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 * '''Hin''' té domi à exakt 23 ör "They slept at exactly 11ː00 pm."
-Object pronouns indicate the direct object of a transitive verb (similar to Englishː "me", "you," "him", etc.) If an object pronoun is used, then it is placed in between the subject & the verb, forming an SOV sentence. This is true even if tense particles appear in a sentence.
+Object pronouns indicate the direct object of a transitive verb (similar to Englishː "me", "you," "him", etc.) If an object pronoun is used, then it is placed in between the subject & the verb, forming an SOV sentence. This remains unchanged even if tense particles appear in a sentence.
-* L''''yek''' aidi aporti lé baqalé à mouné et yakchal "He helps/is helping you bring the groceries to the pantry and the fridge."
+* L''''yek''' aidi aporti lé baqalé à cellié ea frigo "He helps/is helping you bring the groceries to the pantry and the fridge."
-* L''''yek''' té aidi aporti lé baqalé à mouné et yakchal "He helped you bring the groceries to the pantry and the fridge."
+* L''''yek''' té aidi aporti lé baqalé à cellié ea frigo "He helped you bring the groceries to the pantry and the fridge."
+Possessive pronouns indicate ownership and replace noun phrases. They stand alone and don't need to be followed by a noun. The pronouns must agree to the grammatical number of the object being owned.
+* Çé ta '''zahær''' ou '''mian'''? "Is this your flower or mine?"
+* Çé ta '''lé zahær''' ou '''mien'''? "Are these your flowers or mine?"
+Disjunctive pronouns are the strong forms of pronouns, used for emphasis or on their own. They serve various functions and are used in the following situations:
+# as objects of prepositions: "Joël va rékolti lé sabzi '''pou toi'''." Joël is going to harvest the vegetables for you
+# in dislocated positionsː "Oh, '''soi''', l'yi hämiché embêti kol-jour." Oh, him, he always annoys me all day.
+# in cleft sentences:
+# in compound noun phrases:
+# as emphatic subjectsː
+# as objects of verbs in the imperativeː "'''Doni moi'''." Give me.
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