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====Personal==== | ====Personal==== | ||
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! !! Singular !! Dual !! Paucal !! Plural | ! rowspan=2 | !! colspan=2 | Singular !! colspan=2 | Dual !! colspan=2 | Paucal !! colspan=2 | Plural | ||
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! nom. !! gen. !! nom. !! gen. !! nom. !! gen. !! nom. !! gen. | |||
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! First | ! First | ||
| ''ja'' || ''jan'' || ''jvn'' || '' | | ''ja'' || ''jo'' || ''jan'' || ''janu'' || ''jvn'' || '' jun'' || ''jon'' || ''jonu'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Second | ! Second | ||
| ''ádo'' || ''ádon'' || '' | | ''ádo'' || ''ádu'' || ''ádon'' || ''ádonu'' || ''wín'' || ''ínu'' || ''né'' || ''néyu'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Third | ! Third | ||
| ''ain'' || ''aina'' || ''avni'' || ''enawe'' | | ''ain'' || ''añu'' || ''aina'' || ''año'' || ''avni'' || ''avñu'' || ''enawe'' || ''enau'' | ||
|} | |} | ||
There are no gendered third person pronouns in Nawuhu, though some older translations of excavated texts translated the third person pronoun as "he". Today, most translators translate the ''ain'' pronoun as "they". | There are no gendered third person pronouns in Nawuhu, though some older translations of excavated texts translated the third person pronoun as "he". Today, most translators translate the ''ain'' pronoun as "they". | ||
Like adjectives, genitive pronouns are placed after the possessee, so "my car" is ''jido jo'' lit. "car my". | |||
====Demonstrative==== | ====Demonstrative==== | ||