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 ===Pronouns===
 ====Personal====
-Personal pronouns exist for each person in the singular and plural, plus a single reflexive pronoun ''si'', used for all persons and numbers. Only the 1sg and 2sg make any distinction between subject and object pronouns.
+Personal pronouns exist for each person in the singular and plural, but only the 1st and 2nd persons make any distinction between subject and object pronouns.
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 ! rowspan="2;" |
 ! colspan="2;" | Singular
-! style="width: 100px" rowspan="2;" | Plural
+! colspan="2;" | Plural
 |-
+! style="width: 100px" | Subject
+! style="width: 100px" | Object
 ! style="width: 100px" | Subject
 ! style="width: 100px" | Object
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 | ''mi''
 | ''nu''
+| ''ni''
 |-
 ! 2
 | ''tu''
-| ''ti'' (obj.)
+| ''ti''
 | ''pu''
+| ''pi''
 |-
 ! 3m
 | colspan="2;" | ''lu''
-| ''li''
+| colspan="2;" | ''li''
 |-
 ! 3f
 | colspan="2;" | ''la''
-| ''le''
+| colspan="2;"  | ''le''
 |-
 ! Refl.
+|
+| ''si''
 |
-| colspan="2;" | ''si''
+| ''si''
 |}
-The subject pronouns are used as the subject of a verb (''cu'' and ''tu''), e.g. '''''la''' am sa musk'' "she loves music", '''''cu''' talmip'' "I slept".
+The subject pronouns are used as the subject of a verb only when more than one subject is involved, e.g. '''''cu''' i '''tu''' eman sa musk'' "me and you love music", '''''la''' i Akuśt cakean nu cak'' "She and Akust played a game".
 The object pronouns are used in the following ways:
-* as the direct object of a verb (''mi, ti''), e.g. ''lu am '''ti''''' "he loves you", ''su trakun mankep '''le''''' "the dragon ate them (f.)".
+* as the direct object of a verb where more than one object is involved, e.g. ''lu em '''ti''' i '''mi''''' "he loves you and me", ''su trakun mankep '''le''' a si kapat luar'' "the dragon ate them and their horses".
-* following prepositions (''mi, ti''), e.g. ''ku '''mi''''' "with me", ''pel '''pu''''' "for you".
+* following prepositions, e.g. ''ku '''mi''''' "with me", ''pel '''pu''''' "for you".
-* as possessive adjectives following the noun, with or without ''te'' "of", e.g. ''kes mi'' or ''kes te mi'' "my house".
-The reflexive pronoun can only be used as an object or following prepositions, e.g. ''si milt tutepan '''si''''' "the soldiers killed themselves", ''nu kantan ku '''si''''' "we sing to ourselves".
+The reflexive pronoun can only be used following prepositions, e.g. ''lakant ku '''si''''' "she sings to herself".
 ====Relative====