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Lesson 6| Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

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).

High Valyrian has two third person personal pronouns: ziry, for lunar and solar nouns and ūja, for terrestrial and aquatic nouns. Generally, ziry is used for animates and ūja for inanimates. This linguistic feature is useful for sentences where you are keeping track of two generic participants like the following example of one who had something stolen and a thief: "he (ūja) stole property from him (ziry), he (ziry) will have his property returned and for him (ūja), the punishment is death."

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 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 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
Comitative ynoma with me aōma with you zijomy with him/her/it joma with him/her/it īloma with us jemme with y'all pōntoma with them
Vocative nykys me aōs you zirys him/her/it ūjus him/her/it īlos us jemys y'all pōntus them

Possessive Adjectives

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

High Valyrian English
ñuha my
aōha your
zȳha his/hers, its
jāha his/hers, its
īlva our
jeva y'alls
pōja their

Reflexive

Singular Plural
Case 1st Person 2nd Person 3nd Person 3nd Person 1st Person 2nd Person 2nd Person
Reflexive nykēla myself aōla youself zirȳla himself/herself/itself jāla himself/herself/itself īlōnda ourselves jemēla y'alls self pōntāla themselves

The reflexive means something like 'myself, yourself, your own' and is used to provide added emphasis to a sentence participant. It declines and is used like like a typical first lunar noun; it may be either a subject or an object per the following examples:

High Valyrian English
Hēzīr, brōza jevi jemēle iderēbilātās. From this day forward, you will choose your own names.
Jemēla zȳhys perzī ondurilāt? Will you take up her flames yourselves?
Nykēla avy ossēninna. I will kill you myself.