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== Relative pronouns ==
== Relative pronouns ==
=== Ke* ===
=== Ke* ===
''Ke*'' is derived from the Latin <span style="font-variant:small-caps">QUOD</span> and means 'that' or 'which'.
''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.''
:''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.
:That, that is, is. That, that is not, is not. Is that it? It is.

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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

General explanation of usage

The dative pronouns (icäte/icätä, duatï/duata/duatïï, et al) are used to replace the indirect object of a sentence. The accusative pronouns are used to replace the direct object of the sentence. The genitive forms are akin to the English terms "of me", "of you", "of him" etc. However, they are not restricted to either the front or the back of the word which is owned. Additionally, they can stand alone and function as the noun forms "mine", "yours", "his" etc. while still literally saying "of me" et al.

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.