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Personal pronouns

The personal pronouns are:

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
singular			animate	inanimate
formal	õ	aɕ	ec	uk
informal	ɔ̃	eɕ	uc
plural			animate	inanimate
formal	õnõ	ɛɕɛɕ	ecec	uguk
informal	ɔ̃nɔ̃	eɕeɕ	ucuc

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

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

Le forme di prima e di seconda persona e le forme di terza persona animata distinguono, inoltre, una forma utilizzata in contesti formali, o di cortesia. Tali forme derivano da forme pronominali dette reali, ossia destinate nel contesto in cui ci si rivolga ad una persona di rango superiore, e in tal modo utilizzate nel primo periodo medio. Nel corso del tempo il loro uso si è formalizzato in una distinzione di formalità e informalità.

(Throughout this grammar in examples the informal forms are primarily used, since they are regarded as the most familiar in the spoken language.)

For the 1^st 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 gü, play the role of an indeclinable possessive pronoun, being placed after a demonstrative pronominal form.

osã gö̃ vuɣner nuvɔ uc gü eʂeʂ
my father saw yours