Chart of Personal      and Possessive Pronouns

SINGULAR		PERSONAL PRONOUNS		POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
		Subjective Case 1	Objective Case 2	Possessive Case	As Adjectives 3
1st person the person speaking		I	me	mine	my
2nd person the person spoken to		you	you	yours	your
3rd person the person spoken about	Male	he	him	his	his
	Female	she	her	hers	her
	Neuter	it	it	-	its
PLURAL		PERSONAL PRONOUNS		POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
1st person		we	us	ours	our
2nd person		you	you	yours	your
3rd person		they	them	theirs	their

1. Also known as "Nominative Case". These forms are used for subjects of verbs (i.e., the person/thing doing the action).
   
   
2. The objective forms are used for objects of verbs (i.e., the person/thing receiving the action) or objects of prepositions.
   
   
3. When used with nouns e.g., my head, your hat, etc to show possession or ownership.
   
   

Subjective and Objective Cases

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