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If you have learned some languages, you will want to ask a question like this: what can I do to express something in this language.
Different languages have different answers.
Far from being completed.
pronoun
How to indicate the speaker?
By the first-person singular pronoun.
Are there different first-person singular pronouns for different use?
No.
language | word | note |
---|---|---|
Amharic | እኔ | |
Arabic | أَنَا | |
Basque | ni | |
Bengali | আমি | |
Chinese | 我 | |
English | I | |
French | je | |
German | ich | |
Hausa | ni | |
Hebrew | אֲנִי | |
Hindi | मैं; हम | the latter can also mean plural |
Italian | io | |
Javanese | aku | |
Kabyle | nekk | |
Kannada | ನಾನು | |
Malayalam | ഞാന് | |
Marathi | मी | |
Mon | အဲ | |
Portuguese | eu | |
Punjabi | ਮੈਂ | |
Russian | я | |
Spanish | yo | |
Swahili | mimi | |
Tamil | நான் | |
Telugu | నేను | |
Tigrinya | ኣነ | |
Turkish | ben | |
Urdu | ہم; میں | The latter can also mean plural |
Yes.
language | word | note |
---|---|---|
Burmese | ကျွန်တော်; ကျွန်မ; ငါ; ကျုပ် | formal, male; formal, female; informal; more polite |
Indonesian | saya; aku | formal; informal |
Japanese | 私(わたし); 私(わたくし); 僕; あたし; 俺 | common; formal; informal; female; male |
Khmer | ខ្ញុំ; ខ្ញុំបាទ; នាងខ្; ខ្ញុំព្រះករុណា; ខ្ញុំព្រះអង្គ; ខ្ញុំម្ចាស់ | common; formal, male; formal, female; royalty; royalty, male; royalty, female |
Korean | 나; 저 | common; formal |
Malay | saya; aku; daku; hamba; patik; beta | formal; informal; poetic; lowest social strata; facing royalties; royalties |
Thai | ผม; ดิฉัน; ฉัน; กระหม่อม; ข้าพเจ้า; หนู; กู | male; female; informal; more formal; more formal; child to adult; crude |
Tsafiki | la; čiʰké; če | adult male; adult female; immature |
Vietnamese | tôi; tớ; ta; mình | common; informal; informal; intimate |
How to indicate the listener?
By the second-person singular pronoun.
Are there different second-person singular pronouns for different use?
No.
language | word | note |
---|---|---|
English | you | |
Malayalam | നീ | |
Mon | ဗှ်ေ | |
Swahili | wewe | |
Tibetan | ཁྱེད་རང | |
Vietnamese | bạn |
Yes.
language | word | note |
---|---|---|
Amharic | አንተ; አንቺ; እርስዎ | to male; to female; formal |
Arabic | أَنْتَ ; أَنْتِ ; حَضْرَتَك ; حَضْرَتِك | to male; to female; to male, formal; to female, formal |
Bengali | তুই; তুমি; আপনি | informal; intimate; formal |
Burmese | နင်; မင်း; ခင်ဗျား; ရှင် | informal; informal; formal, by male; formal, by female |
Chinese Mandarin | 你; 您 | informal; formal |
French | tu; vous | informal; formal |
German | du; Sie | informal; formal |
Hebrew | אַתָּה; אַתְּ | to male; to female |
Hindi | तू; तुम; आप | informal; polite; more polite |
Italian | tu; lei | informal; formal |
Japanese | 貴方; 君; お前; あんた; てまえ; 貴様 | polite; familiar; intimate or rude; by female or by older male; vulgar, by male; insulting |
Khmer | លោក; លោកស្រី; នាងស្រី; អ្នក | to male or Buddhist monk; to older female; to younger female; common |
Korean | 당신; 너; 네; 자네 | common; informal; informal; to low social strata |
Malay | kamu; awak; anda; dikau; engkau | common; informal; formal; poetic; poetic, informal |
Portuguese | tu; você | familiar in Portugal, rarely used in Brazil; polite in Portugal, general in Brazil |
Russian | ты; Вы; вы | familiar; polite; polite |
Spanish | tú; usted; vos | familiar; polite; familiar |
Tamil | நீ; நீங்கள்; தாங்கள் | familiar; polite; more polite |
Telugu | నీవు; మీరు | familiar; polite |
Thai | คุณ; เธอ; มึง; เอ็ง; ท่าน; นาย; หล่อน; เรา; โยม; ประสก; สีกา | colloquial; polite; vulgar, familiar; less vulgar, familiar; colloquial; colloquial, to male; colloquial, to female; elder to younger; vulgar; priest to layperson; priest to layman; priest to laywoman |
Tigrinya | ንስኻ; ንስኺ; ንስኹም; ንስኽን | informal, to male; informal, to female; formal, to male; formal, to female |
Turkish | sen; siz | familiar; polite |
Urdu | آپ; تم; تو | formal; less informal; informal |
Yoruba | ìwọ; ệyin | informal; formal |
How to indicate a person being neither the speaker nor the listener?
By the third-person singular pronoun.
Are there different third-person singular pronouns for different use?
No.
language | word | note |
---|---|---|
Hindi | वह; यह | |
Persian | او | |
Turkish | o | |
Urdu | وہ; يہ |
Yes.
language | word | note |
---|---|---|
Amharic | እሱ; እሷ; እሳቸው | male or non-human; female; polite |
Arabic | هُوَ; هِيَ | male or masculine non-human; female or feminine non-human |
Burmese | သူ; သူမ | male or colloquial female or non-human; formal female |
Chinese Mandarin | 他; 她; 它 | male; female; non-human |
English | he; she; it | male; female; non-human |
French | il; elle; ce; ça | male or masculine non-human; female or feminine non-human; non-human; non-human |
German | er; sie; es | male or masculine non-human; female or feminine non-human; neuter non-human |
Hebrew | הוא; היא; זֶה; זֹאת | male; female; masculine non-human; feminine non-human |
Italian | lui; lei; esso; essa; egli; ella | male; female; male non-human; female non-human; male, literary; female, literary |
Japanese | 彼; 彼女; それ | male; female; that thing |
Kannada | ಇವನು; ಇವ; ಅವನು; ಅವ; ಇವಳು; ಅವಳು; ಇದು; ಅದು | this male; this male; that male; that male; this female; that female; this thing; that thing |
Khmer | គាត់; គេ; នាង; វា | polite; polite, male or female; referring to a younger woman; non-human or referring to young children or people of lower rank |
Korean | 그; 그이; 그녀; 그것 | male or female; polite, male; female; that thing |