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 ===Personal Prefixes===
-Prefixes denoting person and number were widely used in Kelt and form an important part of the morphology.
+Prefixes denoting person and number were widely used in Kelt and form an important part of the morphology. They exist in subject, object and possessive forms. Each class has prefixes for each of the three persons, singular and plural (with a distinction of gender in the 3rd singular only), plus an indefinite form meaning roughly "someone, something" when the referent is unknown or deemed irrelevant. Additionally, the subject class has an impersonal and the object class has a reflexive/reciprocal.
 ====Subject Prefixes====
-Subject prefixes exist for each of the persons in singular and plural with separate 'masculine' and 'other' prefixes in the 3rd singular only. There is also an indefinite subject meaning "someone, something" when the actual subject is unknown or not relevant, and an impersonal subject, which effectively acts as a placeholder when there is no apparent agent.
+As well as the normal personal forms, the subject prefixes include an impersonal subject, which effectively acts as a placeholder when there is no apparent agent.
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 ====Object Prefixes====
-Object pronouns are similar to subject forms, but have an additional reflexive form. The indefinite form is used when the object is either unknown or unspecified.
+Object pronouns are similar to subject forms, but have an additional reflexive/reciprocal form and no impersonal.
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 :: ''ni'''tśu'''kali'' "we are eating (something)".
-The reflexive is used with all persons but only with verb stems, e.g. ''li'''keru'''neenamen'' "you saw yourself", ''si'''keru'''tanya'' "he will kill himself".
+The reflexive/reciprocal is used with all persons but only with verb stems, e.g. ''li'''keru'''neenamen'' "you saw yourself", ''si'''keru'''tanya'' "he will kill himself". With plural referents, it may be interpreted as either reflexive or reciprocal, the distinction being understood through context, e.g. ''wikerutinita'' "they hit themselves" or "they hit each other".
 ====Possessive Prefixes====
-Possessive prefixes form part of a series of personal prefixes which occur for each person and number, as well as masculine and other in the 3rd person singular only (3rd pl. ''wey-'' is used for both genders). There is also an impersonal prefix ''tśey-'' "someone's" used when the possessor is not known or when speaking generally (e.g. ''tśeyenuuk'' "someone's dog").
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 | ''hey-''
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-! Imp.
+! Ind.
 | colspan="2; | ''tśey-''
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