RUSSIAN Personal Pronouns
 
SUBJECT 
Pronouns

Below are Russian subject pronouns. Listen and try to memorize these – how they sound and what they mean. 

Singular Plural
1st person я* (I) мы* (we)
2nd person ты*  (you) вы* (you all / you (formal))
3rd person он (he)

она́ (she)

оно́ (it)

они́ (they)

EXAMPLES:

Try reading these to yourself. Note the translations.

Я студе́нтка. (am a) student.
Ты студе́нт. You (are a) student.
Он профе́ссор. He (is a) professor.
Мы студе́нты. We are students.
Вы профе́ссор? Are you a professor?
Вы студе́нты? Are you (y’all) students?
Они́ муж и жена́.  They are husband and wife.
Э́то я!* It’s (I) me!*

*Note: although ‘я’, or ‘I’, is in the predicate, the subject pronoun is used after ‘to be’ verbs.