Definition of Pronoun
A pronoun serves as a substitute for a noun. It is a linguistic tool employed to replace nouns, fostering brevity and avoiding redundancy in sentences.
For instance: Aviraj is a handsome boy. He is my student. Riya is a beautiful girl. She lives with her husband.
(In these examples, “He” and “She” are used as pronouns, taking the place of the nouns “Aviraj” and “Riya,” respectively.)
Kinds of pronoun
- Personal pronouns
- Possessive pronouns
- Demonstrative pronouns
- Distributive pronouns
- Reciprocal pronouns
- Reflexive pronouns
- Emphatic pronouns
- Indefinite pronouns
- Reflective pronouns
- Interrogative pronouns
- Exclamatory pronouns
Rules of pronouns सर्वनाम के भेद in english
A pronoun should match the gender and number of the noun it replaces. If the noun is singular, the pronoun must be singular; if the noun is plural, the pronoun must be plural. Additionally, if the noun is masculine, the pronoun should be masculine, and if the noun is feminine, the pronoun should be feminine.
Sarah went to the library. She borrowed a book. Her friends joined her, and they also borrowed books.
(In this example, “She” agrees with the singular feminine noun “Sarah,” and “they” agrees with the plural noun “friends.”)
| TYPE | BRIEF DESCRIPTION | PRONOUNS |
| Personal pronouns | Describes a particular person or thing or group. | I, We, Us, You, He, Him, She, Her, It, They, Them |
| Possessive pronoun | Indicates close possession or ownership or relationship of a thing/person to another thing/person. | Mine, Ours, Yours, His, Hers, Theirs |
| Demonstrative pronouns | Points out to a person, place, or thing | This, that, these, those, such, the same |
| Distributive pronoun | Used to indicate all the members of the representative group. | Each, either, neither |
| Reciprocal pronouns | Reciprocal express relationship | Each other, one another |
| Reflexive pronouns | Describes a noun when the subject’s action turns back upon the subject itself.
Reflexive pronouns always act as objects, not subjects, | Myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself |
| Emphatic pronouns | Emphatic Pronoun is a personal pronoun. We use it to explain the action done by the noun without anyone’s help.
Emphatic Pronoun is similar to Reflexive Pronoun. | Myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself. |
| Indefinite pronouns | An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that refers to a person or a thing without being specific. | Everything, everybody, somebody, nobody, anybody, everyone,
someone, no one, anyone, something, nothing, anything, any, both, another, much, few, little. |
| Relative pronouns | A relative pronoun is used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun.
The clause modifies, or describes, the noun | Who, whom, whose, which, that |
| Interrogative pronouns | It is used to ask a question. | Who, whom, what, whose, which. |
| Exclamatory pronouns | It is used in the sense of surprise | what! |
Examples:
| SENTENCE | PRONOUN |
| I am Aviraj | I |
| This is my pen | This, my |
| This pen is mine | This, mine |
| The idea of my friend was excellent | My |
| He loves his cat and it also loves him. | Him, he, his, it |
| That time you were not present | That, you |
| It is summer.
It is very hot | It, it |
| I met Sneha who had just returned from London | I, who |
| Each of the participants, get rewarded | Each |
| Either of you can go to the college | Either, you |
| I have lost the book that my friend gave me | I, me, that, my |
| Are you going Ghazipur today | you |
