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The impersonal pronoun ''sum'' in the nominative case can be used as the 1st person plural in impersonal speech: ''Sum gáþ!'' 'Let's go!' (lit. one goes) | The impersonal pronoun ''sum'' in the nominative case can be used as the 1st person plural in impersonal speech: ''Sum gáþ!'' 'Let's go!' (lit. one goes) | ||
In high register, genitive pronouns can be used as postposed possessive pronouns for indefinite nouns: ''Ik kánie | In high register, genitive pronouns can be used as postposed possessive pronouns for indefinite nouns: ''Ik kánie an fríend jazer.'' 'I know a friend of his.' This is usually ''Ik kánie an fríend av jam.'' | ||
=====Possessive pronouns===== | =====Possessive pronouns===== | ||
To form possessive pronouns, "determiner" endings are added to the genitive of the personal pronouns; the stems of ''unsier'' and ''úrer'' become ''unsь-'' and ''úr-'' when a suffix is added. The reflexive ''sín'' is used to refer to a third person subject in the same clause, while ''jaz'' or ''jar'' refer to 3rd person subjects other than the subject. | To form possessive pronouns, "determiner" endings are added to the genitive of the personal pronouns; the stems of ''unsier'' and ''úrer'' become ''unsь-'' and ''úr-'' when a suffix is added. The reflexive ''sín'' is used to refer to a third person subject in the same clause, while ''jaz'' or ''jar'' refer to 3rd person subjects other than the subject. | ||