This word, introduced by the Germans, or originally perhaps by the old Cartesians, is rather awkward, but far less so than the English pronoun I, which is also equivocal in sound.
In the passive voice, I think it better than in the active; nor can it always be dispensed with, unless we choose rather the feeble encumbering pronoun which.
The first personal pronoun is ever on his lips and in his thought.
In such cases the Japanese thought is best expressed by using the possessive pronoun and omitting the derogative adjective altogether.
It has become a true personal pronoun and is freely used by all classes.
There are abundant reasons for believing that every personal pronoun is a degenerate or, if you prefer, a developed noun.
For the position of the object pronoun see note 18.
The relative pronoun should not follow a construction similar to that of its antecedent placed in the clause immediately preceding.
Referring to Silvia, although the idea is clear, grammatical consistency is overthrown in the next line when the pronoun la is used instead of le.
As has been said, Marivaux not infrequently omits the direct object pronoun in similar constructions.
Attention has already been called to Marivaux's custom of omitting the direct objectpronoun in similar constructions.
The modest pronoun is not to be outdone by the blustering substantive or the self-asserting verb.
Though the pronoun is expressive enough, it does not carry with it the signs of immortality, and the next change of fashion may sweep it away into the limbo of forgotten words.
The more simple form of the composition now under consideration would lead us to suppose that the pronoun "we" comes in for the most natural reason--viz.
This verse is misrendered in the Authorised Version, which inserts the pronoun "my" before "love" without any warrant in the Hebrew text.
Therefore in the rigour of grammar the pronoun should represent that word.
Mrs. Mann used the masculine pronoun from force of habit; all her children with the exception of Gladys were boys.
The woman, in fact, became a pronoun for the child, who in her honesty and loyalty could never put another word in the place which had belonged to the noun, and feel satisfied.
The word does not occur in English at all until the end of the sixteenth century, the possessive case of the neuter pronoun it and of the masculine he being his.
There are many verbs in English that may be thus used reflexively without having the pronoun expressed, e.
The pronounhere relates not to the word immediately preceding it, but to the substantive implied in the possessive pronoun her, i.
The pronoun 'her' shows that 'womb' is here used in its strict sense, but in Par.
But thepronoun of the third person shows a variety of developments.
Later and more rarely the possessive pronoun is found, as here.
The verb takes a passive form by inserting the syllable at between the prefixed pronoun and the verb; and a reciprocal sense by inserting atat.
These classes, however, are not indicated by any change in the noun, but merely by the forms of the pronoun and the verb.
The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
When Christ uses the personal pronoun “I,” he must mean by that “I” either the finite man or the infinite God.
I believe the Unitarian is right in saying that this personal pronoun “I” always refers to the finite being and consciousness, and not to the infinite Being.
Other phases of the verb may be occasionally emphasized by the repetition of the governing pronoun at the end.
Sometimes in the modern languages the negative particle (such as ti or si) is used without any vestige of a pronoun being attached to it, and is applied indifferently to all the persons.
It is possible that some of these prefixes resulted from the combination of a demonstrative pronoun and a prefix indicating quality or number.
An apparent but not a real exception to this rule is in the second person plural of the imperative mood, where an abbreviated form of the pronoun is affixed to the verb.
In the case of the 10th prefix, the concord or corresponding pronoun persists long after the prefix has fallen out of use as a definite article.
Acts uses in the narrative the pronoun "we," thus indicating that the writer thenceforth formed one of the apostolic band which surrounded Paul.
In the quotation from second Corinthians the pronoun “we” is applied to the inward man, and the “earthly house of this tabernacle” is spoken in reference to the outward man.
In the quotation from second Peter the pronoun “I” has for its antecedent the “inward man,” and tabernacle refers again to the outward man.
Hence, the only inseparable form of the personalpronoun is, when it governs the verb.
The incorporation of the objective pronoun with the verb.
In like manner the pronoun expresses the objective relation; I strike him horse=ferio equu-m.
When the pronoun is governed by a verb, it is inseparable also; and similarly incorporated.
The pronoun Ille of the Romans is somewhat similar; as are the terms Le and La of the French; as well as Il and El in other languages.
Kircher says, that Pi in the Coptic is a prefix, by which a noun is known to be masculine, and of the singular number: and that Pa is a pronoun possessive.
In the very few really ambiguous cases, or those in which, for the sake of emphasis, a pronoun is wanted, certain consecrated expressions are introduced for the purpose.
For day with a possessive pronoun suggests what has been appointed aforehand, or what must come round in its turn; means also opportunity and triumph, and also swift performance after long delay.
God's-Hearth seems suggested by the feminine pronoun in ver.
WEN: (Imperial English) Indefinite pronounused either when sex is unknown or irrelevant (e.
Instead of the beloved Name which all who love it will easily supply,[167] St. John uses the reverential He, the pronoun which specially belongs to Christ in the vocabulary of the Epistle.
This interpretation of the passage is supported by the position of the pronoun which cannot be referred naturally to any subject but Jesus Christ.
It is very much equivalent to our reverent usage of printing the pronoun which refers to Christ with a capital letter.
As it was a trouble to stout Noun to go far or move fast, she very often sent Pronoun upon various errands in her stead.
Pronoun sold not many words; such as she had were mere pictures of such as were kept by her sister.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pronoun" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: hypostasis; nominal; substantive
