Pronouns in Hebrew
27 words in Hebrew on the topic “pronouns”: אני — I, אתה — you, אתם — you (plural), הוא — he, היא — she.
27 words on the topic
- אניаниIThe first letter א has no sound — the word reads ani. One word for men and women
- אתהатаyouSaid to a man. To a woman — at (את); the difference is one letter
- אתםатемyou (plural)To a group. A company of women hears aten (אתן). Polite and ordinary you are not distinguished here
- הואхуheReads hu: the letter ה at the start gives a light h, and the ו here is the vowel u
- היאхиsheThe pair to hu: the same letters, but the second one is i. He and she differ by one vowel
- אנחנוанахнуweMid-sentence it often shrinks to anu — both variants sound native
- אנחנו שנינוанахну шнейнуthe two of usLiterally "we two" — shneynu from shnayim, two. There is no separate pronoun for two people; it is a phrase
- הםхемtheyAbout men or a mixed group. About women — hen (הן)
- שליшелиmyHebrew says shel plus who: sheli is literally "of me". Often the noun takes the owner right on as a ending of its own
- שלךшэлхаyourTo a man it sounds shelcha, to a woman shelach — spelled the same way: שלך. The polite your to one person is the same word
- שלנוшэлануourBuilt from shel and anachnu: of us. There is no special form for the two of us — just as there is no special our
- שלכםшэлахемyour (plural)Your to several men or a mixed group; to several women — shlachen (שלכן). Spelled differently, sounding close
- שלוшэлоhis; hers; theirsOne shel, only the tail changes: shelo — his, shela — hers, shelahem — their. Hebrew draws the lines finer here
- משליмишэлиmy ownThere is no separate reflexive own: where the English my own stands, Hebrew puts the plain sheli. Misheli boosts it — my very own
- בעצמיбэ-ацмиmyselfLiterally "in myself": did it yourself, with no outside hands. About him — be-atzmo, about her — be-atzma: only the tail changes
- כלкольallKol means each; with ha before the noun it becomes the whole: kol hayom — all day long. One word, two senses
- כל אחדколь эхадeach ofLiterally "each one". Each of... takes mi after it: kol echad miitanu — each of us
- כל דברколь даварanythingLiterally "every thing": anything at all. You know dvarim, things; davar is one thing, one matter
- הזהха-зэthisYou say zeh — this — from the first lesson; hazeh stands after the noun with ha: hasefer hazeh — this book. For the feminine — hazot
- ההואха-хуthatThe double ha- is heard at once: that one, the one we already spoke about, over there. For the feminine — hahi
- כזהка-зэsuchInside it zeh — this: such is literally like this. For the feminine — kozot. Lama kazeh? — why like this? — often said with vexation
- אחרахерotherYou know acheret — otherwise: the same word in the feminine. Otherwise is exactly in another way. The plural is acherim
- שוםшумno; noneThe verb with shum must take lo: lo... shum... Garlic — shum with the vowels — is another word on the same consonants; without them shum means none
- מישהוмишехуsomebodyYou know mashehu — something; the same beginning but about a person: mishehu — somebody. One letter yod in writing tells them apart
- משהוмашехуsomethingYou know mashehu; here it is a thing, not a person. The person is mishehu — one letter apart
- אף אחד מהםаф эхад ме-хемnone of themYou know af echad — nobody; mahem adds of them. The second lo is obligatory: af echad mahem lo...
- כלוםклумnothingThe verb with klum stands with lo: lo... klum — the double negation, as with shum. Klum is both nothing and anything at all
How it sounds in a sentence
A word list is a blank. Conversation is made of sentences, and these are the ones the words fit into most often.
What is worth knowing about these words
אני (ани) — I. The first letter א has no sound — the word reads ani. One word for men and women.
אתה (ата) — you. Said to a man. To a woman — at (את); the difference is one letter.
אתם (атем) — you (plural). To a group. A company of women hears aten (אתן). Polite and ordinary you are not distinguished here.
הוא (ху) — he. Reads hu: the letter ה at the start gives a light h, and the ו here is the vowel u.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “I” in Hebrew?
The first letter א has no sound — the word reads ani. One word for men and women
- How do you say “they” in Hebrew?
About men or a mixed group. About women — hen (הן)
- How do you say “myself” in Hebrew?
Literally "in myself": did it yourself, with no outside hands. About him — be-atzmo, about her — be-atzma: only the tail changes
- How do you say “other” in Hebrew?
You know acheret — otherwise: the same word in the feminine. Otherwise is exactly in another way. The plural is acherim
- How do you say “you” in Hebrew?
Said to a man. To a woman — at (את); the difference is one letter
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
I, you, we, they. There is a handful of them, they turn up in every sentence, and politeness rides on them: most of these languages keep a formal “you” apart from a familiar one, and choosing the wrong one is noticed faster than a mispronounced word.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “I” in Hebrew?
«אני», read “ани”. The first letter א has no sound — the word reads ani. One word for men and women. It is one of 27 words in the set “pronouns” — the rest are in the table above.
How many pronouns do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 27 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.