USE OF UKRAINIAN PRONOUNS
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
These pronouns refer to people or things in a sentence.
- Я (I)
- Ти (you – informal, singular)
- Ви (you – formal or plural)
- Він (he)
- Вона (she)
- Воно (it – neuter)
- Ми (we)
- Вони (they)
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
These pronouns show ownership or possession.
- Мій (my)
- Твій (your – singular, informal)
- Його (his)
- Її (her)
- Його/Її (its – neuter)
- Наш (our)
- Ваш (your – plural or formal)
- Їхній (their)
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
These pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence.
- Себе (oneself)
- Своїй (one’s own)
- Сам (oneself)
- Саме (itself)
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
These pronouns point out specific things or people.
- Цей (this)
- Ця (this – feminine)
- Ці (these)
- Той (that)
- Та (that – feminine)
- Ті (those)
- Оцей (this one – closer)
- Отакий (such – like this, but in comparison)
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
These pronouns are used to ask questions.
- Хто (who)
- Що (what)
- Який (which, what kind of)
- Чий (whose)
- Котрий (which one – in a sequence)
- Кого (whom)
- Чому (why)
RELATIVE PRONOUNS
These pronouns are used to connect a clause to a noun or pronoun.
- Який (who, which)
- Що (that, which)
- Хто (who)
- Чий (whose)
- Де (where)
- Коли (when)
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
These pronouns are used for unspecified persons or things.
- Хтось (someone)
- Щось (something)
- Ніхто (no one)
- Нічого (nothing)
- Когось (someone, some)
- Щось (something)
- Багато (many, a lot)
- Трохи (a little, a few)
NEGATIVE PRONOUNS
These pronouns are used to negate people or things.
- Ніхто (nobody)
- Нічого (nothing)
- Ніякий (no, none)
- Нікого (nobody)
RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS
These pronouns show mutual action or relationship between people.
- Один одного (each other)
- Один для одного (for each other)
EMPHASIZING PRONOUNS
These pronouns emphasize the noun they are referring to.
- Сам (oneself, alone)
- Саме (exactly, precisely)
- Особисто (personally)