Personal pronouns

A personal pronoun can be in one of three “persons.” A first-person pronoun refers to the speaker, a second-person pronoun refers to the person being spoken to, and a third-person pronoun refers to the person being spoken of. For each of these three grammatical persons, there is a plural as well.

Personal pronouns can be either subjects or objects in a sentence. Subject pronouns are said to be in the nominative case, whereas object pronouns are said to be in the objective case.

PersonNominativeObjectiveFirst singularImeSecond singularyouyouThird singularhe, she, ithim, her, itFirst pluralweusSecond pluralyouyouThird pluraltheythem

I, you, he, she, it, we they, me, him, her, us

Mrs. Khan asked that the package be delivered to her at the office. (her = third person singular objective)To whom should I address my letter? (whom = interrogative objective; I = first person singular nominative)

We would like to invite Stacy to join us for dinner. (we = first person plural nominative; us = first person plural objective)