SamSkandinavisk pronouns: Difference between revisions

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! Possessive: com./neut./pl.
! Possessive: com./neut./pl.
|-
|-
! 1
! 1st
| ''jeg'' [jeɪ]
| ''jeg'' [jeɪ]
| ''mig'' [meɪ]
| ''mig'' [meɪ]
| ''min'' [miːn] / ''mitt'' [mɪtː] / ''mine'' [ˈmiːnə]
| ''min'' [miːn] / ''mitt'' [mɪtː] / ''mine'' [ˈmiːnə]
! 1
! 1st
| ''vi'' [viː]
| ''vi'' [viː]
| ''oss'' [ɔsː]
| ''oss'' [ɔsː]
| ''vår'' [vɔːr] / ''vårt'' [vɔʈː] / ''våre'' [ˈvɔːrə]
| ''vår'' [vɔːr] / ''vårt'' [vɔʈː] / ''våre'' [ˈvɔːrə]
|-
|-
! 2
! 2nd
| ''du'' [duː]
| ''du'' [duː]
| ''dig'' [deɪ]
| ''dig'' [deɪ]
| ''din'' [diːn] / ''ditt'' [dɪtː] / ''dine'' [ˈdiːnə]
| ''din'' [diːn] / ''ditt'' [dɪtː] / ''dine'' [ˈdiːnə]
! 2
! 2nd
| ''i'' [iː]
| ''i'' [iː]
| ''eder'' [ˈeːdər, eːr]
| ''eder'' [ˈeːdər, eːr]
| ''eders'' [ˈeːdəʂ, eːʂ]
| ''eders'' [ˈeːdəʂ, eːʂ]
|-
|-
! 3 Masculine
! 3rd Masculine
| ''han'' [hanː]
| ''han'' [hanː]
| ''hanem'' [ˈhɑːnəm] / ''ham'' [hamː]
| ''hanem'' [ˈhɑːnəm] / ''ham'' [hamː]
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|rowspan="5"| ''deres'' [ˈdeːrəs]
|rowspan="5"| ''deres'' [ˈdeːrəs]
|-
|-
! 3 Feminine
! 3rd Feminine
| ''hon'' [hɔnː]
| ''hon'' [hɔnː]
| ''henne'' [ˈhɛnːə]
| ''henne'' [ˈhɛnːə]
| ''hennes'' [ˈhɛnːəs]
| ''hennes'' [ˈhɛnːəs]
|-
|-
! 3 Common
! 3rd Common
| ''den'' [dɛnː]
| ''den'' [dɛnː]
| ''den'' [dɛnː]
| ''den'' [dɛnː]
| ''dens'' [dɛnːs]
| ''dens'' [dɛnːs]
|-
|-
! 3 Neuter
! 3rd Neuter
| ''det'' [dɛ]
| ''det'' [dɛ]
| ''det'' [dɛ]
| ''det'' [dɛ]
| ''dets'' [dɛtːs, dɛsː]
| ''dets'' [dɛtːs, dɛsː]
|-
|-
! 3 Impersonal
! 3rd Impersonal
| ''man'' [manː]
| ''man'' [manː]
| ''—''
| ''—''
| ''—''
| ''—''
|-
|-
! (3 Reflexive)
! (3rd Reflexive)
| —
| —
| ''sig'' [seɪ]
| ''sig'' [seɪ]
| ''sin'' [siːn] / ''sitt'' [sɪtː] / ''sine'' [ˈsiːnə]
| ''sin'' [siːn] / ''sitt'' [sɪtː] / ''sine'' [ˈsiːnə]
! (3 Reflexive)
! (3rd Reflexive)
| —
| —
| ''sig'' [seɪ]
| ''sig'' [seɪ]
| ''sin'' [siːn] / ''sitt'' [sɪtː] / ''sine'' [ˈsiːnə]
| ''sin'' [siːn] / ''sitt'' [sɪtː] / ''sine'' [ˈsiːnə]
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Revision as of 10:50, 23 November 2014

Personal pronouns

The SamSkandinavisk personal pronoun system is very similar to that of Danish, Norwegian-Bokmål and Swedish, and incidentally quite close to English. Pronouns inflect for person, number, and, in the third person singular, gender. Unlike English there is a separate third-person reflexive pronoun sig (himself, herself, itself, themselves). SamSka also keeps a distinct 2nd person singular du (you) and i (you plural), and objective forms of these. Reflexive forms are not used for the first and second person, mig for example can mean both me or myself.

Table of Personal pronouns

Singular Plural
Person Nominative Objective Possessive: com./neut./pl. Person Nominative Objective Possessive: com./neut./pl.
1st jeg [jeɪ] mig [meɪ] min [miːn] / mitt [mɪtː] / mine [ˈmiːnə] 1st vi [viː] oss [ɔsː] vår [vɔːr] / vårt [vɔʈː] / våre [ˈvɔːrə]
2nd du [duː] dig [deɪ] din [diːn] / ditt [dɪtː] / dine [ˈdiːnə] 2nd i [iː] eder [ˈeːdər, eːr] eders [ˈeːdəʂ, eːʂ]
3rd Masculine han [hanː] hanem [ˈhɑːnəm] / ham [hamː] hans [hanːs] 3 de [deː] dem [deːm] deres [ˈdeːrəs]
3rd Feminine hon [hɔnː] henne [ˈhɛnːə] hennes [ˈhɛnːəs]
3rd Common den [dɛnː] den [dɛnː] dens [dɛnːs]
3rd Neuter det [dɛ] det [dɛ] dets [dɛtːs, dɛsː]
3rd Impersonal man [manː]
(3rd Reflexive) sig [seɪ] sin [siːn] / sitt [sɪtː] / sine [ˈsiːnə] (3rd Reflexive) sig [seɪ] sin [siːn] / sitt [sɪtː] / sine [ˈsiːnə]