Russian/Personal Pronouns

The personal pronouns in Russian are arguably the easiest to learn. As they do not modify nouns (unlike their possessive counterparts), they conjugate only by case. They are:

English	First person		Second person		Third person
	I / me	We / us	Thou (sing. informal)	You (pl. formal)	He / his	It	She / her	They / them
Nominative	Я	Мы	Ты	Вы	Он	Оно	Она	Они
Genitive	Меня	Нас	Тебя	Вас	Его		Её	Их
Dative	Мне	Нам	Тебе	Вам	Ему		Ей	Им
Accusative	Меня	Нас	Тебя	Вас	Его		Её	Их
Instrumental	Мной	Нами	Тобой	Вами	Им		Ей/Ею	Ими
Prepositional	Мне	Нас	Тебе	Вас	Нём		Ней	Них

There are two important nuances to these pronouns. First, notice that the masculine and neuter third-person singular pronouns are the same in all cases but the nominative, and in the genitive and accusative are pronounced 'ye-vo', not 'ye-go'. Second, if the pronoun's case is called by a preposition, third-person pronouns gain the prefix н- (e.g., compare 'his' in 'It's his house', Это его дом, and 'He has a house', У него есть дом).

Nominative: Where are you? - Где вы?

Genitive: What do you have there? - Что у вас там есть?

Dative: He's writing to thee - Он тебе пишет

Accusative: I love thee - Я тебя люблю

Instrumental: She's walking with them - Она с ними идёт - note the suffice н- after the preposition

Prepositional: We're talking about her - Мы о ней говорим