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Pronouns - Easy Learning Grammar Italian

What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word you use instead of a noun, when you do not need or want to name someone or something directly, for example, it, you, somebody, who, that.
  • There are many different kinds of pronoun, and all the words underlined in the sentences below are classified as pronouns. As you will see, they are extremely important and versatile words in everyday use.
I liked the black trousers but I(subject pronoun; direct object pronoun)
couldn’t afford them.
I’m not going to eat it.(subject pronoun)
You know Jack? I saw him at the(direct object pronoun)
weekend.
I emailed her my latest ideas.(indirect object pronoun)
It’s mine.(possessive pronoun)
Someone came to see you yesterday.(indefinite pronoun)
There’s nothing I can do about it.(indefinite pronoun)
This is the book I meant.(demonstrative pronoun)
That’s Ian.(demonstrative pronoun)
Who’s he?(interrogative pronoun)
What are those lights over there?(interrogative pronoun)
  • Personal pronouns are words such as I, you, he, she, us, them, and so forth, which make it clear who you are talking about or talking to. Personal pronouns replace nouns when it’s clear who or what is being referred to, for example,
    My brother’s not here at the moment. He’ll be back in an hour.
  • There are two types of personal pronoun:
  • subject pronouns for the person or thing performing the action expressed by the verb.
I like you a lot.
They always go there on Sundays.
  • object pronouns for the person or thing most directly affected by the action.
I’ll help you.
They sent it to me yesterday.
He gave us a very warm welcome.
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Indice dei contenuti
  • Nouns
    • Using nouns
    • Making nouns plural
  • Articles
    • Two types of article
    • The definite article
    • The indefinite article
  • Adjectives
    • Using adjectives
    • How to make adjectives agree
    • Comparing people or things
    • Demonstrative adjectives
    • Interrogative adjectives
    • Adjectives used in exclamations
    • Possessive adjectives
    • Indefinite adjectives
  • Pronouns
    • Subject pronouns
    • Object pronouns
    • Possessive pronouns
    • ne and ci
    • Indefinite pronouns
    • Relative pronouns
    • Interrogative pronouns
    • Demonstrative pronouns
  • Verbs
    • Overview of verbs
    • The present tenses
    • The present simple tense
    • essere and stare
    • The present continuous tense
    • The imperative
    • Reflexive verbs
    • The future tense
    • The conditional
    • The imperfect tense
    • The perfect tense
    • The past historic
    • The pluperfect or past perfect tense
    • The passive
    • The gerund
    • Impersonal verbs
    • The subjunctive
    • The infinitive
    • Prepositions after verbs
    • Verbal idioms
  • Negatives
  • Questions
    • Different types of questions
    • Question words
  • Adverbs
    • How adverbs are used
    • How to form adverbs
    • Making comparisons using adverbs
    • Some common adverbs
    • Where to put adverbs
  • Prepositions
    • Using prepositions
    • a, di, da, in, su and per
    • Some other common prepositions
  • Conjunctions
    • e, ma, anche, o, perché, che and se
    • Some other common conjunctions
    • Split conjunctions
  • Spelling
  • Stress
  • Numbers
  • Time and date
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