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Know all these icons in your own language

1 = me/I/my/mine       2 = you/yours                        3 = you(formal)
4 = he/him/his              5 = she/her/her/hers            6 = it
7 = we/us/our/ours      8 = you(pl)/your(pl)/yours   9 = they/them/theirs

FIRST: Practice the ENGLISH pronouns (subject and object) as follows:

Do 1&2 (I and YOU),      ...then 2&5 (YOU and HER),      ....then 5&4 (HE and SHE),
then 4&8 (SHE and YOU GUYS), ...then 8&7 (YOU GUYS and US),  ...then 7&9 (WE and THEM)

Eg. I see you and You see me. (that is 1&2)

SECOND: Practice the ENGLISH possessive pronouns and adjectives as follows:

Use the same order, e.g. (1) It is my book. It is mine. (2) It is your book, it is yours. etc..

Consider each image to understand the logic in the creation of the icon:

1. I or me or my      2. you or your      3. you or your, but formal
4. he or him or his  5. she or her        6. it
7. we or us, or our (compare #1 and #7)
8. you guys is #2 plural (compare 2 and 8)
9. they (compare 9 with 4 and 5)
10. Naming a person, "Kim" in this case. This is used with possession.
11. Naming a place, e.g. Africa. It could have been school, name of a town, and object, etc. Also used with possession.

Steps to Mastery

As you look at the graphic, focus on the Subject, the Object, or Possession (adjective or pronoun) in English and rapidly and correctly identify the correct pronoun.

1. For Subject Pronouns, you might say:  <ICON> eats bread.

2. For Object Pronouns, you might say:    Jack hears <ICON>.

3. For Possessive Pronouns you might say:   ...(that book), it is <ICON>.

4. For Possessive Adjectives you might say:   That is <ICON> book.

First look at the slow cards (above), then the fast cards below.

 

Now, go to: Step 3: Subject Pronoun Mastery in Afrikaans.