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* ''Didu voe tyn'' - Give it to me. | * ''Didu voe tyn'' - Give it to me. | ||
The neuter pronoun ''it'' is translated in Brythohellenic with '''ŷ'''. | The neuter pronoun ''it'' is translated in Brythohellenic with '''ŷ'''. The feminine pronoun '''ŷ''' is written with the circumflex to be distinguished from the preposition '''y''' (= "than"). | ||
When there are a pronoun and a noun, the pronoun always precedes the noun, ex.: | When there are a pronoun and a noun, the pronoun always precedes the noun, ex.: | ||
* ''Didu tyn brys to koerein'' - Give it to the lady; | * ''Didu tyn brys to koerein'' - Give it to the lady; | ||
* ''Didu ty to kyn'' - Give her the dog. | * ''Didu ty to kyn'' - Give her the dog. | ||
====Demonstratives==== | ====Demonstratives==== | ||
There are two demonstratives: '''udh''' (= "this") and '''egyn'' (= "that"). The first demonstrative matches perfectly the first person, whereas the second one matches both the second and the third person: | |||
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | {| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | ||
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|- | |- | ||
!'''1st''' | !'''1st''' | ||
|'' | |''naudh'' | ||
| | |udh | ||
|this | |this | ||
|- | |- | ||
!'''2nd''' | !'''2nd''' | ||
|'' | |rowspan="2"|''kygh'' | ||
| | |rowspan="2"|egyn | ||
|that | |rowspan="2"|that | ||
|- | |- | ||
!'''3rd''' | !'''3rd''' | ||
|} | |} | ||
Demonstratives always follow the nouns they are referred to, and the nouns take also the article, ex.: | |||
* '' | * ''To aelur udh'' - This cat. | ||
Demonstratives also got plural forms: | |||
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | {| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | ||
!''' | !'''Number''' | ||
!''' | !'''Udh''' | ||
!''' | !'''Egyn''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
!''' | !'''Singular''' | ||
| | |udh ('''f.''' aydh) | ||
|egyn | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
!''' | !'''Plural''' | ||
| | |dhoe ('''f.''' dhae) | ||
| | |egynoe ('''f.''' egynae) | ||
|} | |} | ||
Some examples: | |||
* ''Ey'v en to oeg udh'' - I'm in this house; | |||
* ''Ey erhyv e tho oeg egyn'' - I come from that house. | |||
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====Possessives==== | ====Possessives==== | ||
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