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This post includes a detailed description of pronoun in Hindi and types of pronouns. Pronoun is one of the nine parts of speech in English.
यह संज्ञा के स्थान पर प्रयुक्त होने वाला शब्द है/संज्ञा के स्थान पर प्रयुक्त होने वाला शब्द है।
yah sangya ke sthaan par prayukt hone vaala shabd hai/sangya ke sthaan par prayukt hone vaala shabd hai.
Let’s have a look at pronoun in Hindi and types of pronouns:
What is a Pronoun?
Definition:
It is a word used in place of a noun/a word that replaces a noun.
Use of Pronouns
The main use of pronouns is to refer to something that has been mentioned Previously.
Example:
I bought a book but left it on the bus.
(“I” and “it” are pronouns in the above sentence)
The main types of pronouns are as follows:
Referring to unspecified people, places, or things:
Anyone/anybody/anything, Everyone/everybody/everything, No one/nobody/nothing, Someone/somebody/something
Referring to the Choice of Alternatives
all, another, any, both, each, enough, few, half, less, little, many, more, most, none,
Referring to General Amounts and Quantities
several, some, either, and neither
To watch the Youtube video lecture related to this article, please click on the link given below:
Final Words:
In this article, I have discussed the pronoun in hindi and types of pronouns in detail. There are around nine types of pronouns. Different grammars discuss these types differently.
- Ali gave gift to Sara and Sara gave gift to Ali.
(2 Subjects) Ali and Sara are involved in this sentence and can be restated as:
Ali and Sara gave gifts to each other.
Ali and Sara gave each other gifts.
(Both structures are correct and acceptable)
2. The family gave gifts to one another.
The family gave one another gifts.
As family consists of more than two persons usually and here one another is used as in the above sentences.
Demonstrative Pronouns:
A demonstrative pronoun points out what is being talked about. It is used to indicate the location of an object. It also tells how recently something happened. There are four demonstrative pronouns.
Singular Plural Location Time
This These Near Recent
That Those Far Further past
Demonstrative Pronoun Examples:
This is my ball / These are my shoes (Being talked about)
That is my ball / Those are my shoes (Being talked about)
I will never forget this (referring to a recent experience)
I will never forget that (referring to something in the further past)
Relative Pronouns:
There are five relative pronouns:
who, whom, whose, which, and that
Functions of Relative Pronouns:
1) Relative pronouns come in sentences containing more than one clause.
2) They link a subordinate clause (the relative clause) to the main clause.
3) They relate the subordinate clause back to a noun phrase (the antecedent) in the main clause.
Relative Pronouns Rules & Examples:
Who and whom refer only to people
Whose and that can refer to people, animals, and things
Which refers to animals and things.
Example:
He is the man who played cricket for Pakistan.
There is the dog that bit my sister.
(In the above sentences “man” and “dog” are antecedents)
Antecedent is the noun the relative pronoun refers to.
Interrogative Pronouns:
Interrogative pronouns are as under:
Who, whom, whose which, and what
Functions of Interrogative Pronouns:
Interrogative pronouns ask a question about whatever the pronoun refers to.
Who, whom, and whose ask questions about people.
Each of these words takes a different role in a sentence.
Who (Subject) Object (Whom) Possessive (Whose)
Interrogative Pronoun Examples:
Who is that?
To whom did you get the letter?
Whose books are these?
Which of these is mine?
What did you say to her?
Indefinite Pronouns:
Indefinite pronouns do not replace a specific noun.
They refer to one or more unspecified, people, places, or things.
The indefinite pronouns include those:
- undefined people, groups, or things.
- a choice of alternatives
- general amounts and quantities
Referring to unspecified people, places, or things:
Anyone/anybody/anything, Everyone/everybody/everything, No one/nobody/nothing, Someone/somebody/something
Referring to the Choice of Alternatives
all, another, any, both, each, enough, few, half, less, little, many, more, most, none,
Referring to General Amounts and Quantities
several, some, either, and neither
To watch the Youtube video lecture related to this article, please click on the link given below:
Final Words:
In this article, I have discussed the pronoun in hindi and types of pronouns in detail. There are around nine types of pronouns. Different grammars discuss these types differently.
