Bosnian Pronouns
Learning the Bosnian Pronouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Bosnian language. But first we need to know what the role of Pronouns is in the structure of the grammar in Bosnian.
Bosnian 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). Here are some examples:
| English Pronouns | Bosnian Pronouns |
| Pronouns | Zamjenice |
| I | Ja |
| you | vas |
| he | on |
| she | ona |
| we | mi |
| they | oni |
| |
| me | mene |
| you | vas |
| him | njega |
| her | nju |
| us | nas |
| them | ih |
| |
| my | moj |
| your | tvoj |
| his | njegov |
| her | nju |
| our | naše |
| their | njihov |
| |
| mine | mina |
| yours | tvoj |
| his | njegov |
| hers | njen |
| ours | naša |
| theirs | njihov |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Pronouns in Bosnian has a logical pattern. Locate the Pronouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Bosniac.
List of Pronouns in Bosnian
Below is a list of the Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns in Bosnian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Bosnian vocabulary.
| English Pronouns | Bosnian Pronouns |
| I speak | Ja govorim |
| you speak | Govorite li |
| he speaks | on govori |
| she speaks | ona govori |
| we speak | Govorimo |
| they speak | govore |
| |
| give me | dajte mi |
| give you | dati |
| give him | mu |
| give her | dati joj |
| give us | dajte nam |
| give them | im dati |
| |
| my book | moja knjiga |
| your book | Vaše knjige |
| his book | svojoj knjizi |
| her book | svojoj knjizi |
| our book | našoj knjizi |
| their book | svoju knjigu |
Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns have a very important role in Bosnian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Bosniac Pronouns, you might want to check the rest of our Bosnian lessons here: Learn Bosnian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.