PERSONAL PRONOUN

Definition :

Personal Pronouns which stand for the names of persons. They take the place of nouns and are used as the subject of the verb in a sentence.

Personal pronouns have three persons such as : First person; Second Person; Third Person.

First Person (Masculine or Feminine)

Singular	Plural
I	We
My	Our
Mine	Ours
Me	Us

e.g.

I got a free pass.	My aim is high.
Rosy is the daughter of mine.	He called me yesterday.
He is my father.	We are busy now.
We love our country.	These books are ours.
Teachers like us	Our religion is English

Second Person (Masculine or Feminine)

e.g.

Singular	Plural
You	You
Your	Yours

thou, thy, thine, thee, ye are also Second Person. These are archaic and used in poetry or when referring to God, the angels, etc.

e.g.

You are a good boy	You are a student
You are my boss	You did not offend
You are always lazy	I called you many times
You could have informed me	Where are you now?
Where is your house?	This watch is yours
This is your garden	Your team is very brilliant

Third Person (Masculine or Feminine)

e.g.

Singular	Examples
He	He is my brother
His	His name is Robert
Him	I gave him a pen
She	She is very beautiful
her	Her name is Rosy
hers	This house is hers
it	It is my pet dog
its	Its name is Simba
Plural	Examples
they	They are playing football
their	Their house is neat at Car street
theirs	This field is theirs
them	We can no call them loudly

Possessive Pronoun

Definition :

Possessive Pronoun stands for the possessive noun of the personal pronoun. These pronouns are used to talk about things that belong to people. The words mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs are possessive pronouns.

Singular Personal Pronoun	Possessive Pronoun
I, me	mine
you	yours
he, him	his
she her	hers
Plural Personal Pronoun	Possessive Pronoun
we, us	ours
you	yours
they, them	theirs

Different Between Possessive Adjective and Possessive Pronoun

Read the following sentences:

Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun
This is my cellphone	This cellphone is mine.
This is your cellphone	That cellphone is yours.
This is her cellphone	This cellphone is hers.
This is his cellphone	That cellphone is his
This is our car	This car is ours
That is their car	That car is theirs
The dog lost its tail	(‘Its’, as a possessive pronoun hardly ever occurs.)