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===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
====Personal==== | ====Personal==== | ||
Personal pronouns exist for each person in the singular and plural, | 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. | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | ||
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! rowspan="2;" | | ! rowspan="2;" | | ||
! colspan="2;" | Singular | ! colspan="2;" | Singular | ||
! | ! colspan="2;" | Plural | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="width: 100px" | Subject | |||
! style="width: 100px" | Object | |||
! style="width: 100px" | Subject | ! style="width: 100px" | Subject | ||
! style="width: 100px" | Object | ! style="width: 100px" | Object | ||
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| ''mi'' | | ''mi'' | ||
| ''nu'' | | ''nu'' | ||
| ''ni'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
! 2 | ! 2 | ||
| ''tu'' | | ''tu'' | ||
| ''ti'' | | ''ti'' | ||
| ''pu'' | | ''pu'' | ||
| ''pi'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
! 3m | ! 3m | ||
| colspan="2;" | ''lu'' | | colspan="2;" | ''lu'' | ||
| ''li'' | | colspan="2;" | ''li'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 3f | ! 3f | ||
| colspan="2;" | ''la'' | | colspan="2;" | ''la'' | ||
| ''le'' | | colspan="2;" | ''le'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Refl. | ! Refl. | ||
| | |||
| ''si'' | |||
| | | | ||
| ''si'' | |||
|} | |} | ||
The subject pronouns are used as the subject of a verb | 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: | The object pronouns are used in the following ways: | ||
* as the direct object of a verb | * 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 | * following prepositions, e.g. ''ku '''mi''''' "with me", ''pel '''pu''''' "for you". | ||
The reflexive pronoun can only be used | The reflexive pronoun can only be used following prepositions, e.g. ''lakant ku '''si''''' "she sings to herself". | ||
====Relative==== | ====Relative==== |
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