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 ! Pronoun !! Meaning
 |-
-| xō  || 'this place, here'
+| '''xō'''  || 'this place, here'
 |-
-| þō  || 'that place, there'
+| '''þō'''  || 'that place, there'
 |-
-| āke  || 'that other place, yonder'
+| '''āke'''  || 'that other place, yonder'
 |}
+==== Indefinite Pronouns ====
+Indefinite pronouns can be used alone or in conjunction with a noun.
+{| class="bluetable"
+|-
+! Indef. PN !!	as standalone !!	as modifier
+|-
+| '''janaren''' || everything || every
+|-
+| '''jannarien'''	||-	||every
+|-
+| '''jawae'''	||nothing	||no
+|-
+| '''janahan'''	||anything, something||	any
+|-
+|'''manaren'''||	everyone, everybody	||every
+|-
+|'''mannarien'''	||-	||every
+|-
+|'''mawae'''	||noone, nobody	||no
+|-
+|'''manahan'''	||anyone, anybody, someone, somebody	||any
+|-
+|'''honnarien'''	||every kind, every manner	||every kind of, every manner of
+|-
+|'''howae'''	||no kind, no manner, no-how	||no kind of, no manner of
+|-
+|'''honahan'''	||any kind, some kind, any manner, some manner	||any kind of, any manner of
+|-
+|}
+Singular nouns can be modified by the indefinite pronouns '''janahan''' (inanimate) and '''manahan''' (animate).
+Collective nouns can be modified by the indefinite pronouns '''janaren''' (inanimate), '''manaren''' (animate), '''jawae''' (inanimate), and '''mawae''' (animate).
+Plural nouns can be modified by the indefinite pronouns '''jannarien''' (inanimate), '''mannarien''' (animate), '''honahan''', '''howae''', and '''honnarien'''.
+For example, '''mēli manaren''' would refer to everybody as one set of people, while '''mēlien mannarien''' would refer to everybody as multiple sets of people.
 === Relationals ===