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Pronouns & Basic Sentence Structure
Personal pronouns and simple sentence building
мене, тебе, його
me, you, him (gen./acc.)
mene, tebe, yoho
Object forms of personal pronouns
мені, тобі, йому
to me/you/him (dative)
meni, tobi, yomu
Dative forms for indirect objects
мною, тобою, ним
with me/you/him (instr.)
mnoyu, toboyu, nym
Instrumental forms of pronouns
свій / своя / своє
one's own
sviy / svoya / svoye
Reflexive possessive; refers back to the subject
себе
oneself
sebe
Reflexive pronoun; has no nominative form
цей / ця / це
this
tsey / tsya / tse
Demonstrative agreeing in gender
той / та / те
that
toy / ta / te
Distal demonstrative
хтось, щось
someone, something
khtos, shchos
Indefinite pronouns formed with -сь
ніхто, ніщо
nobody, nothing
nikhto, nishcho
Negative pronouns requiring не on the verb
Мені подобається
I like (it)
meni podobayetsya
Dative-experiencer construction; literally 'to me it is pleasing'