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In general, there is not much evidence in Skerre for sharply differentiating between adjectives and verbs.
In general, there is not much evidence in Skerre for sharply differentiating between adjectives and verbs.


===Pronoun===
===Pronouns===
==== Personal ====
There are several series of personal pronouns, depending on the function of the pronoun. The independent emphatic pronouns only have forms for the first and second person:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  !! sg. !! pl.
|-
! 1st person
| hari || owe
|-
! 2nd person
| naya || rake
|}
 
These are comparatively rare; subjects and objects are most usually encoded by bound pronouns, typically appearing on the verb. Independent emphatic third persons are provided by the demonstrative pronouns. The object-marking bound pronouns attach to the verb and are:
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  !! sg. !! pl.
|-
! 1st
| -Vh || -(ʔ)o
|-
! 2nd
| -Vn || -Vr
|-
! 3rd
| -Ø || -Ø
|}
(The V slot is filled by a after a consonant, by length after a short vowel, and not filled if following a long vowel.)
 
The subject-marking bound pronouns usually attach to the verb (further away from the stem than the object markers), though they can appear on other words as long as that word (or phrase) is initial in the sentence. The forms for the subject-marking bound pronouns are:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  !! sg. !! pl.
|-
! 1st
| -ha || -wo
|-
! 2nd
| -na || -ra
|-
! 3rd
| -Ø || -ti
|}
 
An example of a verb with both subject and object-marking bound pronouns is given below:
 
:''E-kosa-an=ha''
:<small>POT-wash-2SG.OB=1SG.SU</small>
:‘I will wash you.’
 
Possessive personal pronouns are also encoded as bound forms, these on nouns. The forms are:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  !! sg. !! pl.
|-
! 1st
| -he || -we
|-
! 2nd
| -ne || -ri
|-
! 3rd
| -sa || -te
|}
 
Some example possessed nouns include wiyet-he ‘my boat’; ana-sa ‘her mother’.


==Syntax==
==Syntax==
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