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Personal pronouns

Personal pronouns are those that indicate the person of the speech and are classified into
two types:
1. Personal Pronouns of the Straight Case: exercise the function of subject.
Example: I like Ana very much. (Who likes Ana? I.)
2. Personal Pronouns of the Oblique Case: replace nouns and complement verbs.
Example: Your notebook is with me. (Who's the notebook with? With me.)
Verbal People
Pronouns of the Straight Case Pronouns of the Oblique Case 1st person singular me
me, me, with me 2nd person singular you, you, you, you, with you 3rd person singular
he, she, him, him, if, himself, with you 1st person plural we, with us 2nd person plural
you, you, with you 3rd person plural they, they, they, them, if, themselves, with you.
Possessive pronouns
Possessive pronouns are those that convey the idea of possession.
Examples:
Is this my pen? (the object possessed is the pen, which belongs to the 1st person of the
singular)
The computer on the table is mine. (the object owned is the computer, which belongs to
the 1st person of the singular)
Your scholarship stayed at school. (the object owned is the purse, which belongs to the
3rd person of the singular)
Check below the table with the verbal persons of the speech and the respective
possessive pronouns:
People Verbs Possessive Pronouns
1st person singular (me) mine, mine (singular); mine, mine (plural)
2nd person singular (you, you) yours, yours (singular); yours, yours (plural)
3rd person singular (he / she) yours, yours (singular); yours, yours (plural)
1st person of the plural (us) ours, ours (singular); ours, ours (plural)
2nd person of the plural (you, you) yours, yours (singular); yours, yours (plural)
3rd person of the plural (they) yours, yours (singular); yours, yours (plural)
Examples:
This is my name.
The blouse is mine
Our parents are the same.
Demonstrative pronouns
The demonstrative pronouns indicate the position of the pointed being making a
reference to grammatical people, indicating proximity or distance in space and time.
Variables: this, this, these, these, this, this, these, these, that, that, those, those.
Invariables: this, this, that
Examples:
If you don't wash this dish, I'll give you a spanking.
What they say about me does not affect me.
As explained above, demonstrative pronouns can be used in three different situations: In
relation to space, in relation to time and in relation to reference.
In relation to the East, This and This space, it is used in a situation close to the person
who speaks.
Example:
I buy this shirt.
That, That and That is used when the person speaking is far away.
Example: I will buy that backpack.
In relation to time, the pronoun can be used in the distant past or in the present year.
Examples:
That year was terrible for everyone.
This year has been wonderful for me.
Regarding the reference the pronouns Este, Este and Este refer to something that is yet
to be talked about:
Example:
I just want to say this: be very careful in traffic.

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