Pronoun- definition & its types

PRONOUN-definition and its types

Definition- Pronoun is the word used in the place of a noun.

परिभाषा – संज्ञा के स्थान पर काम आने वाले शब्द सर्वनाम कहलाते हैं?

1.      John is a good boy. John always comes first. John respects elders. Everybody loves John.

2.      John is a good boy. He always comes first. He respects elders. Everybody loves him.

 

In the second sentence Pronoun ‘He’ is used in place of Noun- ‘John’. So you can understand that Pronoun is used in the place of Noun. The same noun is not written again and again as Noun ‘John’ has been written in the first sentence.

 

दूसरे वाक्य में शब्द के संज्ञा के स्थान पर आया है ,आप समझ सकते हैं कि सर्वनाम शब्द संज्ञा के स्थान पर प्रायोग  किये जाते  हैं| एक ही संज्ञा को बार- बार नही लिखा जाता है जैसा कि पहले वाक्य में किया गया है|

Now I think you want to know the what are 5 types of Pronouns?

Kinds of Pronoun  [सर्वनाम के प्रकार ]

Pronouns are classified into following [सर्वनाम को निम्न प्रकारों में बांटा गया है ]

 i.   Personal Pronoun  [व्यक्तिवाचक सर्वनाम]

ii. Reflexive pronoun   [ निजवाचक सर्वनाम]

iii.Emphatic Pronoun  [दृढ सूच   क सर्वनाम  ]

iv.  Demonstrative pronoun  [ संकेतवाचक सर्वनाम ]

v. Indefinite pronoun  [अनिश्चित सर्वनाम ]

vi. Distributive Pronoun  [विभाग सूचक सर्वनाम ]

vii. Reciprocal Pronoun  [परस्पर वाचक सर्वनाम ]

viii.  Relative Pronoun  [संबद्ध वाचक सर्वनाम ]

ix. Interrogative Pronoun  [प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम]

Below you are provided with the definition of types Pronouns with examples

i.  Personal Pronoun – The Pronoun is used to refer to the people or things that are talked about. e.g.- I , We, me, she,

Personal Pronouns are again classified into following three types-

व्यक्ति वाचक सर्वनाम - ये  सर्वनाम जो व्यक्तियों/ वस्तुओं  के लिए प्रयुक्त होते है| जैसे - I , We, me, she, it etc

यह सर्वनाम निम्न तीन प्रकार का होता है |

a.  First person pronoun- Pronouns are used for person who is speaking.  E.g. I, We, My

प्रथम पुरुष सर्वनाम – यह बोलने वाले व्यक्ति के लिए काम में लिए जाते है , जैसे - I, We, My

b. Second person pronoun- Pronouns are used for person who is listening . e.g. – You, your, yourself

द्वितीय पुरुष सर्वनाम – यह सुनाने वाले व्यक्ति के लिए काम में लिए जाते है. जैसे - You, your, yourself

c. Third person pronoun – pronouns are used for person or persons spoken of. E.g.- He, she, it , they, him

तृत्तीय पुरुष सर्वनाम – यह सर्वनाम , जिन व्यक्तिओं के बारे में बात की जा रही हो, उनके लिए काम में लिए जाते हैं , जैसे - He, she, it , they, him

Personal Pronoun [व्यक्तिवाचक सर्वनाम]
(comprehensive chart)

 

ii. Reflexive Pronoun – These Pronouns show that the action of the verb returns to the doer. These are used after the verb as an object when subject and an object is the same person; these end in – ‘self’ or ‘selves’. e.g.- myself, ourselves, yourself, himself, etc.

ये सर्वनाम दर्शाते है कि क्रिया का प्रभाव करता पर ही पड़ता है |ये क्रिया के बाद कर्म के रूप में लिखे जाते हैं जब कर्ता और कर्म समान हो

a.  I hurt myself.

b.  He hurt himself.

c.   You hurt yourself.

d.  You hurt yourselves.

iii. Emphatic pronoun – These pronouns are used just after the Personal pronoun/Noun (subject) and used for laying emphasis on the subject.

a.  I myself opened the door

b. He himself opened the door.

c. You yourself opened the door.

d. John himself opened the door.

iv. Demonstrative Pronoun- These Pronouns are used to point or demonstrate toward the persons, things .e.g.- this, that, these, etc.

a.  This is my pen.

b. That is your car.

c.  These are cows.

d.   Those are horses.

v.  Indefinite Pronoun –These Pronouns are used to refer to a person or things in a general or common way. e.g.- some, any,  many, all, both, one. None, few, everyone, anyone, everybody, anybody, somebody, nobody, etc.

a. One does not know what to do.

b. Few could escape from the flood.

c. Everybody knew this.

vii Distributive Pronoun –These Pronouns are used to refer to a person or things one at a time. e.g.- each, every, either, neither, etc.

a.Each of you can win the race.

b.Either of your parents should come to school.

c.  Neither of his two answers is correct.

vii. Reciprocal Pronoun- These Pronouns denote reciprocal or mutual action.  e.g.- each other, one another

ü  Each other is used when two-person or things are referred to.

ü  One another is used when more than two persons or things are referred to.

a.  The two men fought with each other.

b. The three men fought with one another

viii. Relative Pronoun – These pronouns refer or relate to some noun going before it and also join two sentences.  e .g.- who, whom, that

	Subject	Object	Possessive
For persons	Who That	Whom/who That	Whose
For things	What	That	Whose
For things	Which	Which	Whose
For animals	That	that	Whose

a. This is the lady who helped me.

b. The book which you gave me has been lost.

c. The boy whom you saw is my brother.

ix.  Interrogative Pronoun- These Pronouns help ask questions and at the same time do the work of nouns. Who, whom, which, what, etc.

	Subject	Object	Possessive
For persons	Who	Whom/who	Whose
For things	What	What	Whose
For a person or things[when a choice is restricted]	Which	Which	Whose

a.  Who won the match?

b. Whose horse won the race?

c.  Which horse came first?

d  What did they eat?

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