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Pronunciation[change]
- (stressed): enPR: ĭt, IPA (key): /ɪt/, SAMPA: /It/
Audio (US) (file) - (unstressed) enPR: ət, IPA (key): /ət/, SAMPA: /@t/
Audio (UK) (file)
Pronoun[change]
Pronoun |
(personal)
- used to refer to an object without identifying or describing it; the object might have been described earlier in the text.
- The house was very big. It had many rooms.
- used to describe the weather
- It is very hot today.
- I'm staying in because it is raining
- used to describe a situation in general
- I don't like it when people tell me to do something.
- It is hard to find a job.
Singular | Plural | ||||||||||
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Subject | Object | Possessive 1 | Possessive 2 | Reflexive | Subject | Object | Possessive 1 | Possessive 2 | Reflexive | ||
First | I | me | my | mine | myself | we | us | our | ours | ourselves | |
Second | you | you | your | yours | yourself | you | you | your | yours | yourselves | |
Third | Feminine | she | her | her | hers | herself | they | them | their | theirs | themselves |
Masculine | he | him | his | his | himself | ||||||
Impersonal | it | it | its | its | itself |
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