Pronoun

Pronoun:-

• A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.
• A pronon is a word that comes at the place of a noun.
• A pronoun stands for a noun.

                                                    Thus by definition we see that pronoun is the substitute for a noun. When we see sentences then we can find that, in many cases when we don't want to use noun then we use pronoun. Now we see some sentences without pronoun that how it looks like.

• Ram is a boy.
• Ram goes to school everyday.
• Ram has many friends.
• Ram is an intelligent student.

We see here that the repetition of the word 'Ram' doesn't looks well. So, here is the need for the use of the pronoun. These sentences can be written by using pronoun like this.

• Ram is a boy.
• He goes to school everyday.
• He has many friends.
• He is an intelligent student.

kinds of pronoun
There are 10 kinds of pronoun mainly. They are

1. Personal pronoun
2. Possessive pronoun
3. Reflexive pronoun
4. Emphatic pronoun
5. Demonstrative pronoun
6. Indefinite pronoun
7. Distributive pronoun
8. Reciprocal pronoun
9. Relative pronoun
10. Interogative pronoun

Now we'll see definition and examples of each kinds of pronoun.

1. Personal pronoun:-

                                         I, we, you, he, she, it, and they are called personal pronouns.

• The word 'personal' means 'relating to person.
• The forms of personal pronouns changes case-wise.

Nominative case	Possessive adjective	Possessive pronoun	Objective case
I	My	Mine	Me
We	Our	Ours	Us
You	Your	Yours	You
He	His	His	Him
She	Her	Hers	Her
It	Its	x	It
They	Their	Theirs	Them

2. Possissive pronoun:-

                                            The pronoun used to show possession is called a possessive pronoun.

e.g. mine, ours, yours, hers, his and theirs

• This hat is mine.
• These are ours.
• This saree is hers.
• This bookl is yours.

3. Reflexive pronoun:-

                                          The pronoun myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself and themselves are called reflexive pronouns whrn the action done by the subject turns back upon the subject.

e.g. 

• I hurt myself.
• We can help ourselves.
• She ruined herself.
• He hurt himself.

    In these sentences, it should noticed that the work done by the subject reflects back to the subject and has the effect on the subject.

4. Emphatic pronoun:-

                                            When myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself and themselves are used for the shake of emphasis are called emphatic pronouns.

e.g. 

• I killed the tiger myself.
• He himself said so.
• She herself liked Ram.
• You can do it yourself.

Here, you should notice that only emphasis is made but the effect of the work done is directly goes to the object of the verb.

5. Demonstrative pronoun:-

                                                    When pronoun used to point out the object or objects to which it refers is called a demonstrative pronoun.

• Main demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these and those.

e.g. 

• This is a boy.
• That is a girl.
• Those are flowers.
• These are balloons.

6. Indefinite pronoun:-

                                           An indefinite pronoun refers to person or thing in a general way and does not refer to any person or thing in particular.

e.g. 

• Someone has stolen my pen.
• Anybody can beat him.
• Some are gentle.
• All are foolish.
• None can do this.
• Many of them were killed.
• One must not praise oneself.
• None of them are good.
• Nothing is perfect.
• Any of you can take it.

7. Distributive pronoun:-

                                              When each, either and neither are used as pronouns they are called distributive pronouns.

e.g. 

• Each of them is guilty.
• Each of the girls is intelligent.
• Either of you can take this book.
• Neither of the two boys was absent.

8. Reciprocal pronoun:-

                                            Each other and one another are called reciprocal pronouns.

e.g.

• They love one another.
• They love each other.
• They helped each other.
• They helped one anoher.

9. Relative pronoun:-

                                       A relative pronoun refers to some noun/ pronoun going before and relates the said noun/ pronoun to a group of words coming after.

• some important relative pronouns are-- who, whom, which, what and that.
• Who, whom and whose are used for people and larger animals.
• Which is used for animals and non-living things.
• That is used for both living and non-living things.

e.g. 

• This is the pen that was given to me.
• This is the boy who is a hockey player.

10. Interrogative pronoun:-

                                                   The pronoun used for asking a question is called an interrogative pronoun.

e.g.

• Who are you?
• Whom do you love?
• Whose is this book?
• Which is yours?
• What is your brother?