Pronouns

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Pronoun

Princess Ellamarie M. Bautista


Discussant
A Pronoun is a word that takes the place
of a noun or noun phrase.
However, not all languages have
pronouns. Majority if languages do not
have genders in their pronouns too.
Values
• In 3rd person + 1st person and/or 2nd person 18
•3rd person only, but also non-singular. 42
• 3rd person singular only. 61
- 1st or 2nd person but not 3rd. 2
-3rd person non-singular only. 1
* No gender distinction. 254
Personal Pronouns represents people or things. We
use them depending on:
• number
• person
• gender
•case
Tal-s nga Pangalan sa Tawo
Singular (isahan) Plural (kadamon)

1st person ako, ko, nakon, akon kita, naton, ta, aton
(inclusive)
kami, namin, amon
(exclusive)
2nd person ikaw, ka nimo, mo kamo, ninyo, inyo
,imo
3rd person sia. nya, iya sila, nila ,ila
Personal Pronoun
Singular Plural

1st person Siak, nak (I, me) Dakami (we)

2nd person Sika, ka (you) Dakayo (you)

3rd person Isuna (he/she) Isuda, da (they)


A Demonstrative Pronoun represents a thing or
things.
Tal-us nga Pangalan sa Patudlo
Object Location

Nearest to speaker Ini (this) Diri (here)

Near to addressee or Ina (that) Dira (there)


closely removed from
speaker and adressee
Remote Ato (yon) Didto (yonder)
Demonstrative Pronoun
Object Location

Nearest to speaker Atoy (this) Itoy (here)

Near to addressee or Ata (that) Itta (there)


closely removed from
speaker and adressee
Remote Ajay (yon) Ijay (yonder)
We use Interrogative Pronouns to ask questions. The
interrogative pronoun represents the thing that we
don't know (what we are asking the question about).
Tal-us nga Pangalan sa Pagpamangkot
Interrigative Pronoun Meaning
Sin-o Who
Ano What
San o When
Pila How many
Tagpila How much
Ngaa Why
Paano How
Diin Where
Diin sini/sina Which
Sig-ano Asks for quality in comparispn
Interrigative Pronoun Meaning
Sinno Who
Ana What
Kaano When
Mano How many
Mano How much
Ampay
Kasano

Why
How
Nadtoy Where
Ana Which
Kasano Asks for quality in comparispn
Give 5 pronouns used in your mother tongue and write
sentences using the pronouns that you have listed
down.

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