Quick Guide to Pronouns

	SUBJECT PRONOUNS
PURPOSE	Replace the subject of a sentence
AGREEMENT
PLACEMENT	Directly before the verb
	DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS
PURPOSE	Replace the direct object of a sentence
AGREEMENT
PLACEMENT	Directly before the verb or attached to an infinitive following a conjugated verb
	INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS
PURPOSE	Replace the indirect object of a sentence
AGREEMENT
PLACEMENT	Directly before the verb or attached to an infinitive following a conjugated verb
	STRESSED PRONOUNS
PURPOSE	Emphasize the subject of a sentence or make a distinction between two object pronouns
AGREEMENT
PLACEMENT	Directly before the verb or attached to an infinitive following a conjugated verb
	REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
PURPOSE	Show that an action is reflected back on the subject
AGREEMENT
PLACEMENT	Directly before the verb or attached to an infinitive following a conjugated verb
	IMPERSONAL "SI"
PURPOSE	Signifies the subject is nonspecific ("people in general")
AGREEMENT	NONE
PLACEMENT	Directly before the verb
	RELATIVE PRONOUNS
PURPOSE	Refer to a previously mentioned noun in order to relate two or more clauses
AGREEMENT
PLACEMENT	Directly before the verb
	CI & NE
PURPOSE	Replaces phrases introduced by certain prepositions
AGREEMENT	NONE
PLACEMENT	Directly before the verb or attached to an infinitive following a conjugated verb
	DOUBLE PRONOUNS
PURPOSE	Combination of a direct object pronoun and an indirect object pronoun, reflexive pronoun, or ci/ne.
AGREEMENT
PLACEMENT	Directly before the verb or attached to an infinitive following a conjugated verb
	POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
PURPOSE	Replaces nouns modified by a possessive pronoun
AGREEMENT
PLACEMENT	Directly before the verb
	DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
PURPOSE	Describes nouns as being close to or far from the speaker
AGREEMENT
PLACEMENT	Directly before the verb
	INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
PURPOSE	Does not refer to any specific person, thing or amount
AGREEMENT
PLACEMENT	Directly before the verb

	Singular		Plural
1st Person	Io	I	Noi	We
2nd Person	Tu	You	Voi	You
3rd Person	Lui, lei, Lei	He, she/you (formal)	Loro	They

	Singular		Plural
1st Person	Mi	Me	Ci	Us
2nd Person	Ti	You	Vi	You
3rd Person (masc.)	Lo	Him, it	Li	Them
3rd Person (fem.)	La	Her, it	Le	Them

	Singular		Plural
1st Person	Mi, a me	To me	Ci, a noi	To us
2nd Person	Ti, a te	To you	Vi, a voi	To you
3rd Person (masc.)	Gli, a lui	To him	Gli, a loro	To them
3rd Person (fem.)	Le, a lei	To her

PLACEMENT
	Before Verb	After Verb	Exception
Qualitative adjectives		x	Buono (good), bello (beautiful), cattivo (evil), grande (big), povero (poor), nuovo (new), vecchio (old), caro (dear), and bravo (good)
Non-qualitative adjectives	x

	Singular		Plural
1st Person	Mi	Myself	Ci	Ourselves
2nd Person	Ti	Yourself	Vi	Yourselves
3rd Person (masc.)	Si	Himself, herself	Si	Themselves

Che	Who, whom, which, that
Cui	To whom, to which
Chi	Those who, the ones who
Quello che	What, that which
Cio' che	What, that which

Indirect Object Pronouns + Direct Object Pronouns
	LO	LA	LI	LE	NE
MI	Me lo	Me la	Me li	Me le	Me ne
TI	Te lo	Te la	Te li	Te le	Te ne
GLI/LE	Glielo	Gliela	Glieli	Gliele	Gliene
CI	Ce lo	Ce la	Ce li	Ce le	Ce ne
VI	Ve lo	Ve la	Ve li	Ve le	Ve ne
GLI/LE	Glielo	Gliela	Glieli	Gliele	Gliene

	Masculine		Feminine
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
My	Il mio	I miei	La mia	Le mie
Your	Il tuo	I tuoi	La tua	Le tue
His/hers	Il suo	I suoi	La sua	Le sue
Our	Il nostro	I nostri	La nostra	Le nostre
Your (pl.)	Il vostro	I vostri	La vostra	Le vostre
Their	Il loro	I loro	La loro	Le loro

Demonstrative Pronouns of Close Proximity (this/these)
	Singular	Plural
Masculine	Questo	Questi
Feminine	Questa	Queste

Demonstrative Pronouns of Far Proximity (this/these)
	Singular	Plural
Masculine	Quello	Quelli
Feminine	Quella	Quelle

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
Qualcuno	Somebody, someone	Always single; does not change to agree in gender
Ognuno	Anybody, anyone	Always single; does not change to agree in gender
Qhiunque	Anybody, anyone	Always single; does not change to agree in gender
Qualcosa	Something	Always single; does not change to agree in gender
Niente	Nothing	Always single; does not change to agree in gender
Nulla	Nothing	Always single; does not change to agree in gender
Tutto + def. art.	All	Agrees in number and gender according to adjectives with four forms
Nessun	No, any + noun	Agrees in number and gender according to adjectives with four forms
Alcuni/e	Some	Agrees in number and gender according to adjectives with four forms