Personal Pronouns
You quickly learn or might already know the ‘regular’ forms of the Russian personal pronouns (those in the nominative case). I = я, you = ты, he = он, she = она, it = оно, we = мы, you (formal/plural) = вы, and they = они. These words change depending on the case; however, there are many similarities within these changes.
The forms of the second and fourth cases (genitive and accusative) are even identical.
| именительный | родительный | дательный | винительный | творительный | предложный |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| я | меня | мне | меня | мной | (обо) мне |
| ты | тебя | тебе | тебя | тобой | (о) тебе |
| он/оно | его | ему | его | им | (о) нём |
| она | её | ей | её | ей | (о) ней |
| мы | нас | нам | нас | нами | (о) нас |
| вы | вас | вам | вас | вами | (о) вас |
| они | их | им | их | ими | (о) них |
Russian Personal Pronouns – Nominative Case
(Learn Russian Now! with Anastasia, 2018, 5 m)
Русский с нуля: я, ты, вы, он, она…/ местоимения + названия людей
(русский с носителем, 2016, 6 m)
Demonstrative Pronouns
In addition to оно (it), он, она, and они can also refer to objects. They then mean ‘it’, ‘he’ (see example), ’that’ or ’they’.
Это стол. Он красивый: This is a table. He (the table) is beautiful.
Это книга. Она скучная: This is a book. She (the book) is boring.
Personal pronouns он, она, оно, они. Questions with где
(Amazing Russian, 2016, 6 m)
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See:
- Russian language (A1): Personal pronouns (Russian Language Online, 2019, 6 m)
- Russian personal pronouns (Russian with Tamara, 2019, 1.5 m)
- Russian personal pronouns – pronunciation and examples (Rush into Russian, 2019, 13 m)
- Personal Pronouns in all Russian cases (Russian with Nastya, 2018, 6 m)
- Russian pronunciation. Personal pronouns (Real Russian Club, 2018, 60 m)
- Личные местоимения 1го 2го 3го лица (Вундеркинд/Wunderkind, 2018, 6 m)
- Russian Pronouns Use, Spelling, and Pronunciation (Easy Russian, 2018, 4 m)
- Russian Personal Pronouns (Russian with Russian, 2017, 4 m)
- Pronouns in Russian (Daria Mikhay, 2017, 2 m)
- Personal pronouns in Russian (LearnRussian.org, 2017, 7 m)
- Personal pronouns in Russian. Личные местоимения (Ru-Land Club, 2016, 1 m)
- Personal Pronouns (Russian Lessons with Olga, 2014, 2 m)
Read/see:
- The personal pronoun (Russische grammatica)
- I, You, It, They: Everything to Know About Russian Pronouns (FluentU)
- Personal Pronouns я, ты, он, она, оно, мы, вы, они (Russian for Everyone)
- Russian Exercise 101 – Personal Pronouns (Don’t Speak Russian)
- Russian Pronouns: Usage and Examples (Maia Nikitina, ThoughtCo. 2019)
- Russian Pronouns (Russian Lessons)
- The Russian Pronoun Declensions (Alpha Dictionary)
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