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concepts of number and gender to pronouns, as well as to learn
a new concept —grammar person.

Form refers to the qualities and characteristics

that pronouns have in common.

3.5 Grammar Person

The concept of grammar person is one of the most important
concepts of this chapter. In Chapter 4, Verbs, you will also see
how this concept is used when conjugating verbs.

A personal pronoun shows by its form whether it refers to the
person speaking, the person spoken to, or the person or thing
spoken about.

Every personal pronoun is classified by whether

it is first, second, or third person.

Gender

Masculine Pronoun

Feminine Pronoun

Neuter Pronoun

he

she

it

Number

Singular Pronoun

I, you, he, she, it

Plural Pronoun

we, you, they

Grammar Person

Person speaking

Person spoken to

Person or thing

spoken about

1

2

3