Meanings
plural personal pronouns
- A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following
Mondays come with questions of couples Where and with whom did you go? Avoiding the personal pronoun She hopes it doesn't show Shopping with her lover in the city Two women holding hands don't get a stare If the kids at school knew what they do Would they hate her? Why should they care?
1983, Fred Small, “Annie”, in The Heart of the Appaloosa - A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following:
- The person or people speaking. (first person)
- The person or people spoken to. (second person)
- Another person or group of people. (third person)
- Any pronoun, with an antecedent, standing in as the subject or object of a verb.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 人稱代詞 /人称代词
- 人稱代詞 /人称代词 (rénchēng dàicí)part of speech
Czech osobní zájmeno
- osobní zájmenopart of speech
Danish personligt pronomen, personligt stedord
- personligt pronomenpart of speech
- personligt stedordpart of speech
Dutch persoonlijk voornaamwoord
- persoonlijk voornaamwoordpart of speech
Esperanto persona pronomo
- persona pronomopart of speech
Estonian isikuline asesõna
- isikuline asesõnapart of speech
Finnish persoonapronomini
- persoonapronominipart of speech
French pronom personnel
- pronom personnelpart of speech
German Personalpronomen, persönliches Fürwort
- Personalpronomenpart of speech
- persönliches Fürwortpart of speech
Greek προσωπική αντωνυμία
- προσωπική αντωνυμία (prosopikí antonymía)part of speech
Hindi पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम
- पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम (puruṣvācak sarvanām)part of speech
Hungarian személyes névmás
- személyes névmáspart of speech
Icelandic persónufornafn
- persónufornafnpart of speech
Indonesian kata ganti orang, pronomina persona
- kata ganti orangpart of speech
- pronomina personapart of speech
Irish forainm pearsanta
- forainm pearsantapart of speech
Italian pronome personale
- pronome personalepart of speech
Japanese 人称代名詞
- 人称代名詞 (ninshō-daimeishi)part of speech
Korean 인칭대명사
- 인칭대명사 (inchingdaemyeongsa)part of speech
Lithuanian asmeninis įvardis
- asmeninis įvardispart of speech
Norwegian Bokmål personlig pronomen
- personlig pronomenpart of speech
Persian ضَمیرِ شَخصی
- ضَمیرِ شَخصیpart of speech
Polish zaimek osobowy
- zaimek osobowypart of speech
Portuguese pronome pessoal
- pronome pessoalpart of speech
Romanian pronume personal
- pronume personalpart of speech
Russian ли́чное местоиме́ние
- ли́чное местоиме́ние (líčnoje mestoiménije)part of speech
Spanish pronombre personal
- pronombre personalpart of speech
Swahili kiwakilishi cha nafsi
- kiwakilishi cha nafsipart of speech
Swedish personligt pronomen
- personligt pronomenpart of speech
Tagalog panghalip panao
- panghalip panaopart of speech
Thai บุรุษสรรพนาม
- บุรุษสรรพนาม (bù-rùt-sà-sàp-pá-naam)part of speech
Turkish kişi zamiri, şahıs zamiri
- kişi zamiripart of speech
- şahıs zamiripart of speech
Ukrainian особи́стий займе́нник
- особи́стий займе́нник (osobýstyj zajménnyk)part of speech
Urdu ضَمِیرِ شَخْصِی
- ضَمِیرِ شَخْصِی (zamīr-i śaxsī)part of speech
Vietnamese đại từ nhân xưng, đại từ xưng hô
- đại từ nhân xưngpart of speech
- đại từ xưng hôpart of speech
- đại từ chỉ ngôipart of speech
Welsh rhagenw personol
- rhagenw personolpart of speech
Cite this entry
personal pronoun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personal%20pronoun
“personal pronoun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personal%20pronoun. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “personal pronoun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personal%20pronoun.
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