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Lesson 6| Pronouns

Personal Pronouns in English

Pronouns are nouns which are used instead of another noun ('pro', in place of 'noun', noun.)

There are three categories of pronouns which are divided up into persons: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. In addition, pronouns can be singular or plural. They are declined like all other nouns.

Person	Singular	Plural
1st	I	we
2nd	you, thou	you (all)
3rd	he/she/it	they

Table of Personal Pronouns in all of their cases: I, you, he/she/it, we, y'all, they

Note: you is the singular of the plural y'all - useful for distinguishing you (singular) from you (plural)

	Singular								Plural
Case	1st Person		2nd Person		3nd Person		3nd Person		1st Person		2nd Person		2nd Person
Nominative	nyke	I	ao	you	ziry	he/she/it	ūja	he/she/it	īlon	we	jeme	y'all	pōnta	they
Accusative	yne	me	avy	you	ziry	he/she/it	ūī	he/she/it	īlōn	us	jemī	y'all	pōnte	them
Genitive	yno	of me	aō	of you	zijo	of him/her/it	ūō	of him/her/it	īlo	of us	jemo	of y'all	pōnto	of them
Dative	ynot	for me	aōt	for you	zijot	for him/her/it	ūjōt	for him/her/it	īlot	for us	jemot	for y'all	pōntot	for them
Locative	nykē	on me	aō	on you	zirȳ	on him/her/it	ūjā	on him/her/it	īlō	on us	jemē	on y'all	pōntā	on them
Instrumental	ynoma	with me	aōma	with you	zijosy	with him/her/it	josa	with him/her/it	īloma	with us	jemme	with y'all	pōntosa	with them

Nota Bene: the genitive is used in certain phrases like:

1. memor nostrī, mindful of us
2. paucī vestrum, a few of you.

For the possessive uses (my sister, your bicycle) sometimes uses the possessive adjectives:

Latin	English
meus, mea, meum	my
tuus, tua, tuum	thy
suus, sua, suum	his/hers, its, their
noster, nostra, nostrum	our
vester, vestra, vestrum	your
Pater noster	Our father