Old English Pronouns презентация

Old English Pronouns Presented by Valeria Kozachenko and Elizaveta Manylova

Introduction There are several types of pronouns in Old English: Personal Possessive Interrogative Definite Indefinite Negative Relative

Personal Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns Derived from the genitive case of the personal pronouns. The 1st and 2nd person possessive pronouns are declined like adjectives to show the agreement with the noun (Þīn, mīn, uncer) The 3rd person possessive pronouns (his, hire, hiera) are unchanged.

Demonstrative Pronouns  Two demonstrative pronouns, that could also act as determiners (similar to the modern definite article): se, which could function as both 'the' or 'that', and þes for 'this'

Interrogative Pronouns The interrogative pronouns hwā? (who?) and hwæt? (what?) have only singular forms. The interrogative pronoun hwilc? (which) is declined as a strong adjective.

Definite Pronoun gehwā (every) – declined as hwā, gehwilc (each), ǣgÞer (either), ǣlc (each); swilc (such) – declined as strong adjectives; sē ilca – declined as a weak adjective.

Indefinite and Relative Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns: sum (some), ǣnig (any) – declined as strong adjectives

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