- Ali gave gift to Sara and Sara gave gift to Ali.
(2 Subjects) Ali and Sara are involved in this sentence and can be restated as:
Ali and Sara gave gifts to each other.
Ali and Sara gave each other gifts.
(Both structures are correct and acceptable)
2. The family gave gifts to one another.
The family gave one another gifts.
As family consists of more than two persons usually and here one another is used as in the above sentences.
Demonstrative Pronouns:
A demonstrative pronoun points out what is being talked about. It is used to indicate the location of an object. It also tells how recently something happened. There are four demonstrative pronouns.
Singular Plural Location Time
This These Near Recent
That Those Far Further past
Demonstrative Pronoun Examples:
This is my ball / These are my shoes (Being talked about)
That is my ball / Those are my shoes (Being talked about)
I will never forget this (referring to a recent experience)
I will never forget that (referring to something in the further past)
Relative Pronouns:
There are five relative pronouns:
who, whom, whose, which, and that
Functions of Relative Pronouns:
1) Relative pronouns come in sentences containing more than one clause.
2) They link a subordinate clause (the relative clause) to the main clause.
3) They relate the subordinate clause back to a noun phrase (the antecedent) in the main clause.
Relative Pronouns Rules & Examples:
Who and whom refer only to people
Whose and that can refer to people, animals, and things
Which refers to animals and things.
Example:
He is the man who played cricket for Pakistan.
There is the dog that bit my sister.
(In the above sentences “man” and “dog” are antecedents)
Antecedent is the noun the relative pronoun refers to.
Interrogative Pronouns:
Interrogative pronouns are as under:
Who, whom, whose which, and what
Functions of Interrogative Pronouns:
Interrogative pronouns ask a question about whatever the pronoun refers to.
Who, whom, and whose ask questions about people.
Each of these words takes a different role in a sentence.
Who (Subject) Object (Whom) Possessive (Whose)
Interrogative Pronoun Examples:
Who is that?
To whom did you get the letter?
Whose books are these?
Which of these is mine?
What did you say to her?
Indefinite Pronouns:
Indefinite pronouns do not replace a specific noun.
They refer to one or more unspecified, people, places, or things.
The indefinite pronouns include those:
- undefined people, groups, or things.
- a choice of alternatives
- general amounts and quantities
Referring to unspecified people, places, or things:
Anyone/anybody/anything, Everyone/everybody/everything, No one/nobody/nothing, Someone/somebody/something
Referring to the Choice of Alternatives
all, another, any, both, each, enough, few, half, less, little, many, more, most, none,
Referring to General Amounts and Quantities
several, some, either, and neither
To watch the Youtube video lecture related to this article, please click on the link given below:
Final Words:
In this article, I have discussed the pronoun in hindi and types of pronouns in detail. There are around nine types of pronouns. Different grammars discuss these types differently.
- Each other 2. One another
Each Other: It is used when two subjects are involved in an action.
One another: It is used when more than two subjects are involved in an action.
Reciprocal Pronoun Examples:
- Ali gave gift to Sara and Sara gave gift to Ali.
(2 Subjects) Ali and Sara are involved in this sentence and can be restated as:
Ali and Sara gave gifts to each other.
Ali and Sara gave each other gifts.
(Both structures are correct and acceptable)
2. The family gave gifts to one another.
The family gave one another gifts.
As family consists of more than two persons usually and here one another is used as in the above sentences.
Demonstrative Pronouns:
A demonstrative pronoun points out what is being talked about. It is used to indicate the location of an object. It also tells how recently something happened. There are four demonstrative pronouns.
