PRON : pronoun

Definition

Pronouns are words that substitute for nouns or noun phrases, whose meaning is recoverable from the linguistic or extralinguistic context.

In Turkish, some pronouns also function as determiners (e.g., bu “this”, o “that”), these words are always marked according to their usage (PRON or DET).

Examples

• personal pronouns: ben, sen, o, biz, siz, onlar “I, you, he/she/it, we, you (plural), they”
• reflexive pronoun: kendi, kendisi “oneself”
• demonstrative pronouns: bu, şu, o
• interrogative pronouns: kim, ne “who, what”
• indefinite pronouns: biri, birşey “somebody, something”
• total pronouns: herkes, herşey “everybody, everything”
• negative pronouns: kimse “nobody”