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====Pronouns====
====Pronouns====
=====Personal Pronouns=====
=====Personal Pronouns=====
There are only 3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_pronouns personal pronouns] in Gomah, divided along the category of person.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural Plurality], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deixis deixis], and other concepts are either left to implication or other structures.
There are only 3 [[w:Personal_pronouns|personal pronouns]] in Gomah, divided along the category of person.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural Plurality], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deixis deixis], and other concepts are either left to implication or other structures.


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* the Plural 2nd person comes with some caveats.  It does not indicate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E2%80%93V_distinction T-V distinctions] like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language French]'s ''tu'' and ''vous'' do.  It also carries the nuance that the other person not being addressed (the ''noo'') is absent or not present to the discourse; however, if it is needed for absolute clarity, the 3rd person may be present, but this usage is seen as odd at best and typically wrong.
* the Plural 2nd person comes with some caveats.  It does not indicate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E2%80%93V_distinction T-V distinctions] like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language French]'s ''tu'' and ''vous'' do.  It also carries the nuance that the other person not being addressed (the ''noo'') is absent or not present to the discourse; however, if it is needed for absolute clarity, the 3rd person may be present, but this usage is seen as odd at best and typically wrong.
====Possesion====
====Possesion====
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_%28linguistics%29 Possession] is shown by directly preposing pronouns before the possessum.  For Example:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_%28linguistics%29 Possession] is shown by directly preposing pronouns before the possessum.  For Example:

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