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# pronoun

«pronoun» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a word used instead of a noun, so we don't have to repeat…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pronoun, pronouns)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, so we don't have to repeat it, like «he», «she», «it», «they», «we», «you» and «I». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pronoun/#m1)

2) Possessive pronouns show who something belongs to: «mine», «yours», «hers», «ours», «theirs». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pronoun/#m2)

3) Relative pronouns like «who», «which» and «that» join extra information to a noun: «the girl who won». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pronoun/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In English grammar lessons pupils replace nouns with pronouns to avoid repetition, and make sure it is clear who the pronoun means. Phrases: «personal pronoun», «possessive pronoun», «relative pronoun», «reflexive pronoun» («myself», «themselves»). In everyday life some people tell others which pronouns to use for them, such as «she/her», «he/him» or «they/them», and it is kind to use them.

### examples

- «She» is a pronoun in «She is my sister». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pronoun/#x1)
- Replace «the dog» with a pronoun: «It barked». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pronoun/#x2)
- «Mine» is a possessive pronoun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pronoun/#x3)
- «Who» is a relative pronoun in «the boy who laughed». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pronoun/#x4)
- «Myself» is a reflexive pronoun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pronoun/#x5)
- Too many pronouns can confuse the reader about who is who. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pronoun/#x6)
- «They» can be used for one person whose gender you don't know. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pronoun/#x7)

### note

Plural «pronouns». Traps: «its» (no apostrophe) is the possessive; «it's» means «it is». Use «I» as a subject and «me» as an object: «Sam and I went», «he gave it to Sam and me». «Their», «there» and «they're» sound the same but mean different things.

### In the corpora

- [Relative clauses usually start with a relative pronoun: who, which, that, whose, where or when.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/30-relative-clauses/14/)
- [The relative pronoun can often be left out when it is not the subject of the clause: «the book I read».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/30-relative-clauses/21/)
- [A pronoun stands in for a noun so you don't repeat it: "Mia went to the shop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who/0/)
- [The antecedent is the noun a pronoun points back to; a pronoun is ambiguous when it could point to more than one person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who/19/)
- [English mostly uses word order and small words instead of cases, but pronouns like he, him and his still change a little.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/33-ukrainian-compared-with-english/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pronoun» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pronoun/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.