Singular Plural Location Time
This These Near Recent
That Those Far Further past
Demonstrative Pronoun Examples:
This is my ball / These are my shoes (Being talked about)
That is my ball / Those are my shoes (Being talked about)
I will never forget this (referring to a recent experience)
I will never forget that (referring to something in the further past)
Relative Pronouns:
There are five relative pronouns:
who, whom, whose, which, and that
Functions of Relative Pronouns:
1) Relative pronouns come in sentences containing more than one clause.
2) They link a subordinate clause (the relative clause) to the main clause.
3) They relate the subordinate clause back to a noun phrase (the antecedent) in the main clause.
Relative Pronouns Rules & Examples:
Who and whom refer only to people
Whose and that can refer to people, animals, and things
Which refers to animals and things.
Example:
He is the man who played cricket for Pakistan.
There is the dog that bit my sister.
(In the above sentences “man” and “dog” are antecedents)
Antecedent is the noun the relative pronoun refers to.
Interrogative Pronouns:
Interrogative pronouns are as under:
Who, whom, whose which, and what
Functions of Interrogative Pronouns:
Interrogative pronouns ask a question about whatever the pronoun refers to.
Who, whom, and whose ask questions about people.
Each of these words takes a different role in a sentence.
Who (Subject) Object (Whom) Possessive (Whose)
Interrogative Pronoun Examples:
Who is that?
To whom did you get the letter?
Whose books are these?
Which of these is mine?
What did you say to her?
Indefinite Pronouns:
Indefinite pronouns do not replace a specific noun.
They refer to one or more unspecified, people, places, or things.
The indefinite pronouns include those:
- undefined people, groups, or things.
- a choice of alternatives
- general amounts and quantities
Referring to unspecified people, places, or things:
Anyone/anybody/anything, Everyone/everybody/everything, No one/nobody/nothing, Someone/somebody/something
Referring to the Choice of Alternatives
all, another, any, both, each, enough, few, half, less, little, many, more, most, none,
Referring to General Amounts and Quantities
several, some, either, and neither
To watch the Youtube video lecture related to this article, please click on the link given below:
Final Words:
In this article, I have discussed the pronoun in hindi and types of pronouns in detail. There are around nine types of pronouns. Different grammars discuss these types differently.
- Each other 2. One another
Each Other: It is used when two subjects are involved in an action.
One another: It is used when more than two subjects are involved in an action.
Reciprocal Pronoun Examples:
- Ali gave gift to Sara and Sara gave gift to Ali.
(2 Subjects) Ali and Sara are involved in this sentence and can be restated as:
Ali and Sara gave gifts to each other.
Ali and Sara gave each other gifts.
(Both structures are correct and acceptable)
2. The family gave gifts to one another.
The family gave one another gifts.
As family consists of more than two persons usually and here one another is used as in the above sentences.
Demonstrative Pronouns:
A demonstrative pronoun points out what is being talked about. It is used to indicate the location of an object. It also tells how recently something happened. There are four demonstrative pronouns.
Singular Plural Location Time
This These Near Recent
That Those Far Further past
Demonstrative Pronoun Examples:
This is my ball / These are my shoes (Being talked about)
That is my ball / Those are my shoes (Being talked about)
I will never forget this (referring to a recent experience)
I will never forget that (referring to something in the further past)
Relative Pronouns:
There are five relative pronouns:
who, whom, whose, which, and that
Functions of Relative Pronouns:
1) Relative pronouns come in sentences containing more than one clause.
2) They link a subordinate clause (the relative clause) to the main clause.
3) They relate the subordinate clause back to a noun phrase (the antecedent) in the main clause.
Relative Pronouns Rules & Examples:
Who and whom refer only to people
Whose and that can refer to people, animals, and things
Which refers to animals and things.
Example:
He is the man who played cricket for Pakistan.
There is the dog that bit my sister.
(In the above sentences “man” and “dog” are antecedents)
Antecedent is the noun the relative pronoun refers to.
Interrogative Pronouns:
Interrogative pronouns are as under:
Who, whom, whose which, and what
Functions of Interrogative Pronouns:
Interrogative pronouns ask a question about whatever the pronoun refers to.
