{"id":76455,"date":"2026-11-03T00:16:36","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T23:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/?p=76455"},"modified":"2026-11-03T00:16:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T23:16:36","slug":"he-or-she-personal-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/bg\/he-or-she-personal-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"He or she? Politically incorrect personal pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you not know whether to say <strong><em>he<\/em><\/strong> or <strong><em>she<\/em><\/strong>? If the reason is grammar gaps rather than the sexual ambiguity of the person you are talking to, then you clearly need a review of English <strong><em>personal pronouns<\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>What are English personal pronouns?<\/h2>\n<p>Personal pronouns are <em>personal pronouns<\/em> in English.<\/p>\n<p>These are the short words we use <strong>instead of<\/strong> a person\u2019s <strong>name<\/strong>, which is why they are called <strong><em>personal pronouns<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There are several kinds of pronouns, and let\u2019s explain them in a simple, human way without diving too deeply into grammatical Latin.<\/p>\n<p>I also talk about this on YouTube:<\/p>\n<h4><strong>English personal pronouns in the singular are:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>ja: <strong><em>I, me<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>ty: <strong><em>you<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>on: <strong><em>he<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>ona: <strong><em>she<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>ono: <strong><em>it<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We call he, she, and it collectively <span data-speakingo-link=\"13741\">the third person singular, which will be important in the present simple tense.<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>And English personal pronouns for the plural are:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>my: <strong><em>we<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>wy: <strong><em>you<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>oni: <strong><em>they<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notice that in English, \u201cyou\u201d means both singular and plural!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17554 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/najwazniejsze-angielskie-slowka-po-angielsku-1000.jpg\" alt=\"100 \u043d\u0430\u0439-\u0432\u0430\u0436\u043d\u0438 \u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0434\u0443\u043c\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/najwazniejsze-angielskie-slowka-po-angielsku-1000.jpg 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/najwazniejsze-angielskie-slowka-po-angielsku-1000-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>See also: <span data-speakingo-link=\"17541\">100 most important English words.<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (\u043e\u0447\u0430\u043a\u0432\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u0441\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Confusion with the English personal pronoun <em>you<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Here, as you have probably noticed, <strong>ty and wy in English sound exactly the same<\/strong>. This is of course a never-ending source of misunderstandings, because when someone says <em>\u201cYou are great!\u201d<\/em> you can never be sure whether they mean one specific person (<strong>You<\/strong> are great!), or everyone present (<strong>You<\/strong> are great!).<\/p>\n<p>What is more, as we may remember from the article about articles, English does not have <strong>articles<\/strong>, which means you do not know whether the sentence above means \u201cyou are great\u201d in a feminine or masculine sense, which only increases the confusion&#8230; In fact, though, this is good news for us, because we do not have to learn complicated declension rules, which learners of Polish or German have to deal with!<\/p>\n<p>Now, one by one.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15194 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/you-are-welcome-country.jpg\" alt=\"you are welcome, capitalized you\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/you-are-welcome-country.jpg 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/you-are-welcome-country-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>See also: <span data-speakingo-link=\"15191\">Three meanings of the word you.<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (\u043e\u0447\u0430\u043a\u0432\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u0441\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Who am I? English personal pronoun <em>&#8222;I&#8220;<\/em> or <em>&#8222;me&#8220;<\/em>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Generally, \u201cI\u201d is <em>I<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We always write <em>I<\/em> in <a href=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/bg\/capital-letters-caps-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b3%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8-%d0%b8%d0%b7%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8f\/\" data-speakingo-link=\"10792\">capital letters<\/a>, because after all, we are the center of the universe, or at least that is how most people &#8211; not only English speakers &#8211; think about themselves!<\/p>\n<p>To make things a little more complicated, there is also the word <em>me<\/em>, which is&#8230; also I.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In general, in English <strong><em>I<\/em><\/strong> is used at the beginning of a sentence,<\/p>\n<p>whereas <strong><em>me<\/em><\/strong> is used in the middle or at the end of a sentence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>I<\/strong> am happy.