Pronouns

The genitive of these personal pronouns needs some attention, since there also is a dedicated possessive pronoun (or adjective, since it agrees with the modified noun) that is used for possessive, adjectival usages (as in 'my book'). For other genitive usage, the forms listed above are used, which coincide with the gen.sg. neuter (and masc.) of the possessive pronouns.

The third person pronoun is distinguished by case, gender, and number.

In contrast to 1st and 2nd person pronouns, the genitive of the 3rd person pronoun is also used for possessive, adjectival usages, since there is no dedicated 3rd person possessive pronoun.

This pronoun is never used for referring to the subject of a clause. Instead, the reflexive pronoun is used, which in turn does have a possessive variant.

Used when referring to the subject of a clause. By nature, this lacks a nominative case form.

The reflexive pronoun is used only if referring to a 3rd person subject. For 1st and 2nd persons, the corresponding pronouns are used instead of the pronoun described here.

Note that for possessive, adjectival usage, the reflexive possessive pronoun is used instead of 'sví'.

These pronouns agree with the modified noun in gender, number, and case.

In vocative usage, 'mí' is used instead of *'myr': 'Patir mí!' = 'My father!'.

The reflexive possessive pronoun is used only if referring to a 3rd person subject. For 1st and 2nd persons, the corresponding pronouns are used instead of the pronoun described here.

For referring to 3rd persons different from the subject of the clause, the genitive case of the regular 3rd person pronouns is used.

This pronoun agrees with the modified noun in gender, number, and case.