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Personal pronouns

The personal pronouns are:

1st person
2nd person
3rd person
singular
human
animate
inanimate
ɔn
ucmi
uc
ucɑ
plural
inclusive
exclusive
human
animate
inanimate
ɔneš
ɔnɔn
ešeš
ucumi
ucuc
ucucɑ

Unlike any other elements of the sentence, the personal pronouns compulsorily distinguish the number singular from the plural.

In the 3rd person, a triple distinction is made. There are, actually, three forms, referring respectively to either human beings, animated beings or inanimate entities.

For the 1st plural person, two forms are distinguished. The first form is called the first inclusive plural person, which includes both the speaker and the listener, while the second form is called the first exclusive plural person, which includes the speaker but excludes the listener.

All forms, if adjoined by the preposition koː, play the role of an indeclinable possessive adjective, being placed after a noun, or the role of indeclinable possessive pronoun, being placed after a demonstrative pronominal form.

buːgnez ŋuh ʐanhan koː eʂeʂ roshan koː ɔn
my father saw your mother
buːgnez ŋuh uʈ koː eʂeʂ roshan koː ɔn
my father saw yours