Turkish personal pronouns

Personal pronouns are used as a subject in a sentence to refer to a person or group of people. Personal pronouns should obtain the correct case according to the use of the word in the sentence. They are often ommited since the verb or adjective already includes the subject in their declension and conjugation.

List of personal pronouns

 Note: The Turkish pronouns and nouns have no gender. That is why the pronoun of 'o' is used for the pronouns of 'he, she, it'.

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Özlem V.

DERYA T.

Arya E.

Ayça K.

Selen K.

Göksu A.

GULAY I.

Sukran K.

BILAL Y.

Irada I.

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Examples

• Ben geliyorum. (I am coming.)
• Sen nasılsın? (How are you?)
• O çok üzgün. (He/she/it is very sad.)
• Biz dün meşguldük. (We were busy yesterday.)
• Size nasıl yardım edebilirim? (How can I help you?)
• Onlar yemek yemedi. (They didn't eat.)

Examples for the third person (he/she/it)

• Ayşe / Ali çok mutlu. (Ayşe/Ali is very happy.) 
• O çok mutlu. (She/he is very happy.)

• Boncuk çok mutlu. (Boncuk is very happy.)
• O çok mutlu. (It is vert happy.)

Declension of the personal pronouns

Examples

• Benimle gelmek ister misin? (Do you want to come with me?)
• Bu kitap onun. (This is his book.)
• Bizden ne istiyorsun? (What do you want from we?)
• Seni yarın ararım. (I will all you tomorrow.)

Omission of personal pronouns

The Turkish personal pronouns are generally omitted because the person is mentioned in the adjective declension or the verb conjugation.

Examples

• Onlar İzmir'de yaşıyorlar. = İzmir'de yaşıyorlar. (They live in İzmir.)
• Sen bizimle gelemezsin. = Bizimle gelemezsin. (You can't come with us.)
• Biz sıkıldık. = Sıkıldık. (We are bored.)