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Step 1: What is a Pronoun?

Description

Firstly, a noun is a word to name or label some thing or idea such as : a pen, a cat, a person, a secret. To repeat the noun every time you refer to it is inefficient. Look at this inefficient sentence:<br>
E.g. Joe took Joe's bowl and ate Joe's favorite ice cream and then Joe walked to Joe's seat.<br>
This is where pronouns replace the nouns (PRO>NOUN) as a reference. In the same sentence, the pronouns are the words replacing "Joe".

--> He took his bowl and ate his favorite ice cream and then he walked to his seat. <--

Subject, Object, and Possessive

1.  Subject Pronoun              <ICON> eats bread.
2.  Object Pronoun                Jako hears <ICON>.
3.  Possessive Adjective       That is <ICON> book.
4.  Possessive Pronoun.        It is <ICON>

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Now, time to learn the icons (in English first), then in Afrikaans: Go to STEP 2: Icon Mastery