CLASSIFICATION of PERSONAL PRONOUNS

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Personal pronouns are classes of words intended to replace the name within a sentence. In order that the text is not repetitive, they are used so that they can express the desired message without losing meaning.

In this lesson from a TEACHER we want to show you what the classification of personal pronouns. Read on to learn more about them.

Index

1. What are personal pronouns
2. Classification of personal pronouns
3. Classification of personal pronouns according to their form
4. Classification according to their role in prayer

When it comes to writing correctly, the use of pronouns is absolutely necessary in order that the text is not too repetitive. In order to proceed to establish a classification of personal pronouns, we must first know what they are.

Personal pronouns They are in charge of point out participants within a speech. Although they are classified as personal, they can also refer to animals or things. That is to say, they are words that appear as a substitute for the name and that allow us to refer to it without naming it again.

As for gender and number, this will depend on the name they are replacing and must always agree with it. As for its function within the sentence, it will be the same as the name to which it refers.

In this other video lesson from a TEACHER we explain more about Personal pronouns and their functions.

Personal pronouns substitute for a noun, so they can adopt as many functions as this can do within the sentence. Now, this will be in charge of defining the type of pronoun that we face. For this reason, it is very important that when carrying out a syntactic and morphological analysis of a sentence you know the types that exist and how you can recognize them.

The classification of personal pronouns It can be given according to their form or the function they perform in prayer, as we will see below.

As we have already pointed out, personal pronouns are responsible for designating the participants within a speech. So we can distinguish different people: first, second and third. Therefore, the first person will be in charge of designating who the speaker is, the second at listener and the third is the one that points to a person who is not at that moment in the conversation. In this way, they perform different functions within a sentence and a relationship is established for each of them with respect to the discourse. Therefore, these are the personal pronouns classified according to their form:

• Personal pronoun of the first person singular.
• Second person singular personal pronoun.
• Third person singular personal pronoun.
• First person plural personal pronoun.
• Second person plural personal pronoun.
• Third person plural personal pronoun.

Within these we can find different functions, as many as a name can play within a sentence. Thus, in this way, we can say that a personal pronoun can perform the following functions:

• Personal pronoun as subject.
• Personal pronoun as direct object.
• Personal pronoun as an indirect object.

The personal pronoun as the subject of the sentence

In this case, the personal pronoun will play the role of subject within the sentence, this means that the person who carries out the action of the verb is the subject. Likewise, this must always agree in gender, number and person with the name to which it refers. Let's see some examples of them:

• I have a dog.
• You wait for the bus.
• She buys at the market.
• He spends all his money on clothes.
• We are tall.
• You eat in a restaurant.
• They do not have anything.

The personal pronoun as a direct object

Personal pronouns can also function as direct complement when they search complete the meaning of a verb. These, because they are pronouns, will always refer to a person, animal or object. Thus, we can point out that personal pronouns that function as direct objects They are:

• First person singular: me
• Second person singular: te
• Third person singular: lo, la
• First person plural: nos
• Second person plural: os
• Third person plural: los, las

Let's see some examples of the personal pronoun as a direct object to understand it better:

• Can you bring me the salt?
• I need you here early tomorrow.
• Has it hidden
• We keep the house.
• They love you very much.
• They will change them in the next few days.

Personal pronoun as an indirect object

The personal pronouns that act as indirect objects are those that receive the action of the verb. This must always be a person or an animal. Thus we find the following forms of personal pronouns working as an indirect object:

• First person singular: me
• Second person singular: te
• Third person singular: le, se
• First person plural: nos
• Second person plural: os
• Third person plural: les, se

Here are examples of the personal pronoun as an indirect object:

• They have granted me the mortgage.
• I will look for you soon.
• Buy him something for his birthday.
• They let us stay all day.
• It's your turn to clean up the kitchen.
• I have taken them to the water park.

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Martínez Jiménez, José Antonio; Muñoz Marquina, Francisco; Sarrión Mora, Miguel Ángel (2011). «Classes of word (II). Determinatives and pronouns. ». Spanish Language and Literature (Akal edition). Madrid: Akal Sociedad Anónima.