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Personal pronouns
Personal pronouns display a marked dichotomy between the forms in the nominative case and the forms in the accusative and oblique cases. Both forms have two different roots, exhibiting thus a mixed declension.
| ort | ert | oht | ortũ | ertũ | ohtũ | |
| it | nwet | fet | õt | nwẽt | fẽt | |
| iš | nweš | feš | õš | nwẽš | fẽš |
There are, however, several possible alternative forms:
| nwe | nwẽš | |||||
| je/oš | ňe | õšũ | nwešũ |
The alternative forms are regarded as obsolete and they are used in modern texts only in religious texts, in intentionally archaizing texts and in some set expressions. They may be also found in colloquial language, with a sense of solemnity or irony. It can be noticed that every speaker is well aware of these alternative forms, but their usage is steadily declining (except in some peripheral dialect, where their usage can be prevailing over the standard forms).
The forms for the oblique case can be used alone, without any prepositions, conveying the meaning of the indirect object. When used alone, the forms for the direct and indirect object tend to be placed before the conjugated verb in the sentence. Their positioning after the verb is regarded as a marked position.
Examples:
owtu he æs owf loʎiɸjiθu I didn't see him
owtu he owf loʎiɸjiθu æs As for him, I didn't see him
Anyway, these pronouns are placed after the negative adverb jis.
