Afrikaans Pronominal Morphology
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Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns are very similar to Dutch, or any found in any Germanic language. Like most languages which have no case system, there are still remants of an older case system in the personal pronouns. There is a nominative case (subject), an accusative case (object), and a possessive case. (The possessive case is different than the possessive pronouns, which are really adjectives. It is similar to the English "mine", while possessive pronouns [adjectives] are like "my". They have to come before a noun.)
| ---- | 1st Person | 2nd Person (informal/formal) | 3rd Person (masculine/feminine/neuter) |
| Subject | ek | jy/U | hy/sy/dit |
| Object | my | jou/U | hom/haar/dit |
| Possessive | my | jou/U | sy/hare/--- |
| ---- | 1st Person | 2nd Person | 3rd Person |
| Subject/Object | ons | julle/U | hulle |
| Possessive | ons | julle se/U | hulle se |
Demonstrative Pronouns
hierde 'this', daardie 'that'.
Interrogative Pronouns
wie 'who', wat 'what'
Possessive Pronouns
These are actually adjectives, but don't tell anyone. These would be used in a sentence like "this is my cat" (Dit is my kat). Using a possessive case personal pronoun (*Dit is myne kat) would be incorrect and make an Afrikaans speaker laugh at you. There is no case distinction.
| ---- | 1st Person | 2nd Person (informal/formal) | 3rd Person (masculine/feminine) |
| Singular | my | jou/u | sy/haar |
| Plural | ons | julle | hulle |
