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In Aarlaansk there are two impersonal pronouns: | In Aarlaansk there are two impersonal pronouns: | ||
* ''yd'', which mainly corresponds to English "that", is used also to translate "it" when we talk about verbs that haven't got a subject, as in the example ''yd pluft'', "it rains"; | * '''yd''', which mainly corresponds to English "that", is used also to translate "it" when we talk about verbs that haven't got a subject, as in the example ''yd pluft'', "it rains"; | ||
* '''um''', which is used in the impersonal form and substitutes a subject that we don't know or that we don't want to express; it mainly corresponds to English "they" or to passive construction. | * '''um''', which is used in the impersonal form and substitutes a subject that we don't know or that we don't want to express; it mainly corresponds to English "they" or to passive construction. | ||