Ergative | Absolutive | Adpositive | Genitive | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | oä | oän | oa | oännes |
2nd | ëlo | ëhlën | ëlö | ëlonnes |
A distinctive attribute of the language is its 3rd person pronouns, or rather its lack of them strictly speaking. Instead, its demonstrative pronouns are used for the same purpose for the most part.
Ergative | Absolutive | Adpositive | Genitive | |
---|---|---|---|---|
`This' | ërë | ëlen | ëre | ërës |
`That' | ahl | al | ähl | ahlett |
`Yonder' | nä | nän | na | nälles |
The noun äsö (thing, entity, individual, person) is often used as an impersonal pronoun.