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(I am happy)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Do you love <strong>me<\/strong>?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Do you love me?)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Where are you taking <strong>me<\/strong>?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Where are you taking me?)<\/p>\n<h2>In English, we do not \u201cswallow\u201d personal pronouns!<\/h2>\n<p>As I mentioned, personal pronouns are the kind of pronouns that &#8211; surprise! &#8211; replace the person (that person\u2019s name). In English, they are so important because we use them every time in a sentence!<\/p>\n<p>In English, we do not leave them out.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in the following sentence in Polish you can leave out the personal pronoun \u201cI\u201d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I am hungry &#8211; <em><strong>I<\/strong> am hungry.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We do not say \u201c<strong>I<\/strong> am hungry\u201d &#8211; that is, we can say it, but we do not have to. However, \u201cI am hungry\u201d is more natural for us. In English, there is only one option: \u201c<strong>I<\/strong> am hungry\u201d &#8211; <em><strong>I<\/strong> am hungry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The same is true for the other personal pronouns:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are late! &#8211; <em><strong>You<\/strong> are late!<\/em><\/li>\n<li>You are right! &#8211; <em><strong>You<\/strong> are right!<\/em><\/li>\n<li>We have a lot of luggage. &#8211; <em><strong>We<\/strong> have a lot of luggage.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In short:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>In English, we cannot omit personal pronouns,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>as we often do in Polish.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5905 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/nauka-angielskiego-dla-poczatkujacych.jpg\" alt=\"\u0443\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0435\u0437\u0438\u043a \u0437\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0430\u0435\u0449\u0438\" width=\"640\" height=\"417\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/bg\/%d0%b8%d0%b7%d1%83%d1%87%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b5-%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b3%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%b9%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8-%d0%b5%d0%b7%d0%b8%d0%ba-%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%87%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%b5%d1%89%d0%b8\/\" data-speakingo-link=\"5904\">Why, according to Shakespeare, learning English for beginners should be simple and enjoyable, so do not be a Janusz!<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>When are English personal pronouns essential?<\/h2>\n<p>English personal pronouns are especially useful when we meet people from other countries and cannot understand what their names are, for example Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.<\/p>\n<p>Even when someone introduces themselves letter by letter, it is still impossible to remember. We simply say <em>you<\/em> then, although remembering the name always looks better. But everything is an art of the possible&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The good news is that <strong><em>you<\/em><\/strong> does not only mean <strong>\u201cty\u201d<\/strong>, but also \u201c<strong>Pan<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>Pani<\/strong>\u201d!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So you can address anyone using this personal pronoun!<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, once a difficult first name or surname gets into our head, it stays there for a long time. That will happen if we introduce ourselves to English speakers using our real names rather than their English translations!<\/p>\n<p>And if you forget not only the name, but also the correct personal pronoun in English, you can always poetically say \u201c<em>my friend<\/em>\u201d or \u201c<em>darling<\/em>\u201d and so on.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/angielskie-imiona.jpg\" alt=\"\u043d\u0430\u0439-\u043f\u043e\u043f\u0443\u043b\u044f\u0440\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0438\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0430\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/angielskie-imiona.jpg 740w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/angielskie-imiona-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Read also: <span data-speakingo-link=\"313\">The most popular English names and how names cross cultures.<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (\u043e\u0447\u0430\u043a\u0432\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u0441\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<h2>English object pronouns<\/h2>\n<p>All right. But what if we want to give something to someone?<\/p>\n<p>Then we use the rather scary-sounding \u201cobject pronouns.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Object pronouns in the singular:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57790\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zaimki-osbowe-forma-dopelnienia-object-pronouns-singular.webp\" alt=\"object pronouns singular in English\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zaimki-osbowe-forma-dopelnienia-object-pronouns-singular.webp 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zaimki-osbowe-forma-dopelnienia-object-pronouns-singular-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Jane looked at <strong>me<\/strong>. <\/em>(Jane looked at <strong>me<\/strong>.)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Jane looked at <strong>you<\/strong>. <\/em>(Jane looked at <strong>you<\/strong>.)