It may seem that they are one and the same, but this is a deep delusion. We think that this is probably how it should be, because in the native language in two phrases different in meaning, the same word is used: “ his coat" and "meet his In the underground". But in English language two different types of pronouns are used here. Oh, how lucky we are with Russian!

Object and possessive pronouns in English. What is the difference?

Let's see what they look like first object and possessive pronouns in English.

If we pay attention to examples of possessive pronouns in English, we will see that they are found in tandem with nouns.

1. His father was very angry. “His father was very angry.

2. My pencil isn't broken. My pencil is not broken.

3. Where are their children? – Where are their children?

4. We want to see our results! We want to see our results!

5. Who is her husband? - Who is her husband?

6. What is your name? – What is your name? (literal translation)

The task of the so-called "object pronouns" to complement the verb (action), that is, to be an “object”. In other words, object and possessive pronouns in English perform different roles in a sentence.

Object pronouns in English table with examples

To sort out this confusion, nothing less than " object pronouns in English table with examples».

pronoun	example	translation
	Give this bag to me !	Give me that bag!
	He is willing to call you .	He is ready to call you.
	Talk to him .	Talk to him.
	I didn't see her yesterday.	I didn't see her yesterday.
	They don't love us .	They do not like us.
Them	I want to invite them to the party.	I want to invite them to a party.
	Nobody is watching TV. turn it off!	Nobody watches TV. Turn off His!

Object pronouns in English table showed us that in this case we are not talking about expressing the belonging of an object to something or someone. In such sentences, we specify to whom or what the speaker's action is directed to. It turns out something like this.

Possessive pronouns + noun

Verb + object pronouns

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object pronouns
Pronouns in the objective case

When some action is directed to personal pronouns or there is a preposition in front of it, then we can no longer use the nominative case: I, he, she, etc. In this case, they must be put in the so-called object case. For example, you cannot say She loves he or Do you see I? All we need to do is memorize the object pronouns and use them correctly in a sentence. Let's put them in the form of a table.

I-me you - you he - him she-her it - it we-us they - them

me, me you, you him, him her, her him, him, her, her, this us, us them, them

Examples:

Bring me the key - Bring me the key
Do you see him? - Do you see him?
It is for them - This is for them
Give it to her - Give it to her

Don't say: Do you see he? or It is for they.

Say it yourself in English:

This is for me?
They talk about us
Can you tell him that I'm waiting for him?
I can't live without her

As you can see, object pronouns are equivalent to Russian pronouns in different cases, except for the nominative. This topic is completely simple and does not require special deepening. However, there are special cases of using object pronouns. For example, when we need to use a pronoun in combination with the construction it´s ... .

It´s me - This is me
It´s him - This is him

Or if we want to use the pronoun not in a connected sentence, but separately. But this only applies to the pronoun me.

Who wants to ride a bicycle? - Who wants to ride a bike?
- Me - I

We like playing basketball - We love to play basketball
- Me too - Me too

However, if we want to use several pronouns at once that act as the subject, then these pronouns will only be in the nominative case.

You and I - You and I
He and she - He and she

Don't say: you and me (if it's the subject)

Exercises
Exercises

Exercise 1
Write the correct pronouns in the objective case

1. Do you want to go to Spain with ... (I)?
2. Where are you? I don't see ... (you);
3. She doesn't listen to ... (he);
4. Tell ... (I) the truth;
5. These dictionaries are very small. I don't need ...;
6. Your parents know where your bicycle is. ask ... ;
7. We don't know anything about ... (she);
8. Do you remember ... (we)?

Exercise 2
Answer the questions in the affirmative and then in the negative using object pronouns

1. Does she know you? - ... ;
2. Do you live with them? - ... ;
3. Does Pete read books about war? - ... ;
4. Do your friends call you and your brother? - ... ;
5. Does Jack love Mary? - ... ;
6. Will you write to Patrick? - ... ;
7. Is she looking for a new job? - ... ;
8. Do you remember your grandparents? - ... ;
9. Does Mr. Smith teach you English? - ... ;
10. Can you bring me the money, please? - ... .

