RefleXIVe pronouns

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

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Uses	Examples
1. Before plural nouns:	My friends are students.
2. Before abstract nouns except when they are used in a particular sense:	Men fear death. but: The death of the Prime Minister left his party without a leader.
3. After a noun in the possessive case, or a possessive adjective:	the boy’s uncle = the uncle of the boy It is my (blue) book = The (blue) book is mine.
4. Before names of meals:	The Scots have porridge for breakfast. but: The wedding breakfast was held in her father’s house.
5. Before names of games:	He plays golf.
6. Before parts of the body and articles of clothing, as these normally prefer a possessive adjective:	Raise your right hand. He took off his coat.
7. When home is used alone, i.e. is not preceded or followed by a descriptive word or phrase:	He is at home. He went home. I arrived home after dark. I sent him home.
8. Before the nouns: bed, church, court, hospital, prison, school/college/university, when these places are visited or used for their primary purpose. We can be/get back from school/college/university. We can leave school, leave hospital, be released from prison. But: When these places are visited or used for other reasonsthe is necessary.	We go: to bed to sleep; to church to pray; to court as litigants; to hospital as patients; to prison as prisoners; to school/college/university to study; similarly we can be: in bed, sleeping or resting; at church as worshippers; in hospital as patients; at school as students. Sometimes he goes to the prison to give lectures.
9. work = place of work.	He is at work. He’s on his way to work.
10. We go to sea as sailors. To be at sea = to be on a voyage (as passengers or crew). But to go to or be at the sea = to go to or be at the seaside. We can also live by/ near the sea.

The Nominative Case	The Objective Case
I – я he – він she – вона it – воно (він, вона) we – ми you – ви, ти they – вони	me – мене, мені him – його, йому her – її, їй it – його, йому, її, їй us – нас, нам you – вас, вам, тебе, тобі them – їх, їм

Conjoint Form	Absolute Form
my– мій, моя, моє, мої his – його (чоловічий рід) her – її its – його (середній рід), її our – наш, наша, наше, наші your – ваш, ваша, ваше, ваші, твій, твоя, твоє, твої their– їхній, їхня, їхнє, їхні	mine – мій, моя, моє, мої his – його (чоловічий рід) hers – її — ours – наш, наша, наше, наші yours – ваш, ваша, ваше, ваші, твій, твоя, твоє твої theirs – їхній, їхня, їхнє, їхні

Persons	Singular	Plural
1^stpers. 2ndpers. 3^rdpers.	myself yourself himself, herself, itself	сам(а)	ourselves yourselves themselves	самі себе
1. He looked at himself in the mirror.	A reflexive pronoun usually refers to the subject of a sentence. He and himself refer to the same person.
2. He himself answered the phone, not his secretary. 3. He answered the phone himself.	Sometimes reflexive pronouns are for emphasis.
4. She lives by herself.	The expression by + a reflexive pronoun usually means «alone».

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