<\/li>\n<li><em>Jane looked at <strong>him<\/strong>. <\/em>(Jane looked at <strong>him<\/strong>.)<\/li>\n<li><em>Jane looked at <strong>her<\/strong>. <\/em>(Jane looked at <strong>her<\/strong>.)<\/li>\n<li><em>Jane looked at <strong>it<\/strong>. <\/em>(Jane looked at <strong>it<\/strong>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Object pronouns in the plural:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57779\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zaimki-osbowe-forma-dopelnienia-object-pronouns-plural.webp\" alt=\"object pronouns plural in English\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zaimki-osbowe-forma-dopelnienia-object-pronouns-plural.webp 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zaimki-osbowe-forma-dopelnienia-object-pronouns-plural-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Jane looked at <strong>us<\/strong>. <\/em>(Jane looked at <strong>us<\/strong>.)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Jane looked at <strong>you<\/strong>. <\/em>(Jane looked at <strong>you<\/strong>.)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Jane looked at <strong>them<\/strong>. <\/em>(Jane looked at <strong>them<\/strong>.)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>The same would be true in sentences like:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I gave it to them. <\/em>(I gave it to them.)<\/li>\n<li><em>I love you. <\/em>(I love you.)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Please marry me. <\/em>(Please marry me.)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Help her!<\/em> (Help her!)<\/li>\n<li><em>Wait for him!<\/em> (Wait for him!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Although, as you can see, personal pronouns are quite simple, that is not the end of the story!<\/p>\n<p>What if something is \u201chis\u201d or \u201cher\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Then we need not a personal pronoun, but a so-called <span data-speakingo-link=\"9868\">possessive adjective<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> <em>(for example, her house, his phone),<\/em> which is often confused with the similarly looking <span data-speakingo-link=\"8456\">possessive pronoun<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> <em>(This is mine!).<\/em> But we will cover those in separate articles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9859\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/zaimki-w-jezyku-angielskim.jpg\" alt=\"pronouns in English, grammar, parts of speech\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>\u201cWhen I was a child, my English teacher looked at me and said: name two pronouns. \u2018Who, me?\u2019 I replied.\u201d<\/em> See also: <em><span data-speakingo-link=\"9858\">Pronouns in English.<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (\u043e\u0447\u0430\u043a\u0432\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u0441\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The twilight of personal pronouns?<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, as a curiosity, it can be mentioned that personal pronouns are going out of fashion at Western universities, where politically correct etiquette requires using the gender-neutral <span data-speakingo-link=\"18609\">Chinese<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> pronoun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/01\/31\/fashion\/pronoun-confusion-sexual-fluidity.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>xe<\/em><\/a> (pronounced \u201cze\u201d or \u201czi\u201d) so as not to impose any gender identity on anyone&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Forgot whether to say she or he in English? Or do not know whether to say <em>he<\/em> or <em>she<\/em>? Say <em>xe<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>Another trick is to say \u201c<em>they<\/em>\u201d for that one person (!), whose gender identity we do not want to impose.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Customer will choose the option they will find most interesting.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(The customer will choose the option they consider most interesting.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-283\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/wolnosc-wypowiedzi-angielskich-amerykanskich-uczelniach-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"freedom of speech at English and American universities\" width=\"640\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/wolnosc-wypowiedzi-angielskich-amerykanskich-uczelniach-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/wolnosc-wypowiedzi-angielskich-amerykanskich-uczelniach-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/wolnosc-wypowiedzi-angielskich-amerykanskich-uczelniach.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Read also: <span data-speakingo-link=\"280\">Is there still freedom of speech at English universities?<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Exercises with English personal pronouns<\/h2>\n<p>One thing is to know all these grammatical names of pronouns, another is to use them correctly in direct conversation&#8230; What is needed here is speaking practice; no textbook can help us with that!<\/p>\n<p>To be able to speak English, you have to start speaking English!<\/p>\n<p>That is why, if you really want to learn English, a fair amount of <span data-speakingo-link=\"8668\">conversation<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> is unavoidable. 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Start speaking like them!<\/h3>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Have you ever mixed up English personal pronouns and called a man \u201cma\u2019am\u201d or the other way around? Share your stories in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you not know whether to say he or she? 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