Los pronombres personales en inglés: I, me, my, mine, myself

English First-Person Pronouns

I · Me · My · Mine · Myself — forms, functions, and gender usage

English first-person pronouns do not inflect for gender — the same forms serve all speakers regardless of gender identity. The five forms differ solely by grammatical function: subject, object, possessive determiner, possessive pronoun, and reflexive. The table below maps each form to its function, illustrates usage in context, and notes common errors.

First-person singular pronouns in Standard British English — all genders

Form	Grammatical Function	Example — Gender-Neutral	Example — Masculine Context	Example — Feminine Context	Common Error
I	Subject (nominative)	I am studying grammar.	I fixed the car myself.	I enjoyed the concert.	Writing me and John went instead of John and I went.
me	Object (accusative / dative)	She called me yesterday.	They gave me the report.	He introduced me to the team.	Using I as object: between you and I — should be between you and me.
my	Possessive determiner (adjective)	That is my bag.	My brother plays rugby.	My sister is a doctor.	Confusing with mine: my must always be followed by a noun.
mine	Possessive pronoun (stands alone)	That bag is mine.	The blue coat is mine.	The idea was mine originally.	Writing mines — no plural or possessive s is ever added.
myself	Reflexive / emphatic pronoun	I did it myself.	He taught himself; I taught myself.	She and I organised it ourselves.	Pseudo-formal misuse: contact myself — should be contact me.
Note: First-person singular pronouns carry no grammatical gender in English. Gendered examples reflect social or narrative context only. All five forms are correct for any speaker regardless of gender identity. Reference: Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage, 4th ed.; Cambridge Grammar of the English Language.

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