diff --git a/evennia/utils/verb_conjugation/pronouns.py b/evennia/utils/verb_conjugation/pronouns.py
index d15a993585..6e7244bc07 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/verb_conjugation/pronouns.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/verb_conjugation/pronouns.py
@@ -119,27 +119,27 @@ PRONOUN_MAPPING = {
 PRONOUN_TABLE = {
     "I": (
             "1st person",
-            GENDERS,
+            ("neutral", "male", "female"),
             "subject pronoun"
         ),
     "me": (
             "1st person",
-            GENDERS,
+            ("neutral", "male", "female"),
             "object pronoun"
         ),
     "my": (
             "1st person",
-            GENDERS,
+            ("neutral", "male", "female"),
             "possessive adjective"
         ),
     "mine": (
             "1st person",
-            GENDERS,
+            ("neutral", "male", "female"),
             "possessive pronoun"
         ),
     "myself": (
             "1st person",
-            GENDERS,
+            ("neutral", "male", "female"),
             "reflexive pronoun"
         ),
 
@@ -170,17 +170,17 @@ PRONOUN_TABLE = {
         ),
     "you": (
             "2nd person",
-            GENDERS,
+            ("neutral", "male", "female", "plural"),
             ("subject pronoun", "object pronoun")
         ),
     "your": (
             "2nd person",
-            GENDERS,
+            ("neutral", "male", "female", "plural"),
             "possessive adjective"
         ),
     "yours": (
             "2nd person",
-            GENDERS,
+            ("neutral", "male", "female", "plural"),
             "possessive pronoun"
         ),
     "yourself": (
diff --git a/evennia/utils/verb_conjugation/tests.py b/evennia/utils/verb_conjugation/tests.py
index a9e98df0cb..18863e200c 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/verb_conjugation/tests.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/verb_conjugation/tests.py
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class TestPronounMapping(TestCase):
             ("you", "m", "you", "he"),
             ("you", "f op", "you", "her"),
             ("I", "", "I", "it"),
-            ("I", "p", "I", "they"),
+            ("I", "p", "I", "it"), # plural is invalid
             ("I", "m", "I", "he"),
             ("Me", "n", "Me", "It"),
             ("your", "p", "your", "their"),