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)