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Personal Pronouns are words put before a verb to show the person or thing who is doing the act. For example, in the sentence 'I went to the beach', the personal pronoun would be 'I'. In the sentence 'His bike', the personal pronoun would be 'His'.

Personal pronouns are not used as widely in Turkish as they are in English, and can be left out altogether. This is because personal endings are put on the end of a verb showing who the subject is, therefore there is not always a need to add a personal pronoun.

For example, 'I went home' in Turkish is 'Ben eve gittim'. Both the parts in bold show who the subject is, meaning we can remove one and still know, making the sentence 'Eve gittim'. Likewise, 'My cat' is 'Benim kedim', and can be shortened to simply 'kedim'. This is why the personal pronouns are not always used.

The main reason for using personal pronouns is for emphasisim, for example 'Benim kedim', (emphasising the fact its yours. not someone elses).

Here are some personal pronouns;

ben - I
sen - you (singular/familiar)
o - he/she/it
biz - we
siz - you (plural/polite)
onlar - they

beni - me
seni - you (singular/familiar)
onu - him/her/it
bizi - us
sizi - you (plural/polite)
onları - them

benim - my
senin - your (singular/familiar)
onun - his/her/its
bizim - our
sizin - your (plural/polite)
onların - their

bana - to me
sana - to you (singular/familiar)
ona - to him/her/it
bize - to us
size - to you
onlara - to them

bende - in me
sende - in you (singular/familiar)
onda - in him/her/it
bizde - in us
sizde - in you (plural/polite)
onlarda - in them

benden - from me
senden - from you (singular/familiar)
ondan - from him/her/it
bizden - from us
sizden - from you (plural/polite)
onlardan - from them

kendim - myself
kendin - yourself (singular/familiar)
kendi - himself/herself/itself
kendimiz - ourselves
kendiniz - yourself (plural/polite)
kendileri - themselves

benimki - mine
seninki - yours (singular/familiar)
onunki - his/hers/its
bizimki - ours
sizinki - yours (plural/polite)
onlarınki - theirs