Now we will start a lesson on Farsi pronouns. There are six pronouns in
Farsi:
من، تو، او\آن
These three are singular pronouns:
من، تو، او.
Then plural ones:
ما، شما، آنها
من، تو، او\آن. ما، شما، آنها
So it's important to know that these
are not subjective pronouns. So we cannot say "من" is" I". Because these pronouns can
take the place of proper noun and therefore they have different functions.
They can be subjective pronouns. "من" can be "I" or "من" can be in the place of a
possessive adjective, like "my". Or it can be an objective pronoun like "me".
So it's important to know that these are not subjective for now. Let's look look
at some examples. You say:
من دیدم.
In this sentence "من" is the subject of the sentence, so it can
be translated to "I". But look at this example:
او من را دید.
Here, "من" is in the place of object, so it can be translated to "me," not
"I". Another example:
آیا تو کتاب من ا دیدی؟
It's a question. So here, "من" is in the place of possessive
adjectives: my book. So the point is that these pronouns can take the place of
proper noun anywhere in the sentence. So they can be like a subject in
the sentence, like this one: من دیدم
I saw. They can be in the place of object:
او من را دید.
He or she saw me. He or she saw me. It's an object and here:
آیا تو کتاب من را دیدی؟
Here, "من" is in the place of a possessive
adjective: did you see my book? did you did you see
my book? So these pronouns have different functions, and in other lessons we are
going to talk about them.