Subjective Pronouns (I, we, you, etc.)

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Pronouns can be used as the subject of a sentence. "I" and "we" do not specify a gender. The others, however, come in masculine and feminine forms:

<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH="100%"><TR><TD WIDTH="100%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>SUBJECTIVE PRONOUNS</b></font></p></td></tr></table><TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH="100%"><TR><TD WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Plural</b></font></p></td><TD WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Singular</b></font></p></td></tr></table><TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH="100%"><TR><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">we (m. & f.)</p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="BSTHebrew" SIZE=6>Wn.x;n]a</font></p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">I (m. & f.)</p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="BSTHebrew" SIZE=6>yin]a</font></p></td></tr><TR><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">you (m.)</p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="BSTHebrew" SIZE=6>~,T;a</font></p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">you (m.)</p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="BSTHebrew" SIZE=6>h'T;a</font></p></td></tr><TR><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">you (f.)</p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="BSTHebrew" SIZE=6>!,T;a</font></p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">you (f.)</p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="BSTHebrew" SIZE=6>.T;a</font></p></td></tr><TR><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">they (m.)</p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="BSTHebrew" SIZE=6>~eh</font></p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">he</p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="BSTHebrew" SIZE=6>aWh</font></p></td></tr><TR><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">they (f.)</p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="BSTHebrew" SIZE=6>!eh</font></p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">she</p></td><TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="BSTHebrew" SIZE=6>ayih</font></p></td></tr></table>


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