Pronouns
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Subject
Subject pronouns are used to indicate the person or thing doing the action in the phrase. Subject pronouns match both the perspective and the count of the items they represent. In regards to the count, there are three options: singular, paucal, and plural. The Paucal is for small quantities while the Plural is for large quantities. Not all pronouns have a separate paucal and plural form.
First | second | third (m) | third (f) | third (n) | |
Singular | sa | tū | rē | ri | rō |
Paucal | nu | dū | sē | si | sō |
Plural | sen | sir | son | ||
Plurative (ex) | fo |
Note that (m) denotes male, (f) denotes female, (n) denotes neutral, and (ex) denotes exclusive.
Solanis does not have a pronoun similar to the English “it”. When referring to an animate object, the neutral third person pronoun should be used. When the subject is inanimate, such as a book or the day, no pronoun is used, but the verb is still conjugated in the third person neutral.
Object
Object pronouns are used to replace the indirect object noun and or direct object noun.
Direct Object
The direct object pronouns replace the direct object of the phrase.
First | second | third (m) | third (f) | third (n) | |
Singular | me | te | le | li | vo |
Paucal | ne | de | sayi | ze | vol |
Plural | san | zen | von | ||
Plurative (ex) | fe |
Indirect Object
The indirect object pronouns replace the indirect object of the phrase.
First | second | third (m) | third (f) | third (n) | |
Singular | mer | ter | lera | lira | vora |
Paucal | ner | der | sayar | zera | volar |
Plural | sanar | zenar | vonar | ||
Plurative (ex) | fer |
Possessive
The possessive pronouns replace nouns while showing that the noun is owned.
First | second | third (m) | third (f) | third (n) | |
Singular | saṅ | teṅ | suye | suya | suyo |
Plurative | muṅ | deṅ | seṅ | zaṅ | voṅ |
Plurative (ex) | feṅ |
Demonstrative
Demonstrative pronouns are used in place of a common noun. There are two demonstratives: proximal and distal. These pronouns follow the same implications as the proximal and distal article delimiters.
proximal | distal | |
Pronoun | hesī | jesī |
Others
Reflexive
The reflexive pronoun is used to demonstrate that the subject of the sentence is doing the action to themself
Reflexive | |
Pronoun | ses |
Linking
The linking pronoun is used to reference a clause further in the sentence. The linker pronoun does not change depending on its usage in the sentence.
Linker | |
Pronoun | id |
Secondary
The secondary pronouns are derived by adding “des” before another pronoun. Doing so marks the pronoun as referring to the previous subject marked by context.