Who, whom, and whose ask questions about people.
Each of these words takes a different role in a sentence.
Who (Subject) Object (Whom) Possessive (Whose)
Interrogative Pronoun Examples:
Who is that?
To whom did you get the letter?
Whose books are these?
Which of these is mine?
What did you say to her?
Indefinite Pronouns:
Indefinite pronouns do not replace a specific noun.
They refer to one or more unspecified, people, places, or things.
The indefinite pronouns include those:
- undefined people, groups, or things.
- a choice of alternatives
- general amounts and quantities
Referring to unspecified people, places, or things:
Anyone/anybody/anything, Everyone/everybody/everything, No one/nobody/nothing, Someone/somebody/something
Referring to the Choice of Alternatives
all, another, any, both, each, enough, few, half, less, little, many, more, most, none,
Referring to General Amounts and Quantities
several, some, either, and neither
To watch the Youtube video lecture related to this article, please click on the link given below:
Final Words:
In this article, I have discussed the pronoun in hindi and types of pronouns in detail. There are around nine types of pronouns. Different grammars discuss these types differently.
Personal Pronouns:
These Pronouns are used for persons.
They are sensitive to Person, Number, Gender, Case, and Possession.
1. Person:
Pronouns change according to persons and are divided into 3 persons:
First Person: A person who is speaking
Second Person: The person with whom the first person is talking
Third Person: About whom the first and second person are talking.
2. Number:
Number (Singular & Plural)
First Person Singular Pronoun (I)
First Person Plural Pronoun (We)
Second Person Singular & Plural Pronoun (You)
Third-Person Singular Pronouns (He, She, It)
Third-Person Plural Pronouns (They)
3. Gender:
Masculine & Feminine means Gender.
Only in the third person Pronoun Singular Form gender difference exists.
He (Masculine, Used for Males)
She (Feminine, Used for Females)
4. Case:
Subjective Case: I, We, You, He, She, It, They (Pronouns used as subject)
Objective Case: Me, Us, You, Him, Her, It, Them (Pronouns used as object)
Possessive Case: Mine, Ours, Yours, His, Hers, Its, Theirs (Pronouns used for possession)
Use of Personal Pronouns Examples:
I like him.
We care for you.
You trust her.
(I, we, and you are Subject Pronouns)
He beats me.
She scolds them.
It kills us. They control it.
(Me, them, and it are Object Pronouns)
Possessive Pronouns:
Possessive Pronouns show the ownership of or association with an item.
Personal Pronoun Possessive Pronouns
I Mine
We Ours
You Yours
He His
She Hers
It Its
They Theirs
Reflexive Pronouns:
Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject of a sentence receives the action of the verb. The pronoun reflects the action onto the subject. They are formed by adding –self or –selves for the plural form to a personal or possessive pronoun.
Reflexive Pronouns are:
Myself, Ourselves, Yourself, Yourselves, Himself, Herself, Itself, Themselves
Reflexive Pronoun Examples in Sentences:
If we do not take care we will hurt ourselves.
Don’t hurt yourself by playing carelessly.
If he does not stop doing that he will hurt himself.
She blames herself for that incident.
The refrigerator defrosts itself.
I am ashamed of myself for my deeds.
Reciprocal Pronouns:
These pronouns are used when two (or more subjects) are involved in an action.
There are two Reciprocal Pronouns:
- Each other 2. One another
Each Other: It is used when two subjects are involved in an action.
One another: It is used when more than two subjects are involved in an action.
Reciprocal Pronoun Examples:
- Ali gave gift to Sara and Sara gave gift to Ali.
(2 Subjects) Ali and Sara are involved in this sentence and can be restated as:
Ali and Sara gave gifts to each other.
Ali and Sara gave each other gifts.
(Both structures are correct and acceptable)
2. The family gave gifts to one another.
The family gave one another gifts.
As family consists of more than two persons usually and here one another is used as in the above sentences.
