Belarusian Pronouns
Learning the Belarusian Pronouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Belarusian language. But first we need to know what the role of Pronouns is in the structure of the grammar in Belarusian.
Belarusian pronouns include personal pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the persons spoken to, or the persons or things spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns (connect parts of sentences) and reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the object of a verb is being acted on by verb's subject).
Grammar Tips:
In Belarusian personal pronouns change according to their
person, case and gender (see below)
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case
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I
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You
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he
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she
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it
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we
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you
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they
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N.
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Я
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Ты
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Ен
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Яна
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Яно
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Мы
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Вы
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Яны
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G.
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Мяне
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Цябе
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Яго
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Яе
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Яго
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Нас
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Вас
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iх
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D.
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Мне
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Табе
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Яму
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Ей
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Яму
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Нам
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Вам
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iм
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A.
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Мяне
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Цябе
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Яго
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Яе
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Яго
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Нас
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Вас
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iх
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C.
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Мной
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Табой
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iм
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Ею
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iм
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Намi
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Вамi
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iмi
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O.
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мяне
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табе
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iм
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яе
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iм
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нас
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вас
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iх
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Here are some examples:
| English Pronouns | Belarusian Pronouns |
| Pronouns | Zaymyennіkі - Займеннікі |
| I | Ya - Я |
| you | ti/Vi/vi - ты/Вы/вы |
| he | yon - ён |
| she | yana - яна |
| we | mi - мы |
| they | yani - яны |
| me | syabye, mnye, myanye, ya - сябе, мне, мяне, я |
| you | ti/Vi/vi - ты/Вы/вы |
| him | yago; yamoo - яго; яму |
| her | yaye; yoy - яе; ёй |
| us | nas/nam/namі; mi - нас/нам/намі; мы |
| them | іkh/іm/іmі - іх/ім/імі |
| my | moy/maya/mayo; maye - мой/мая/маё; мае |
| your | tvoy/tvaya/tvayo/tvaye; vash/vasha/vashi - твой/твая/тваё/твае; ваш/ваша/вашы |
| his | yago/yagoni - яго/ягоны |
| her | yaye; yoy - яе; ёй |
| our | nash/nashaya/nashaye; svoy/svaya/svayo - наш/нашая/нашае; свой/свая/сваё |
| their | іkh/іkhnі; svoy/svaya/svayo/svaye - іх/іхні; свой/свая/сваё/свае |
| mine | moy/maya/mayo; maye - мой/мая/маё; мае |
| yours | tvoy/tvaya/tvayo/tvaye; vash/vasha/vashi - твой/твая/тваё/твае; ваш/ваша/вашы |
| his | yago/yagoni - яго/ягоны |
| hers | yeyni/yaye - ейны/яе |
| ours | nash/nashaya/nashaye - наш/нашая/нашае |
| theirs | іkh/іkhnі; svoy/svaya/svayo/svaye - іх/іхні; свой/свая/сваё/свае |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Pronouns in Belarusian has a logical pattern. Locate the Pronouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Belarussian.
List of Pronouns in Belarusian
Below is a list of the Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns in Belarusian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Belarusian vocabulary.
| English Pronouns | Belarusian Pronouns |
| I speak | ya gavaroo; vistoopayo z pramovay/pramawlyayo; razmawlyayo - я гавару; выступаю з прамовай/прамаўляю; размаўляю |
| you speak | ti/Vi/vi gavorish/gavoritzye; pramawlyayesh/pramawlyayetzye; razmawlyayesh/razmawlyayetzye - ты/Вы/вы гаворыш/гаворыце; прамаўляеш/прамаўляеце; размаўляеш/размаўляеце |
| he speaks | yon gavoritzʲ/razmawlyaye - ён гаворыць/размаўляе |
| she speaks | yana gavoritzʲ/razmawlyaye - яна гаворыць/размаўляе |
| we speak | mi gavorim/razmawlyayem - мы гаворым/размаўляем |
| they speak | yani gavoratzʲ/razmawlyayotzʲ - яны гавораць/размаўляюць |
| give me | datzʲ mnye - даць мне |
| | datzʲ tabye; vam - даць табе; вам |
| give him | datzʲ yamoo - даць яму |
| give her | datzʲ yoy - даць ёй |
| give us | datzʲ nam - даць нам |
| give them | datzʲ іm - даць ім |
| my book | maya knіga - мая кніга |
| your book | tvaya knіga; Vasha knіga - твая кніга; Ваша кніга |
| his book | yago/yagonaya knіga - яго/ягоная кніга |
| her book | yeynaya/yaye knіga - ейная/яе кніга |
| our book | nasha knіga - наша кніга |
| their book | іkh/іkhnyaya; svaya knіga - іх/іхняя; свая кніга |
Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns have a very important role in Belarusian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Belarussian Pronouns, you might want to check the rest of our Belarusian lessons here: Learn Belarusian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.