Learning and using someone’s pronouns creates an inclusive and affirming environment, shows you respect them, and helps remove gender-based biases and discrimination from the Champlain Community.
Pronouns are words we use to replace someone’s name or title, and in English they are marked for gender. You can’t know what pronouns someone uses just by looking at them, even when someone doesn’t “look” trans, genderqueer, etc.
Some people may also use multiple pronouns, for example (he/they) or (they/fae/she) or (any pronouns). This means that you may use any of the listed pronouns to refer to them. Try:
PRONOUN | NOMINATIVE (SUBJECT) | OBJECTIVE (OBJECT) | POSSESSIVE DETERMINER | POSSESSIVE PRONOUN | REFLEXIVE PRONOUN |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
He | He laughed | I called him | His eyes grew wide | The cat is his | He likes himself |
She | She laughed | I called her | Her eyes grew wide | The cat is hers | She likes herself |
They | They laughed | I called them | Their eyes grew wide | The cat is theirs | They like themselves |
E | Ey laughed (Pronounced “ay”) |
I called em (Pronounced “em”) |
Eir eyes grew wide (Pronounced “ayer”) |
The cat is eirs (Pronounced “ayers”) |
Ey likes emself (Pronounced “em-self”) |
Fae | Fae laughed (Pronounced “fay”) |
I called faer (Pronounced “fair”) |
Faers eyes grew wide (Pronounced “fairs”) |
The cat is faers (Pronounced “fairs”) |
Fae likes faerself (Pronounced “fair-self”) |
Xe | Xe laughed (Pronounced “zee”) |
I called xem (Pronounced “zem”) |
Xyr eyes grew wide (Pronounced “zeer”) |
The cat is xyrs (Pronounced “seers”) |
Xe likes xemself (Pronounced “zem-self”) |
Ze/hir | Zie laughed (Pronounced “zee”) |
I called hir (Pronounced “heer”) |
Hir eyes grew wide (Pronounced “heer”) |
The cat is hirs (Pronounced “heers”) |
Ze likes hirself (Pronounced “heer-self”) |
Ze/zir | Zie laughed (Pronounced “zee”) |
I called zir (Pronounced “zeer”) |
Zir eyes grew wide (Pronounced “zeer”) |
The cat is zirs (Pronounced “zeers”) |
Ze likes zirself (Pronounced “zeer-self”) |