Singular Pronouns (one person or thing)

Plural Pronouns (more than one)

1. Pronouns in Sentences

Look at these examples:

• I am a pupil at Mtakuja Primary School.
• You are my best friend.
• She is my sister. Her name is Aisha.
• He is my brother. His name is Musa.
• It is a cow. It is under the tree.
• We are students. We like playing football.
• You are all my friends.
• They are pupils. They are in Standard Three.

2. Replacing Nouns with Pronouns

See how we replace the underlined words:

• Jamila is my friend. She is kind.
• Peter and I went to the market. We bought mangoes.
• The cow is fat. It gives us milk.
• My parents are farmers. They grow maize.

Here is a dialogue with blanks. Let's fill them with the correct pronouns:

Maswi: Hello! I am Maswi. What do you want? Luta: Hello! I want to buy a cow. Maswi: How many would you like? Luta: I would like to buy one. Maswi: The cow costs 400,000 shillings. Do you have the money?

The correct pronouns are: you, I, you, I, you

Fill in the blanks with the correct pronoun

1. My name is Juma. ____ am in Standard Three.
2. This is my sister. ____ is called Fatuma.
3. Look at the dog. ____ is very friendly.
4. Bahati and I are friends. ____ like playing together.
5. The books are on the table. ____ are new.

Answers: 1. I 2. She 3. It 4. We 5. They

You can make sentences by combining pronouns with action words:

Example:

• She likes reading.
• He plays football.
• We eat with our family.
• They sing songs at school.

• Use I when you talk about yourself.
• Use she for females and he for males.
• Use it for animals and things.
• Use we for you and others together.
• Use they for more than one person or thing.

In everyday life in Tanzania, you use personal pronouns when talking about your family, friends, and daily activities. For example, when you go to the market in town and your mother asks you to buy vegetables, you might say: "I will buy the tomatoes, and you can buy the onions." Using pronouns correctly helps you speak clearly and briefly about people and things around you.