Exercise 3
Translate the sentences into English

1. Do you believe me?
2. Look at her;
3. Now we are waiting for them;
4. I hate him;
5. Do you want to go with me?
6. I do this only for you;
7. Give me this book;
8. Are you going to call him?
9. I will never forget them;
10. Jason thinks about her.

In this lesson, the topic will be discussed in detail: the object case of pronouns in English with examples from song lyrics.

Theoretical part.

In Russian, pronouns have six cases. In English, the situation is different: there are only two of them. nominative and object. The nominative case in English coincides grammatically with the nominative case in Russian. But the object case of pronouns in English replaces the remaining five in Russian, i.e. from genitive to prepositional. Thus, it should be remembered that pronouns in the objective case answer the questions of all five in Russian (who, to whom, by whom, about whom).

For example, the pronoun is " he". In English - " he». He is the nominative case, and its object case is him. That is the pronoun him we can translate as his, to him, them, about him.

To learn the forms of object cases of pronouns, and to understand how they decline, you need to remember the table:

Pronoun	Them. case	An object. case	Russian translation options
(I)	I	me	me, me, me, about me
(we)	we	us	us, us, us, about us
(you you)	you	you	you, you, you, about you, you, you, you, about you
(he)	he	him	him, him, them, about him
(she is)	she	her	her, her, her, about her
(they)	they	them	them, them, them, about them
(it)	it	it	is a pronoun in English. lang. used for inanimate nouns (house, flower)

This concludes the theoretical part of the lesson. Consider the lyrics of your favorite artists, and use these examples to study the rule in practice. Every day, listening to songs, you can repeat the learned rules, due to which it will become much easier to master them.

Practical part

1) Consider the lines from the last verse of the song of the legendary band The Beatles - And I Love Her (After all, I love her).

…I know that love of mine
Will never die
And I love her …
Translation:
...I know that my love
Never fade away
Because I love her...

Here we see the pronoun in the object case her . In translation, it means her.

2) Let's study the chorus of the popular song of the Swedish pop-rock band Roxette - Listen To Your Heart (Listen to your heart).

...I don't know where you're going and I don't know why
But listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye…
Translation:
...I don't know where you're going, and I don't know why,
But listen to your heart before you say goodbye...

In this example, you can understand the use of the pronoun he (he) in the object case - him. As can be seen from the lines, it is translated in this case as him.

3) The use of the pronoun you in the object case will be demonstrated on the example of the composition of the famous singer Lady Gaga - Alejandro (Alejandro).

…You know that I love you boy
Hot like Mexico, rejoice…
Translation:
... You know I love you boy
Hot like the Mexican heat, rejoice...

This example is very successful, because here in one line the pronoun you is used in two cases at once: nominative and object. In this case, in the objective case, it translates as you.

4) Now we will study the application of the pronoun it. It should be noted that very often it is translated not only as his, him, her, but also this, this, etc. This is shown in the lines of the last verse of the song Linkin Park - New Divide (New Frontier)

…Connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide…
Translation:
... Connect pieces of space
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
On the other side of this new frontier...

Here it is translated as this (his).

5) For a practical example of using the pronoun they in the object case, let's choose the words of the song Apocalyptica feat. Joe Duplantier - Bring Them To Light The rule lies already in the name: the pronoun in the objective case them is translated as them. And in the text of the composition it looks like this:

…My demons are inside
I "ll bring them all to light ...
Translation:
…My demons inside of me
And I will bring them all into the light...

6) Let's turn to the words of the songs of the Dutch trance DJ - Armin Van Buuren'u to study the pronoun I in the object case (me). Let's study the first lines of his famous composition Never Say Never (Never say "never").

Stay with me
Won't you wait for me?...
Translation:
Stay with me ,
Will you wait for me?...

According to the table, the pronoun me can be translated in different ways, and in the lines of this song it is translated as me, me.

7) Let's study another example, namely the lines from the most popular song of the latest Armin Van Buuren album - This Light Between Us (This light between us). You can see the considered rule in the name itself: the pronoun in the objective case is us, the translation is by us. In text it looks like this:

Can you see this light between us
Keeps me breathing through the storm…
Translation:
…Do you see this light between us?
He keeps me breathing in the storm...

