Pronouns

Evvānsk has pronouns which are inflected for number, case, and gender (in the 3rd person). The pronouns follow a fairly simple pattern, and there is a distinction between formal and informal in the 2nd person.

First, the nominative pronouns:

Person	Singular	Plural
1st	ič	čov
2nd	eð, jei	þor, jov
3rd	he, šeo, kjo	fjor, šeov, fjor

Next, the accusative pronouns:

Person	Singular	Plural
1st	ičum	čfimm
2nd	eðum, jeium	þorimm, jovimm
3rd	heom, šeom, kjom	fjorimm, šeovimm, fjorimm

And the dative pronouns:

Person	Singular	Plural
1st	ičen	čfen
2nd	eðen, jeien	þoren, joven
3rd	hen, šeon, kjon	fjoren, šeoven, fjoren

Finally, we have the genitive pronouns, also known as possessive pronouns.

Person	Singular	Plural
1st	minn	finn
2nd	þinn, jinn	þorinn, jovinn
3rd	hinn, šenn, kjinn	fir, xir, fir

These genitive pronouns take endings based on the case of their referent. However, they decline slightly differently from normal case declinations. These pronouns are used only for the actual pronominal forms of the words, not for the adjectival forms. Adjectival forms do not decline on their own, but their referent takes the indefinite declination. For example, 'my dog' accusative plural would be minn hundjovm, not minvimm hundvimm (though that form isn't strictly wrong, it's more poetic and not used in normal language).

Person	Nom.Sg	Acc.Sg	Dat.Sg	Gen.Sg	Nom.Pl	Acc.Pl	Dat.Pl	Gen.Pl
1st Sing	minn	minnum	minnen	minnor	minv	minvimm	minven	minvor
2nd Fr	þinn	þinnum	þinnen	þinnor	þinv	þinvimm	þinven	þinvor
2nd Pol	jinn	jinnum	jinnen	jinnor	jinv	jinvimm	jinven	jinvor
3rd Masc	hinn	hinnum	hinnen	hinnor	hinv	hinvimm	hinven	hinvor
3rd Fem	šenn	šennum	šennen	šennor	šenv	šenvimm	šenven	šenvor
3rd Neut	kjinn	kjinnum	kjinnen	kjinnor	kjinv	kjinvimm	kjinven	kjinvor
1st Plur	finn	finnum	finnen	finnor	finv	finvimm	finven	finvor
2nd Plur Fr	þorinn	þorinnum	þorinnen	þorinnor	þorinv	þorinvimm	þorinven	þorinvor
2nd Plur Pol	jovinn	jovinnum	jovinnen	jovinnor	jovinv	jovinvimm	jovinven	jovinvor
3rd Plur Masc	fir	firum	firen	firor	fīrv	fīrvimm	fīrven	fīrvor
3rd Plur Fem	xir	xirum	xiren	xiror	xīrv	xīrvimm	xīrven	xīrvor
3rd Plur Neut	fir	firum	firen	firor	fīrv	fīrvimm	fīrven	fīrvor

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