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:github_url: https://git.door43.org/Door43/en_uhg/src/branch/master/content/pronoun.rst
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.. _pronoun:
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Pronoun
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Summary
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A pronoun replaces a noun or noun phrase. For example, instead of
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writing "the man" multiple times, the writer uses "he" to avoid
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repeating the noun.
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Article
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A pronoun is a word that, like a
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:ref:`noun`,
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refers to a person or a thing, but it does not have any meaning in
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itself.
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Types
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Hebraists usually identify five types of pronouns:
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:ref:`pronoun_indefinite`,
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:ref:`pronoun_personal`,
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and
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:ref:`pronoun_relative`.
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.. csv-table::
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Demonstrative,refers to a noun or a noun phrase,"this, that, these, those"
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Indefinite,if the subject or the object is indetermined,"who, whoever, what, whatever"
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Interrogative,introduces a question,who? what? when? how?
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Personal,takes the place of a person or a group of people,"I, you, he, she, we, they"
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Relative,introduces relative clauses,"that, which, where"
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