Pronouns
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The personal pronouns are:
  Nominative Active Possessive
1.Sing. hi hiwa hima
2.Sing. mu muwa muma
3.Sing. ax (masc)
axo (fem)
axwa
axowa
axma
axoma
1.Plur. hill hillwa hillma
2.Plur. mull mullwa mullma
3.Plur. axill axillwa axillma

To make a verb reflexive we add the nominative pronoun, at the end of the verb
Axwa resosax   "He looks at himself"
Hillwa fuali bilikasmu    "We know you well"

Verbs without pronoun or impersonal verbs have no conjugation or pronoun, only the verb itself is used
Xipas    "It is raining"
Lapos   "It is snowing"

The pronoun for emphasis is the word rekri and is used as a suffix of the noun they affect
Axwa axmarekri katusi nirfs�    "He is a man secure of himself"
Axowa ruhni axorekri bilgoxi    "She has a lot of self-control"
Mat�rekriwa obe    "The boss himself is here"

Relative pronouns
Oxtal somebody, Loma nobody
Oxtalwa pales    "Somebody is coming"
Hiwa oxtalho pas    "I see somebody"
Lomawa oxe    "Nobody is there"
Axwa lomaho pas    "He did not see anybody"

Oxtul some(thing), Loma nothing
Oxtulho deho biras, muwa?    "Have you eaten something"
Oxtul pak�al akmi xefs�ho xaas, muwa?    "Have you ever (anytime) read this book?"
Lomawa oxe    "There is nothing here"
Axowa lomaho goas    "She did not bring anything"

Interrogative pronouns
Ba?    "What?"
Ba akmi?    "What is this?"
Ba makes, muwa?    "What did you say?"

Ba? "How?"
Ba akmi nokas, muwa?    "How do you do that?"

Ba rames? "How long (measurement)?"
Ba rames, ruaj�wa? "What are the measurements of this furniture?"

Ba fakos? "How much weight?"
Ba fakos, elepas�wa?    "What much does an elephant weight?"

Ba mekmolkos? "What distance?"
Ba mekmolkos A makma B nokmo?    "What's the distance from A to B?"

Ba foxas?    "How much (value)?"
Ba foxas akmiwa?    "How much is this?"

Bakas?/Oba?    "Why?"
Bakas liobe, axwa?    "Why is he not here?"
Oba akmi makes, muwa?    "Why do you say that"

Bual? "Who?"
Bualwa obe?    "Who is here?"
Bualwa niholmak pales?    "Who came yesterday"

Bualma? "Whose?"
Bualma kirfsas�?    "Whose hat is this?"

Bualho? "To whom?"
Bualho nojos, axowa?    "To whom did she talk?"

Milma? "Where?"
Milma pepes, muwa?    "Where do you live?"
Milma pales, muwa?    "Where are you going?"

Buolmi? "When?"
Buolmi xatos, axwa?    "When did he come?"
Buolmi muma, olepaskos�wa?    "When is your birthday?"

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