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Edievian has personal pronouns for two numbers (since and plural), three persons (first, second, and third), and in the third person, two classes (animate and inanimate).

	SWind element (gender/class)	PUnknown code
1First person (person) speaker, signer, etc; I	gae	gaeb
2Second person (person) addressee (you)	du	dub
3Third person (person) neither speaker nor addressee.ANAnimate (gender/class) alive, moving	le	li
3Third person (person) neither speaker nor addressee.INANInanimate (gender/class) inanimate, sessile	ne	ni

These pronouns are both the nominative and accusative forms; dative and genitive pronouns have separate forms. Also included are the two reflexive pronouns:

	SWind element (gender/class)	PUnknown code
REFLReflexive (valency) argument acts on itself	re	ri

As these are the nominative and accusative pronouns, the pronouns can contract when placed next to each other within a phrase. The full table of contractions can be found here.

[edit] [top]Dative Pronouns

The dative pronouns are eroded contractions of the particles ae and i with the subject pronouns.

	SWind element (gender/class)	PUnknown code
1First person (person) speaker, signer, etc; I	aec	iam
2Second person (person) addressee (you)	aet	iap
3Third person (person) neither speaker nor addressee.ANAnimate (gender/class) alive, moving	ael	ii
3Third person (person) neither speaker nor addressee.INANInanimate (gender/class) inanimate, sessile	aen	in
REFLReflexive (valency) argument acts on itself	aer	ir

[edit] [top]Genitive Pronouns

Genitive pronouns come in two varieties - alienable and inalienable. The distinction between the two types of possession can be read here. The inalienable genitive pronouns are:

	SWind element (gender/class)	PUnknown code
1First person (person) speaker, signer, etc; I	oc	uam
2Second person (person) addressee (you)	ot	uap
3Third person (person) neither speaker nor addressee.ANAnimate (gender/class) alive, moving	ol	ui
3Third person (person) neither speaker nor addressee.INANInanimate (gender/class) inanimate, sessile	on	uin
REFLReflexive (valency) argument acts on itself	or	ur

The alienable pronouns are:

	SWind element (gender/class)	PUnknown code
1First person (person) speaker, signer, etc; I	ac	am
2Second person (person) addressee (you)	at	ap
3Third person (person) neither speaker nor addressee.ANAnimate (gender/class) alive, moving	al	ai
3Third person (person) neither speaker nor addressee.INANInanimate (gender/class) inanimate, sessile	an	ain
REFLReflexive (valency) argument acts on itself	ar	ar

[edit] [top]Relative Pronouns

More information about the use of relative pronouns can be read here. The relative pronouns come in four categories: nominative/accusative (correlating with the subject pronouns), inalienable genitive, alienable genitive, and dative.

Nominative & Accusative
	ANAnimate (gender/class) alive, moving	INANInanimate (gender/class) inanimate, sessile
SGSingular (number) one countable entity	les	nes
PLPlural (number) more than one/few	lis	nis

Genitive (Inalienable)
	ANAnimate (gender/class) alive, moving	INANInanimate (gender/class) inanimate, sessile
SGSingular (number) one countable entity	ols	ons
PLPlural (number) more than one/few	uis	uins

Genitive (Alienable)
	ANAnimate (gender/class) alive, moving	INANInanimate (gender/class) inanimate, sessile
SGSingular (number) one countable entity	als	ans
PLPlural (number) more than one/few	ais	ains

Dative
	ANAnimate (gender/class) alive, moving	INANInanimate (gender/class) inanimate, sessile
SGSingular (number) one countable entity	aels	aens
PLPlural (number) more than one/few	is	ins

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