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=== Pronouns === | === Pronouns === | ||
Personal pronouns | ==== Personal pronouns ==== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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| ī | | ī | ||
| ī<sup>n</sup>s | | ī<sup>n</sup>s | ||
|} | |||
==== Demonstrative pronouns ==== | |||
The third person [[#Personal pronouns|personal pronouns]] are etymologically demonstratives, and may still be used this way. | |||
The language presumably has other demonstratives, but they have yet to be described. | |||
=== Articles === | |||
The definite article is extremely common, and is used in many cases where no article would be used in English. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! colspan=2 | | |||
! m | |||
! n | |||
! f | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=3 | Singular | |||
! Nominative | |||
| sā | |||
| tād | |||
| sī̆ | |||
|- | |||
! Genitive | |||
| colspan = 2 style="text-align: center;" | tah | |||
| tasīs | |||
|- | |||
! Oblique | |||
| tā | |||
| tād | |||
| ti | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=3 | Plural | |||
! Nominative | |||
| tai | |||
| ti | |||
| tis | |||
|- | |||
! Genitive | |||
| colspan=2 style="text-align: center;" | taisam | |||
| tisam | |||
|- | |||
! Oblique | |||
| tā<sup>n</sup>s | |||
| ti | |||
| ti<sup>n</sup>s | |||
|} | |} | ||