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Nouns may be replaced in some sentences and phrases by another class of words called pronouns. A pronoun usually refers back to a noun that has been identified in previous context. Pronouns functioning this way, unlike nouns, do not require determiners, with the exception of the reflexive pronoun selpe. Some pronouns may also be used as adjectives in limiting nouns; these are called pronominal adjectives, and are discussed below in the section on adjectives. There are seven different categories of pronouns in Adelic.

1. Personal Pronouns

There are eight personal pronouns, each with a separate form for subject or object.

1st person singular	ech, më	I, me
2nd person singular	dü, dech	you
3rd person singular
Masculine	gï, gimme	he, him
Feminine	skä, giir	she, her
Neuter	izz, gizz	it
1st person plural	viiz, unz	we, us
2nd person plural	gü, yyw	you
3rd person plural	dai, dæmme	they, them

2. Possessive Pronouns

There are also eight possessive pronouns, but with only one form each.

1st person singular	miin	mine
2nd person singular	duurn	yours
3rd person singular
Masculine	gimmn	his
Feminine	giirn	hers
Neuter	gizzn	its
1st person plural	unzrn	ours
2nd person plural	yyrn	yours
3rd person plural	dærrn	theirs

3. Demonstrative Pronouns

A demonstrative pronoun points out something and relates its proximity to the speaker. The three demonstrative pronouns have singular and plural forms.

Here	daas, daasr	this, these
Near	daaz, daazr	that, those
Distant	gænne, gænnr	yon, yonder

4. Interrogative Pronouns

Interrogative pronouns are used in asking questions. There are five in Adelic.

Personal	gwä, gwaam	who, whom
Possessive	gwaas	whose
Definite	gwaaz	what
Indefinite	gwalke	which

5. Relative Pronouns

Relative pronouns introduce subordinate clauses. There are four relative pronouns in Adelic.

Personal	gwä	who
Definite	daaz	that
Indefinite	gwalke	which
Common	gwaaz	what

6. Indefinite Pronouns

An indefinite pronoun is peculiar in that it does not refer back to any particular person or thing. There are several in Adelic, all of them the same in the subject or the object.

alln, ælch, ængen, etc.

7. Reflexive Pronoun selpe

The reflexive pronoun selpe always refers back to the subject, and is expressed in either the direct object or indirect object. It always agrees with the subject's identity.

Se gwunde teed jratte de selpe. = The dog scratched itself.
Se jween tä vaazent selpet de parne. = The woman is dressing the child herself.
Summe kummn mooz dänch selpen. = A man must think (for) himself.
Ævr alðer mooz röch ænge selper. = Adults must look after themselves.

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