Demonstrative Pronouns:
A demonstrative pronoun points out what is being talked about. It is used to indicate the location of an object. It also tells how recently something happened. There are four demonstrative pronouns.
Singular Plural Location Time
This These Near Recent
That Those Far Further past
Demonstrative Pronoun Examples:
This is my ball / These are my shoes (Being talked about)
That is my ball / Those are my shoes (Being talked about)
I will never forget this (referring to a recent experience)
I will never forget that (referring to something in the further past)
Relative Pronouns:
There are five relative pronouns:
who, whom, whose, which, and that
Functions of Relative Pronouns:
1) Relative pronouns come in sentences containing more than one clause.
2) They link a subordinate clause (the relative clause) to the main clause.
3) They relate the subordinate clause back to a noun phrase (the antecedent) in the main clause.
Relative Pronouns Rules & Examples:
Who and whom refer only to people
Whose and that can refer to people, animals, and things
Which refers to animals and things.
Example:
He is the man who played cricket for Pakistan.
There is the dog that bit my sister.
(In the above sentences “man” and “dog” are antecedents)
Antecedent is the noun the relative pronoun refers to.
Interrogative Pronouns:
Interrogative pronouns are as under:
Who, whom, whose which, and what
Functions of Interrogative Pronouns:
Interrogative pronouns ask a question about whatever the pronoun refers to.
Who, whom, and whose ask questions about people.
Each of these words takes a different role in a sentence.
Who (Subject) Object (Whom) Possessive (Whose)
Interrogative Pronoun Examples:
Who is that?
To whom did you get the letter?
Whose books are these?
Which of these is mine?
What did you say to her?
Indefinite Pronouns:
Indefinite pronouns do not replace a specific noun.
They refer to one or more unspecified, people, places, or things.
The indefinite pronouns include those:
- undefined people, groups, or things.
- a choice of alternatives
- general amounts and quantities
Referring to unspecified people, places, or things:
Anyone/anybody/anything, Everyone/everybody/everything, No one/nobody/nothing, Someone/somebody/something
Referring to the Choice of Alternatives
all, another, any, both, each, enough, few, half, less, little, many, more, most, none,
Referring to General Amounts and Quantities
several, some, either, and neither
To watch the Youtube video lecture related to this article, please click on the link given below:
Final Words:
In this article, I have discussed the pronoun in hindi and types of pronouns in detail. There are around nine types of pronouns. Different grammars discuss these types differently.
- Personal pronouns
- Possessive pronouns
- Reflexive pronouns
- Reciprocal pronouns
- Demonstrative pronouns
- Relative pronouns
- Interrogative pronouns
- Indefinite pronouns
Personal Pronouns:
These Pronouns are used for persons.
They are sensitive to Person, Number, Gender, Case, and Possession.
1. Person:
Pronouns change according to persons and are divided into 3 persons:
First Person: A person who is speaking
Second Person: The person with whom the first person is talking
Third Person: About whom the first and second person are talking.
2. Number:
Number (Singular & Plural)
First Person Singular Pronoun (I)
First Person Plural Pronoun (We)
Second Person Singular & Plural Pronoun (You)
Third-Person Singular Pronouns (He, She, It)
Third-Person Plural Pronouns (They)
3. Gender:
Masculine & Feminine means Gender.
Only in the third person Pronoun Singular Form gender difference exists.
He (Masculine, Used for Males)
She (Feminine, Used for Females)
4. Case:
Subjective Case: I, We, You, He, She, It, They (Pronouns used as subject)
Objective Case: Me, Us, You, Him, Her, It, Them (Pronouns used as object)
Possessive Case: Mine, Ours, Yours, His, Hers, Its, Theirs (Pronouns used for possession)
Use of Personal Pronouns Examples:
I like him.
We care for you.
You trust her.
(I, we, and you are Subject Pronouns)
He beats me.
She scolds them.
It kills us. They control it.
