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===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
Chlouvānem has a series of pronouns which are irregular when compared to other nouns, yet they follow a mostly similar pattern among themselves. As with nouns and adjectives, in Chlouvānem there is mostly no difference between possessive and demonstrative pronouns and adjectives. | |||
Standard Chlouvānem as spoken today uses the following pronouns: | |||
* 1st person '''lili''' (sg.), '''lileiði''' (dual), and '''mayin''' (pl.). | |||
* 2nd person '''sāmi''' (sg.), '''sāmeiði''' (dual), and '''nagin''' (pl.). | |||
* 3rd person ''parrot'' '''tami''' (sg.), '''tameiði''' (dual), and '''taṃšān''' (pl.). | |||
* 3rd person ''dragon'' '''tayuši''' (sg.) and '''taimāsi''' (pl.), and 3rd person ''lotus'' '''tayumi''' (sg.) and '''taimām''' (pl.) — they are only distinct from the ''parrot'' forms in direct, accusative, and ergative; ''tameiði'' is used as dual for all three genders. | |||
* Reflexive '''demi''' (mandatory for 3rd person, commonly used also for 1st and 2nd). | |||
The pronouns doubling as adjectives are: | |||
* Three demonstrative series, all declining for gender but not for number: proximal '''nenė''' (parrot), '''neneis''' (dragon), '''neneim''' (lotus); medial '''nunū''' (p.), '''nunuis''' (d.), '''nunuim''' (l.); distal '''nanā''' (p.), '''nanās''' (d.), '''nanām''' (l.). | |||
* The possessives: '''liliā''' (''lilem, liles''); '''meyā''' (''meyem, meyes''); '''sāmiā''' (''sāmim, sāmis''); '''negā''' (''negim, negis''); '''tamiā''' (''tamim, tamis''); '''tašñā''' (''tašñem, tašñes''); '''demiā''' (''demim, demis''). | |||
In addition, '''yani''' is an emphatic pronoun not properly part of common speech (''demi'' is used instead) but sometimes found in high style. Archaic Chlouvānem had a demonstrative series consisting of proximal '''ami''' (''em, es''), medial '''uteni''' (''utam, utas''), and distal '''āteni''' (''ātam, ātas''), which declined in use throughout Classical times, when they were replaced by the newer ''nenė — nunū — nanā'' forms. | |||
===Numerals - Mālūye === | ===Numerals - Mālūye === | ||