Now you know the use of pronouns in the nominative and object cases. Most importantly, remember that the nominative case in English is the same as Russian and is used as shown in the table. And the use of the object case is shown in detail on the example of famous songs.

Repeat the rules while listening to your favorite songs, combine business with pleasure.

Remember the following words from the lesson:

to love - to love
to know - to know
never ["nevə] - never
to listen to - listen
heart - heart
to tell - talk, tell
boy - boy, guy
hot - hot
to connect - connect
between - between
truth - truth
enough - enough
new - new
inside - inside
to bring - bring
light - light
to say - to speak
to stay - stay
to wait - wait
to see - to see

Personal pronouns in English include the following pronouns:

I - I

You - you, you

He - he

She - she

It - it

We - we

They - they

Me - me, me

Him - he

Her - she

Us - we

Them - they

Personal pronouns designate persons or objects in terms of their relationship to the speaker. For example, I denotes the speaker we- speaking together with another person or persons, and they- anyone other than the speaker and his interlocutor.

They can change by person, number, gender (only in the 3rd person) and case (nominative and object).

Table of personal pronouns in English

Number	Face	case
		nominative	object
The only thing	1st	I (I)	me (me, me)
	2nd	you (you)	you (you, you)
	3rd	he / she / it (he, she, it)	him / her / it (him, her, him, her)
plural	1st	we (we)	us (us, us)
	2nd	you (you)	you (you, you)
	3rd	they (they)	them (them, them)

Nominative and object cases of personal pronouns

Personal pronouns in the nominative case usually play the role of the subject in a sentence:

I am Peter.
I am Peter.

and in the object case - additions (object):

Also, the object case can be used when there is nothing else in the sentence besides the personal pronoun:

Who called me?
Who called me?

I did. (Me)
I.

Order of personal pronouns in English

If several personal pronouns belong to one verb, then their order is usually this: third and second person before the first:

He and I both like sailing.
He and I both love sailing.

second person before third:

You and she should make it up with each other, you were such a nice couple.
You and her should make up, you were such a wonderful couple.

Choosing the case of personal pronouns

If there are several personal pronouns, it is sometimes difficult to choose between options like " He and I" and " He and me". To solve this problem, you need to understand what pronouns are - subject or object. In the example " He and I both like sailing» pronouns act as the subject, and therefore are used in the nominative case. If it were an addition, the object case would have to be used:

Our teacher had a question for Jane (her) and me to answer.
Our teacher wanted Jane and I to answer one question.

Sometimes in such a situation it is easier to drop the second pronoun: the sentence " Our teacher had a question for I to answer' sounds clearly wrong.

Personal pronouns and the gender of inanimate nouns

Pay attention to how personal pronouns reflect gender. As a rule, pronouns he/she (him/her) refer to animate objects, but in fiction and poetry they can also be used in relation to some inanimate objects:

He: Sun, wind, fear, love.

She: Earth, Moon, ship, boat, car, hope, justice, modesty, peace.

In addition, the pronoun She may cover the names of some countries:

I grew up in England. She will always remain in my memory.
I grew up in England. She will forever remain in my memory.

Exceptions are the names of countries with a common noun, for example, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the united States of America.

The turnover "Object case with an infinitive" or "Complex addition" consists of a combination:

noun (general case) or pronoun (objective case) + infinitive

I want my son/him+ to learn English
I want to my son/he taught English

We expect the delegation to come today. ( Active)
We expect the delegation to arrive today.

I expected the delegation to be taken to the Art Gallery. ( passive)
I expected that the delegation would be taken to the art museum.

She wanted me to accompany her to Kiev. ( Active)
She wanted me to accompany her to Kyiv.

He would like her to take medicine and fall asleep. (Active)
He wanted her to take her medicine and go to sleep.

The teacher wanted the pupils to discuss this article. ( Active)
The teacher wanted the students to discuss this article.

The teacher wanted this article to be discussed. (passive)
The teacher wanted this article to be discussed. (= The teacher wanted this article to be discussed.)