(Me, them, and it are Object Pronouns)
Possessive Pronouns:
Possessive Pronouns show the ownership of or association with an item.
Personal Pronoun Possessive Pronouns
I Mine
We Ours
You Yours
He His
She Hers
It Its
They Theirs
Reflexive Pronouns:
Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject of a sentence receives the action of the verb. The pronoun reflects the action onto the subject. They are formed by adding –self or –selves for the plural form to a personal or possessive pronoun.
Reflexive Pronouns are:
Myself, Ourselves, Yourself, Yourselves, Himself, Herself, Itself, Themselves
Reflexive Pronoun Examples in Sentences:
If we do not take care we will hurt ourselves.
Don’t hurt yourself by playing carelessly.
If he does not stop doing that he will hurt himself.
She blames herself for that incident.
The refrigerator defrosts itself.
I am ashamed of myself for my deeds.
Reciprocal Pronouns:
These pronouns are used when two (or more subjects) are involved in an action.
There are two Reciprocal Pronouns:
- Each other 2. One another
Each Other: It is used when two subjects are involved in an action.
One another: It is used when more than two subjects are involved in an action.
Reciprocal Pronoun Examples:
- Ali gave gift to Sara and Sara gave gift to Ali.
(2 Subjects) Ali and Sara are involved in this sentence and can be restated as:
Ali and Sara gave gifts to each other.
Ali and Sara gave each other gifts.
(Both structures are correct and acceptable)
2. The family gave gifts to one another.
The family gave one another gifts.
As family consists of more than two persons usually and here one another is used as in the above sentences.
Demonstrative Pronouns:
A demonstrative pronoun points out what is being talked about. It is used to indicate the location of an object. It also tells how recently something happened. There are four demonstrative pronouns.
Singular Plural Location Time
This These Near Recent
That Those Far Further past
Demonstrative Pronoun Examples:
This is my ball / These are my shoes (Being talked about)
That is my ball / Those are my shoes (Being talked about)
I will never forget this (referring to a recent experience)
I will never forget that (referring to something in the further past)
Relative Pronouns:
There are five relative pronouns:
who, whom, whose, which, and that
Functions of Relative Pronouns:
1) Relative pronouns come in sentences containing more than one clause.
2) They link a subordinate clause (the relative clause) to the main clause.
3) They relate the subordinate clause back to a noun phrase (the antecedent) in the main clause.
Relative Pronouns Rules & Examples:
Who and whom refer only to people
Whose and that can refer to people, animals, and things
Which refers to animals and things.
Example:
He is the man who played cricket for Pakistan.
There is the dog that bit my sister.
(In the above sentences “man” and “dog” are antecedents)
Antecedent is the noun the relative pronoun refers to.
Interrogative Pronouns:
Interrogative pronouns are as under:
Who, whom, whose which, and what
Functions of Interrogative Pronouns:
Interrogative pronouns ask a question about whatever the pronoun refers to.
Who, whom, and whose ask questions about people.
Each of these words takes a different role in a sentence.
Who (Subject) Object (Whom) Possessive (Whose)
Interrogative Pronoun Examples:
Who is that?
To whom did you get the letter?
Whose books are these?
Which of these is mine?
What did you say to her?
Indefinite Pronouns:
Indefinite pronouns do not replace a specific noun.
They refer to one or more unspecified, people, places, or things.
The indefinite pronouns include those:
- undefined people, groups, or things.
- a choice of alternatives
- general amounts and quantities
Referring to unspecified people, places, or things:
Anyone/anybody/anything, Everyone/everybody/everything, No one/nobody/nothing, Someone/somebody/something
Referring to the Choice of Alternatives
all, another, any, both, each, enough, few, half, less, little, many, more, most, none,
Referring to General Amounts and Quantities
several, some, either, and neither
To watch the Youtube video lecture related to this article, please click on the link given below:
Final Words:
In this article, I have discussed the pronoun in hindi and types of pronouns in detail. There are around nine types of pronouns. Different grammars discuss these types differently.
