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Meaning of "subject pronoun" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUBJECT PRONOUN

subject pronoun  [ˈsʌbdʒɪkt ˈprəʊˌnaʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUBJECT PRONOUN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Subject pronoun is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SUBJECT PRONOUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Subject pronoun

In linguistics, a subject pronoun is a personal pronoun that is used as the subject of a verb. Subject pronouns are usually in the nominative case for languages with a nominative–accusative alignment pattern. In English the subject pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we, they, what, and who. With the exception of you, it, and what, and in informal speech who, the object pronouns are different: i.e. me, him, her, us, them and whom.

Definition of subject pronoun in the English dictionary

The definition of subject pronoun in the dictionary is a pronoun which takes the place of a subject in a sentence, such as `I', `you', or `we'.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUBJECT PRONOUN


adnoun
ˈædnaʊn
breakdown
ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn
Bridgetown
ˈbrɪdʒˌtaʊn
brown
braʊn
clown
klaʊn
countdown
ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn
crown
kraʊn
down
daʊn
downtown
ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn
Georgetown
ˈdʒɔːdʒˌtaʊn
gown
ɡaʊn
noun
naʊn
out-of-town
ˌaʊtəvˈtaʊn
pronoun
ˈprəʊˌnaʊn
Provincetown
ˈprɒvɪnsˌtaʊn
renown
rɪˈnaʊn
showdown
ˈʃəʊˌdaʊn
shutdown
ˈʃʌtˌdaʊn
takedown
ˈteɪkdaʊn
town
taʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUBJECT PRONOUN

subject
subject catalogue
subject heading
subject index
subject matter
subject to
subject-raising
subjectability
subjectable
subjectification
subjectified
subjectifies
subjectify
subjection
subjective
subjective idealism
subjective intension
subjective probability
subjectively
subjectiveness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUBJECT PRONOUN

abstract noun
collective noun
common noun
concrete noun
count noun
countable noun
disjunctive pronoun
indefinite pronoun
mass noun
personal pronoun
possessive pronoun
proper noun
reflexive pronoun
relative pronoun
singular noun
uncountable noun
verbal noun

Synonyms and antonyms of subject pronoun in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «subject pronoun» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUBJECT PRONOUN

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The translations of subject pronoun from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «subject pronoun» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

主题代名词
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pronombre sujeto
570 millions of speakers

English

subject pronoun
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विषय सर्वनाम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الضمير يخضع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Заголовок местоимение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pronome sujeito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিষয় সর্বনাম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pronom sujet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kata ganti subjek
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Thema Pronomen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

件名代名詞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주제 대명사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Subyek pronoun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đại từ chủ đề
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொருள் பிரதிபெயர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विषय सर्वनाम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Özne zamiri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pronome soggetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Temat zaimek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Тема займенник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pronume subiect
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θέμα αντωνυμία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onderhewig voornaamwoord
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ämne pronomen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Emne pronomen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of subject pronoun

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBJECT PRONOUN»

The term «subject pronoun» is normally little used and occupies the 130.107 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBJECT PRONOUN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about subject pronoun

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBJECT PRONOUN»

Discover the use of subject pronoun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to subject pronoun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Development of Null Vs. Overt Subject Pronoun Expression ...
Although perhaps the presence of the unstressed Spanish overt subject pronoun is sufficient to trigger a change in reference interpretation, stress may reinforce such an interpretation. Baauw, Ruigendijk, and Cuetos (2004) tested 32 children  ...
Naomi Lapidus Shin, 2006
2
Barron's Practice Exercises for the TOEFL
(A) Repetition of the subject by a subject pronoun is redundant. It should be deleted. 3. (B) Redundant, indirect phrases should be avoided. The adverb uniformly in Choice (B) is simple and more direct than the phrases in Choices (A) and (C).
Pamela J. Sharpe, 2007
3
English Grammar Workbook For Dummies
The verb needs must have a subject, and the subject pronoun he fills the bill. 5. No pronoun. Maria is the subject of the verb is, so you don't have to double up with a pronoun after Maria. 6.me, no pronoun. In the first part of the sentence, the  ...
Geraldine Woods, 2011
4
The Teacher's Grammar of English with Answers: A Course Book ...
She's just as strong as me. shortened comparison with object pronoun In (6a) and (7a), a subject pronoun and a form of the verb be occur after the comparison words than and as, respectively. The verb be may be elided to form the shortened  ...
Ron Cowan, 2008
5
Introduction to Classical Nahuatl
When an NNC's predicate is in the absolutive state (i.e., when no possessor pronoun occurs) and the NNC's subject pronoun shows singular/common number, one of four morphic fillers can appear in the subject's num1 subposition ( the choice ...
James Richard Andrews, 2003
6
The Personal Pronouns in the Germanic Languages: A Study of ...
Old High German Eggenberger (1961) concludes that the use or omission of a separate subject pronoun in Old High German texts is not so much dependent on a historical development but on text type. According to Eggenberger (1961: 166)  ...
Stephen Howe, 1996
7
Weak-pronoun Position in the Early Romance Languages
... very advanced, my theory would suppose a greater tendency to weak-pronoun ante- position after a first- or second-person subject pronoun than after a third- person subject pronoun, for in the former case the subject pronoun would serve as ...
Herbert Ramsden, 1963
8
Kaplan GED 2009-2010 Edition: Complete Self-Study Guide for ...
He was very worried. subject subject pronoun An object pronoun replaces the object of a verb or of a preposition. His wife called Steven. She asked him what the problem was. object pronoun (object of a verb) She and Steven looked for it.
Caren Van Slyke, 2009
9
Language Acquisition By Eye
In sentences that do not contain a subject pronoun copy, but only a sentence- initial subject, however, the mother produces both subject pronouns and lexical subject NPs from age 2;0. It is possible that the use of the same form for the initial  ...
Charlene Chamberlain, Jill P. Morford, Rachel I. Mayberry, 1999
10
Sign Language and Linguistic Universals
For example, she shows that a pronoun copy of the subject of a clause can be tagged onto the end of the sentence by a process she calls Subject Pronoun Copy.7 As (27) shows, a pronoun may be a copy of the first subject in a string only if ...
Wendy Sandler, Diane Lillo-Martin, 2006

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUBJECT PRONOUN»

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Thinking About Me, Myself, and I
“I” is a subject pronoun, and “me” is an object pronoun. “Myself” is different: It's a reflexive pronoun. The time to use “myself” is when you're on the receiving end ... «Parade, Jan 15»
2
A Word, Please: Regular pronouns often a better choice than 'myself …
After a reflexive verb, a reflexive pronoun is clearly better than an object pronoun or a subject pronoun: "We hired us." "You sabotaged you." "He sees him. «Daily Pilot, Dec 14»
3
A Word, Please: Don't beat yourself up over reflexive pronouns
After a reflexive verb, a reflexive pronoun is clearly better than an object pronoun or a subject pronoun: “We hired us.” “You sabotaged you.” “He sees him. «Glendale News Press, Dec 14»
4
A Word, Please: "Who," "that" more interchangeable than you might …
"Who" is a subject pronoun and "whom" is an object pronoun. For example, in "the man whom I hired," you need the object form "whom" and not the subject form ... «Daily Pilot, Jun 14»

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