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Genitive and short accusative pronouns can be used as verbal clitics denoting a pronominal object; the clitic precedes the verb unless the verb is in the imperative. The genitive/dative clitic comes before the accusative clitic. A pronominal object may be "doubled" by a clitic for emphasis like in Balkan or Romance languages. | Genitive and short accusative pronouns can be used as verbal clitics denoting a pronominal object; the clitic precedes the verb unless the verb is in the imperative. The genitive/dative clitic comes before the accusative clitic. A pronominal object may be "doubled" by a clitic for emphasis like in Balkan or Romance languages. | ||
Pronouns are found in all three persons and all three numbers. The original 1st person dual-plural pronoun, {{recon|''naħnā''}}/{{recon|''naħnū''}} was reinterpreted as two different pronouns, each with its respective number ending: hence 1st person dual ''nahna'' < {{recon|''naħnā''}} and 1st person plural ''nahne'' < {{recon|''naħnū''}}. There is, in addition, a 2nd person polite pronoun ''ǫtmes''. The origin of the ''-s'' suffix is unknown, but is speculated to be a directive {{recon|''-š''}} (~ Hebrew ''-âh'') added to the 2nd person plural. | Pronouns are found in all three persons and all three numbers. The original 1st person dual-plural pronoun, {{recon|''naħnā''}}/{{recon|''naħnū''}} was reinterpreted as two different pronouns, each with its respective number ending: hence 1st person dual ''nahna'' < {{recon|''naħnā''}} and 1st person plural ''nahne'' < {{recon|''naħnū''}}. There is, in addition, a 2nd person polite pronoun ''ǫtmes''. The origin of the ''-s'' suffix is unknown, but is speculated to be a directive {{recon|''-š''}} (~ Hebrew ''-âh'') added to the 2nd person plural. ''Ǫtmes'' takes plural agreement. | ||
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