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Pronouns in Akbiekdi.
All pronouns in Akbiekdi end with -se.
 
Pronouns are made plural by adding -k to the end of the word.
 
Pronouns are made possessive by adding er- to the beginning of the word.


These are the personal pronouns:

mase			I, me
kase			you
lase 			he, she, it, him, her
masek			we, us
kasek			you, plural
lasek			they, them

kase kries mase		I love you
lasek junes masek	we know them


These are their respective possessives:

ermase			my, mine
erkase			your, yours
erlase			his, her, hers, its
ermasek			our, ours
erkasek			your, yours
erlasek			their, theirs

fero ermase ges kase	you are my friend
nifro elase ares lase	he follows his cat


These are demonstrative pronouns:

dese			this, these
vese			that, those

kumo ges dese		this is the lake
ferok erlase ges vese	those are his friends


These are interrogative pronouns:

nese?			what?
nelse?			who?
nense?			which?
nerse?			how?
netse?			how many?
nepse?			how much?
neise?			where?
nekse?			when?

napse ges dese?		how much is this?
nelse ges dese?		who is that?


These are relative pronouns:

Some relative pronouns are formed by adding te- to the interroagtive forms:

tenese			that
tenelse			who, the one who
tenense			whose
tenerse			how
teneise			there
teineise		where
tenekse			when

kase ploes mogein tenelse ges mase	I am the one who saw you earlier
teneise xises lase			he lives there


These are indefinite pronouns:

helise			everything
merise			everyone
kiise			all
madse			each
hekruse			something
koinse			not much, little
utse			few
sepse			enough
talase			not enough
popse			such a
ianse			all kinds of
nidese			someone
ense			nothing
olse			no one
kise, kise..		either, or...
lise, lise..		neither, nor...
zannase			many
devse			several
igse			both


Practice the following:

ermase naro		my room
erlase fero		his, her, its friend

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