Nordaþ pronouns
Personal pronouns
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Pronunciation
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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. They are generally placed in front of any accusative pronouns. The accusative pronouns are used to replace the direct object of the sentence. These are generally put directly before the verb. 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 QVID 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.
Ke* inflects for the gender of the item it is describing and declines as a regular noun in every form.
Ve*
Ve* is derived from the ancient Proto-Germanic χwas, and means 'who'/'whom'. It inflects for number and gender. Ve* can replace ke* when the subject is a person.
Kwis*, Van*, Kwe*
Kwis* means where. Van* signifies when. Kwe* means how.
Location & movement
Like ve*, kwis* can replace ke* when the subject is a location. This expression must utilise the locative case.
- Letjendei, keääti/kwiäätii senie. The place that/where I am at.
Manner
Kwe* can replace ke* when the subject concerns the manner in which something is performed. This expression must utilise the instrumental case.
- Formdei, keþairi/kweþairi ädfiktän. The way that/how you all reacted.
Time
Van* can replace ke* when the subject deals with time. This expression utilises the postpositional case of "during". Van* tends to be used in non-defining clauses, whereas ke* is usually used with defining clauses. However, they are still interchangeable.
- Äugustmïþi, vanmïþïï/kemïþi vekaien häbienäuþ fraidägeiten, byrkdei senfoiþ läuseis. In August, when the people have holidays, the town will be empty.
