人稱代詞

表示“我”、“你”、“他”、“我們”、“你們”、“他們”等的詞，叫做人稱代詞。

一、人稱代詞主格的用法

a) 作主語
I am a cook. (炊事員) We are cooks.
You are a teacher. (教師) You are teachers.
He is a barber. (理發員) They are barbers.
She is a nurse. (護士) They are nurses.
It is a cart. (大車) They are carts.
b) 作表語
It's I. 是我。
Oh, it's you. 噢，是你。
注：第一人稱單數人稱代詞 I (我) 永遠要大寫。
注：口語習慣上不說 it's I (he, she等)，而說 It's me (him, her等)。

二、人稱代詞賓格的用法

a) 作及物動詞的賓語
The dog bit him. 那只狗咬了他。
Our P. E. teacher taught us to swim yesterday.
我們的體育老師昨天教我們游泳。
This is my new hat. Do you like it ?
這是我的新帽子，你喜歡嗎？
b) 作介詞的賓語
My brother often writes to me.
我弟弟常給我寫信。
They took good care of us.
他們無微不至地照料我們。

三、人稱代詞的其他用法

a) 報刊的編輯和文章的作者，在發表觀點時，常用we代替I (同樣用our代替my)。如：
We believe that China will make still greater progress in shipbuilding.
我們相信中國的造船業將會有更大的發展。
In our opinion this is the best film of the year.
我們認為這是今年最好的影片。
b) 用she來代替國家、城市、船舶、飛機等，用he/she來代替動物等，以表示親切和愛撫。如：
That's the picture of the Dongfeng; she is a 10,000 - ton class ocean—going freighter.
那是萬噸遠洋貨輪東風號的照片。
The dog waved his tail when he saw his master.
那狗看見主人就搖尾巴。
c) It 有時可用來代替小孩(child)和嬰兒(baby)。如：
The child smiled when it saw its mother.
小孩見到母親就笑了。
d) they可用來代替一般的人，特別在"they say"中。如：
They say there's going to be another good harvest this year.
人們說今年又是個豐收年。