Personal Pronouns in a few languages
(1,2,3 = person; s/p =
singular/
plural;
polite forms in brackets):
- Afrikaans
- 1s - ek
- 2s - jy (u)
- 3s - hy, sy, dit
- 1p - ons
- 2p - julle
- 3p - hulle
- Chinese (Cantonese)
- 1s - ngoh
- 2s - nei
- 3s - kui
- 1p - ngoh dei
- 2p - nei dei
- 3p - kui deh
- Chinese (Mandarin/putonghua)
- 1s - wo
- 2s - ni (nin)
- 3s - ta
- 1p - wo men
- 2p - ni men
- 3p - ta men
- Danish
- 1s - jeg
- 2s - du (De)
- 3s - han, hun, det/den
- 1p - vi
- 2p - I
- 3p - de
- English
- 1s - I
- 2s - you (Thou)
- 3s - he, she, it
- 1p - we
- 2p - you
- 3p - they
- French
- 1s - je
- 2s - tu (Vous)
- 3s - il, elle, on
- 1p - nous
- 2p - vous
- 3p - ils, elles
- German
- 1s - ich
- 2s - du (Sie)
- 3s - er, sie, es
- 1p - wir
- 2p - ihr
- 3p - sie
- Hebrew
- 1s - ani
- 2s - atah, at
- 3s - hu, hi
- 1p - anakhnu
- 2p - atem, aten
- 3p - hem, hen
- Icelandic (nominative case only)
- 1s - ég
- 2s - þú
- 3s - hann, hún, það
- 1p - við (vér)
- 2p - þið (þér)
- 3p - þeir, þær, þau
- Italian
- 1s - io
- 2s - tu (Lei)
- 3s - egli/lui/esso, ella/lei/essa
- 1p - noi
- 2p - voi
- 3p - essi/loro, esse/loro (Loro)
- Japanese (also see Japanese pronouns)
- 1s - watashi -- really watakushi, boku
- 2s - anata, kimi
- 3s - kare, kanojo -- female only, ano hito
- 1p - watashitachi (watakushitachi), bokura/bokutachi
- 2p - anatatachi/anatagata
- 3p - karera, kanojotachi -- female only, ano hitobito/ano hitotachi
- Klingon
- 1s - jIH
- 2s - SoH
- 3s - ghaH, 'oH
- 1p - maH
- 2p - tlhIH
- 3p - chaH/bIH
- Norwegian
- 1s - jeg
- 2s - du
- 3s - han, hun, den/det
- 1p - vi
- 2p - dere
- 3p - de
- Russian
- 1s - Ya
- 2s - Ty, Vy -- Pronounced like a cross between Tee and Toy, sort of
- 3s - On, Ona, Ono
- 1p - My
- 2p - Vy
- 3p - Oni
- Serbo-Croat
- 1s - ja
- 2s - ti (Vi)
- 3s - on, ona, ono
- 1p - mi
- 2p - vi
- 3p - oni, one, ona
- Spanish
- 1s - yo
- 2s - tú (usted)
- 3s - él, ella
- 1p - nosotros
- 2p - vosotros (ustedes)
- 3p - ellos, ellas
- Swedish
- 1s - jag
- 2s - du (ni)
- 3s - han, hon, den/det
- 1p - vi
- 2p - ni
- 3p - de
- Thai
- 1s - phom, deechan / kan
- 2s - khun/kaer
- 3s - kaer/khao/man, lorn -- women only
- 1p - rao
- 2p - khun
- 3p - kaer/khao/man
I was also going to do
Sanskrit, but couldn't
find my notes... Thanks to
taschenrechner for the
Russian...
Quenya, and Sindarin were interesting, too, but pronouns aren't used;
instead, the languages use affixes to the verbs...
Please /msg either me or a Content Editor if you add to this node so that your w/u can be neatly assimilated.