PRON: pronoun
Definition
Pronouns are words that substitute for nouns or noun phrases. Their meaning is recoverable from the linguistic or extralinguistic context.
Examples
- Personal (subject) pronouns: jag “I”, du “you”, han “he”, hon “she”, det/den “it”, vi “we”, de “they”
- Personal (object)/reflexive pronouns: mig “me/myself”, dig “you/yourself”, honom “him”, henne “her”, sig “itself/himself/herself/themselves”, oss “us/ourselves”
- Possessive pronouns: min “my” as in min bil “my car”, deras “their” as in deras attityder “their attitudes”, ditt jobb “your job”
- Demonstrative pronouns: detta “that/this” as in detta är en svår fråga “that is a difficult question”
- Interrogative pronouns: vem “who” vad “what” as in Vad tycker du? “What do you think?”
- Relative pronouns: vem, vad as in vem denna person än är “whoever this person is”
- Indefinite pronouns: någon “someone/anybody”, något “something/anything”
- Totality pronouns: alla “everyone”, allt “everything”
- Negative pronouns: ingen “nobody”, inget “nothing”
PRON in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [cy] [da] [de] [el] [en] [es] [ess] [et] [fi] [fro] [fr] [ga] [grc] [hu] [hy] [it] [ja] [ka] [kk] [kpv] [ky] [myv] [nci] [no] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sla] [sl] [sv] [tr] [tt] [uk] [u] [urj] [xcl] [yue] [zh]