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 The irregularities are not systematic: how it can be seen, both ''vaar'' and ''daar'' have got an infinitive in ''-aar'', but the former has got a root form ''vach-'' in the three singular persons, whereas the latter has got a root form ''doe-''. More systematic (but not ever) are the verbs whose infinitive ends in ''-Ver'': in the three singular persons the root form ends in ''-Vf'', ex.: ''id pluft'', "it rains", from ''pluer'', ''eg me laf'', "I wash (myself)", from ''laer-ze'', and so on.
 However it is best to control in the dictionary how the root form of the irregular verbs changes.
+===Impersonal form===
+To express actions that are performed by an unknown subject or to hide the subject of a verb in Aarlaansk we can use the '''impersonal form'''.
+In Aarlaansk there are two impersonal pronouns:
+* ''id'', which mainly corresponds to English "that", is used also to translate "it" when we talk about verbs that haven't got a subject, as in the example ''id pluft'', "it rains";
+* '''em''', which is used in the impersonal form and substitutes a subject that we don't know or that we don't want to express; it mainly corresponds to English "they" or to passive construction.
+The biggest difference between ''id'' and ''em'' is that '''id can never substitute a subject that actually exists and can never substitute the passive form''', whereas ''em'' can, ex.:
+* ''Hod id nift'' - Today it snows;
+* ''Em dijkt ke Hies Aarlaans zunt vrijcht'' - They say that the Aarlaans are cold.
+With ''em'' it is used the 3rd person singular verb form.
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