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! 3SG masc.
! 3SG masc.
| colspan=2 | ai || -ir || rowspan=2 | ii || rowspan=2 | èu
| colspan=2 | ai || -ir || rowspan=2 | ii || rowspan=2 | eu
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! 3SG femm
! 3SG femm
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| — || se || -is, -s || sìu || su, sia, siiot
| — || se || -is, -s || sìu || su, sia, siiot
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Note that the 3SG masculine accusative atonic ''eu'' and the possessive ''èu'' are both /ew/: the grave accent just disambiguates them in writing.


The atonic accusative form is regularly used after verbs:
The atonic accusative form is regularly used after verbs:
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Similarly, the reflexive possessive is mandatory for third person subjects; however, it is (prescriptively) not used in the first and second (except for, notably, the contemporary dialects of Tingis and far northern Mauritania):
Similarly, the reflexive possessive is mandatory for third person subjects; however, it is (prescriptively) not used in the first and second (except for, notably, the contemporary dialects of Tingis and far northern Mauritania):
* ''ai uii su padir'' "he sees his own father"
* ''ai uii su padir'' "he sees his own father"
* ''ai uii èu padir'' "he sees his (someone else's)/her father"
* ''ai uii eu padir'' "he sees his (someone else's)/her father"
* ''me uig mu padir'' "I see my father"; ''me uig èu padir'' "I see his/her father"; ''me uig su padir'' (<small>TING.</small>) "I see my father"
* ''me uig mu padir'' "I see my father"; ''me uig eu padir'' "I see his/her father"; ''me uig su padir'' (<small>TING.</small>) "I see my father"


Prepositions (both merging and free-standing) require the tonic accusative after them:
Prepositions (both merging and free-standing) require the tonic accusative after them:
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