English Grammar

Personal Pronouns

Personal pronouns are words like my, me, your, he, his they etc. They belong to three classes: first person, second person and third person.

The pronouns I, me, my, mine, we, us, our and ours are said to be in the first person because they stand for the person speaking.

This is my house.
I have a sister.
We have a car.
The car is ours.
This house is mine.
Our house is big.

The pronouns you, your and yours are said to be in the second person because they stand for the person or persons spoken to.

You are a good girl.
Is this bag yours?
Which is your boy?

The pronouns he, his, him, she, her, hers, they, their, theirs, them, it and its are said to be in the third person.

The possessive has two forms – my, mine; our, ours; your, yours; her, hers; their, theirs. The forms my, our, your, her and their are used before a noun and the forms mine, ours, yours, hers, theirs are used after a noun.

This is my house.
This house is mine.
That is her car.
That car is hers.
It is their fault.
The fault is theirs.