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Pronouns

Personal pronouns

The personal pronouns in Panglobish are:

Person Singular Plural
1st mi (I) wi (we)
2nd tu (you) yu (you all)
3rd he (he or she) de (they)

All personal pronouns are gender-neutral in Panglobish. We don't differentiate the sexes in any of them. So the third person singular pronoun he means both him and her (or he and she).

The singular pronoun tu can be used in all situations, both formal and informal, regardless of the differences of social status and age of the speakers. In this way it is similar to Swedish du. However, some speakers may prefer to use tu only with family and intimate friends. Then its usage is comparable to German du, French tu, Russian ты (ty) and Hindi .

It is always acceptable to use the plural pronoun yu instead of the singular pronoun tu.

Possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns are made simply by combining a basic pronoun with the possessive marker 's.

Person Singular Plural
1st mi's (my) wi's (our)
2nd tu's (your) yu's (your)
3rd he's (his or her) de's (their)

Interrogative pronouns

wa what
hu who
hu's whose

Demonstrative pronouns

The demonstrative pronouns are the same as the definite articles:
da this, that
di these, those

As they do not differentiate between near and far, they can be further qualified by adding hir (here) or der (there).

da hir haus = this house
di hir haus = these houses
da der haus = that house
di der haus = those houses