
A1General Usage
(basic, common)A word that replaces a noun and refers to a specific person or thing.
Example
- She is going to the market.
- We will meet at the park.
B1Grammar
(academic, technical)A pronoun indicating the speaker (first person), the person being addressed (second person), or another person or thing (third person).
Example
- I am happy.
- You are invited to the party.
- They are playing soccer.
B2Linguistics
(technical)A pronoun that is associated with a particular grammatical person, number, gender, and case.
Example
- He loves his dog.
- It is raining outside.
- We finished our homework.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "personal pronoun":
reflexive pronounfirst-person singularintensive pronounprepositional pronounfirst personsecond personthird-person singularsecond-person singularthird personnamed personnominative casethird-person plural