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Drempels un Tegels vun’t Neddersassische
(Nedderdüütsche, Plattdüütsche) Building Blocks of Low Saxon (Low German) Personal Pronouns |
Singular | Nominative | Objective | Reflexive | Genitive | |||
Nominative | Objective | ||||||
1st (I) | ik ~ ick | mi(e) | mien | mien(en)* | |||
2nd | fam. (thou) | du | di(e) | dien | dien(en)* | ||
ref. (you) | se | se ~ jem ~ jüm | si(c)k | ehr ~ jemehr ~ jümehr, hö(h)r** | ehr(en) ~ jemehr(en) ~ jümehr(en),* hö(h)r** | ||
3rd | masc. (he) | he | em, hum** | sien | sien(en)* | ||
fem. (she) | se | ehr, hö(h)r** | ehr, hör** | ehr(en),* hör** | |||
neut. (it) | dat | sien | sien(en)* | ||||
Plural | 1st (we) | wi(e) | us ~ uns | us(en) ~ uns(en)* | |||
2nd | fam. (you) | ji(e) | juu(ch), jo** | juun | |||
ref. (you) | se | se ~ jem ~ jüm | si(c)k | ehr ~ jemehr ~ jümehr, hö(h)r** | ehr(en) ~ jemehr(en) ~ jümehr(en),* hö(h)r** | ||
3rd (they) | jem ~ jüm, hö(h)r** | jem ~ jüm ~ si(c)k, hö(h)r** |
* The suffix -(e)n is only used if the possessed object has masculine gender, and this use is optional.
** Italicized forms are specific to the dialects of Eastern Friesland.
*** The original neuter pronoun survives as et or it only in a few dialects, mostly outside the North Saxon group.
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