He hoped this incident to be told about to him. ( passive)
He hoped that he would be told about this incident.

The turnover “Object case with an infinitive” or “Complex addition” is used:

1. After verbs expressing desire: to want - to want, to wish, to desire - want, turnover should (would) like - I would like to, as well as after the verbs to like - love, like, to hate- hate.

After these verbs and turnover should (would) like infinitive used with the particle to.

Not wishes the work to be done at once.
He wants the job to be done immediately. (= to get the job done immediately.)

I should like us to be invited to the conference.
I would like to be invited to the conference.

She hates him to whistle. She doesn't like it when he whistles.

2. After verbs expressing feelings of perception: to see - see, to hear- hear, to feel - feel, to watch, to observe - observe. In the presence of these verbs in the main clause (verb-predicate), the infinitive after them is used without the to particle.

I saw them dance. I saw how they danced.
She felt her child fall ill.
She felt that her child was getting sick.

BUT: After verbs to see in the meaning of "understand" and to hear in the meaning of "learn" this turnover is not used. In these cases, additional subordinate clauses are used after them.

I see (that) you understand me.
I see that you understand me.

I heard that my friend had failed his exam.
I heard (learned) that my friend failed the exam.

Note:
After such verbs in the “Complex addition” construction, the second part can be expressed by an infinitive without a particle to or by participle I. In such cases, a complex addition with participle I is translated into Russian by a sentence with an imperfective verb, and a complex addition with an infinitive - usually by a sentence with perfective verb. The use of the infinitive indicates the completion of the action, while the use of participle I can express both completed and incomplete actions. Yes, the phrase I heard him telling his class what to do in case of fire (I heard on telling the class what to do in case of fire) does not indicate whether I heard all the instructions or only part of them. Participle I in such cases is used more often, but if you need to show the completion of the action, then the infinitive is used. Infinitives are used to denote a series of successive actions.

They didn't see him going into his office.
They did not see him enter his office.

They didn't see him come into his office.
They didn't see him enter his office.

Mary saw John come into the study, open the safe and take the diamond.
Mary saw John enter the office, open the safe and take the diamond.

3. After verbs expressing an assumption, opinion, judgment, etc.: to think - think, to believe - believe, to consider- count, to find - find, acknowledge, to know- know to prove- prove, prove to understand - understand, to declare - declare etc. After them, the infinitive is used with the particle to.

I consider him to be wrong.
I think he is wrong.

I believe her to be a talented woman.
I believe she is talented.

He knows me to be right. He knows that I'm right.

The director declared us to be unemployed in two months.
The director announced that we would be unemployed in two months.

After the verbs of this group, the infinitive in the phrase "Complex addition" is expressed by the verb to be. The exception is the verb to expect - expect, after which the infinitive of any verb (that is, any infinitive) is used, both in the active and in the passive voice.

We expected the delegation to come tonight.
We expected the delegation to arrive in the evening.

All people expected the treaty to be signed by the heads of both countries.
All the people expected that the treaty would be signed by the heads of both countries.

Note:
In these cases, however, it is not the “Complex addition” turnover that is used more often, but an additional subordinate clause.

I consider that he is the best candidate.
I consider him the most suitable candidate. (= that he is the best candidate.)

4. After verbs expressing an order, request, permission: to order, to command - order, to ask - ask, to allow, to let, to permit - permit, to make- force. Moreover, if after these verbs there is a noun or a pronoun denoting an object, then the infinitive following it is more often used in the passive voice. After the verbs to order, to command, to ask, to allow, to permit in the active voice, the infinitive is used with the particle to. After the verbs to make and to let - without to. In the passive voice after these verbs (with the exception of to let) the infinitive is used with the particle to, after to let - without to. After the verb to ask in the meaning "to ask for something" in the latter case, the preposition for always follows.

He ordered the text to be translated tonight.
He ordered that the text be translated tonight.

He asked for the fruits and vegetables to be washed well.
He asked that fruits and vegetables be washed well.

The verb shall is used as an auxiliary verb to form the future tense in the 1st person singular and plural. The verb will is used as an auxiliary verb to form the future tense with the 2nd and 3rd person singular and plural.