Pronouns and Demonstratives
Personal pronouns
| Form | Meaning |
|---|---|
ik | I / me |
du | you |
vi | we / us |
han | he / him |
hun | she / her |
det | it |
de | they / them |
Pronouns are invariant for subject and object roles.
han zin ik — he sees meik zin han — I see him
Nouns have no grammatical gender. Gender distinctions exist only semantically in han, hun, and det.
Possessive pronouns
Pronouns take the ordinary possessive -s.
| Base | Possessive |
|---|---|
ik | iks |
du | dus |
vi | vis |
han | hans |
hun | huns |
det | dets |
de | des |
Demonstratives
þis means this / these.þat means that / those.
They are invariant for number and may stand alone.
þis hus — this houseþis husar — these housesik vil þis — I want this
Location words:
hir — hereþar — there