Pronoun

Put simply, a pronoun is substitute for a noun. In general, pronouns replace, a noun (antecedent) either in singular, or plural form. The following types of pronoun noteworthy.

Personal (objective/subjective) Pronouns

A word used to substitute for the proper name of a person. In Dari, personal pronouns do not specify gender as it does in English. They also remain the same when used as a subject or object of the sentence.

Examples:

Meaning	P	Meaning	S	Type
We/Us	ما	I, me	من	First P.
You	شما	You	تو/شما	Second P.
They/Them	آنها	He, She, Him, Her	او	Third P.
Those	آنها	That	آن	Object
These	اینها	This, It	این	Object

In English, you refers to both second-person-singular and plural. In Dari however, تو, too signifies second-person-singular, and شما, shomaa is substitute for the plural form of the noun. Also, we use شما to refer to second-person singular if we want to be formal and or polite.

Relative and Indefinite Pronouns

Relative pronoun helps identify a noun by connecting it to or establishing a relationship between the noun and the rest of the sentence. Indefinite pronoun does not refer to a particular noun.

Meaning	Indefinite P.	Meaning	Relative P.	Root
Someone	کسی	Whoever	هر کسی که	کس
Something	چیزی	Whatever	هر چیزی که	چیز
Something	کدامی	Whichever	هر کدامی که	کدام
Sometime	وقتی	Whenever	هر وقتی که	وقت
Somewhere	جایی	Wherever	هر جایی که	جای

Other Indefinite Pronouns
     

None/Nothing	هیچ یکهیچ چیز/	A few/Many	چند/چندین
Some	بعضی	A few/Little	کمی
Pair	جوره	More	زیادتر/بیشتر
Anything	هرچیز	All	همه
Anybody	هرکس	Both	هردو
Some/Few	تعدادی	Anyone	هریک/هرکدام

Intensive Pronouns

This type of pronoun places emphasis on the antecedent. While in English, it ends with "self," i.e. "myself," in Dari it it begins with "Khod - خود - self."

Meaning	Intensive P.	Meaning	Intensive P.
Yourself	خودت	Myself	خودم
Yourself	خودتان	Herself/himself	خودش
Ourselves	خود ما	Themselves	خودشان

Interrogative Pronouns

These pronouns help form questions: Who? Which? What? Where?

I.P.	Who	Which	What	Where
Meaning	کی	کدام	چی/چه	کجا

Reciprocal Pronoun

These pronouns establish a reciprocal relationship between two individuals or objects.

Each other: همدیگر: هم + دیگر
One another: یکدیگر: یک + دیگر