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== Demonstrative pronouns ==
== Demonstrative pronouns ==
Near the speaker ("this"): þesämä, þesämi, þesäme
*Near the speaker ("this"): þesämä, þesämi, þesäme
Near the listener ("that"): þasemä, þasemi, þaseme
*Near the listener ("that"): þasemä, þasemi, þaseme
Away from both the speaker and listener ("that over there"): þesemä, þesemi, þeseme
*Away from both the speaker and listener ("that over there"): þesemä, þesemi, þeseme<br />
(Note that the above are only given in the nominative forms and always decline regularly)
(Note that the above are only given in the nominative forms and always decline regularly)



Revision as of 21:30, 11 November 2005

Personal pronouns

Nordaþ language

Pronunciation
Writing system
Grammar

Here is a list of personal pronouns in the most common usages. The next section explains their usage.

Subject ("Nominative case")

  • ice/icä, duï/dua/duïï, oicen, veren, ïren, erä, sie, leci, läcen

Object ("Accusative case")

  • iceite/iceitä, duïïtï/duïïta/duïïtïï, oiceiten, vereiten, ïreiten, ereitä, sieite, leceiti, läceiten

Indirect Object ("Dative case")

  • icäte/icätä, duatï/duata/duatïï, oicäten, veräten, ïräten, erätä, siäte, lecäti, läcäten

Possessive ("Genitive case")

  • icise/icisä, duïsï/duïsa/duïsïï, oicisen, verisen, ïrisen, erisä, siisen, lecisi, läcisen

Pronouns can be declined in other ways, as well: Refer to Nordaþ noun cases

Demonstrative pronouns

  • Near the speaker ("this"): þesämä, þesämi, þesäme
  • Near the listener ("that"): þasemä, þasemi, þaseme
  • Away from both the speaker and listener ("that over there"): þesemä, þesemi, þeseme

(Note that the above are only given in the nominative forms and always decline regularly)

Relative pronouns

Ke*

Ke* is derived from the Latin QUOD and means 'that' or 'which'.

Þäsemi, kei senoiþ, senoiþ. Þäsemi, kei nänsenoiþ, nänsenoiþ. Senoiþ þäsemi esi? Esi senoiþ.
That, that is, is. That, that is not, is not. Is that it? It is.