You quickly learn or might already know the ‘regular’ forms of the Russian personal pronouns (those in the nominative case). I = я, you = ты, he = он, she = она, it = оно, we = мы, you (formal/plural) = вы, and they = они. These words change depending on the case; however, there are many similarities within these changes.


The forms of the second and fourth cases (genitive and accusative) are even identical.


именительныйродительныйдательныйвинительныйтворительныйпредложный
яменямнеменямной(обо) мне
тытебятебетебятобой(о) тебе
он/оноегоемуегоим(о) нём
онаеёейеёей(о) ней
мынаснамнаснами(о) нас
вывасвамвасвами(о) вас
ониихимихими(о) них

Russian Personal Pronouns – Nominative Case
(Learn Russian Now! with Anastasia, 2018, 5 m)



Русский с нуля: я, ты, вы, он, она…/ местоимения + названия людей
(русский с носителем, 2016, 6 m)



Demonstrative Pronouns

In addition to оно (it), он, она, and они can also refer to objects. They then mean ‘it’, ‘he’ (see example), ‘that’ or ‘they’.

Это стол. Он красивый: This is a table. He (the table) is beautiful.
Это книга. Она скучная: This is a book. She (the book) is boring.


Personal pronouns он, она, оно, они. Questions with где
(Amazing Russian, 2016, 6 m)



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