Occitan language: Pronouns

Pronouns (Pronoms)

See the contrastive Table on the Origin of the Pronouns in the modern Romance languages.
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Personal and Reflexive Pronouns (Pronoms Personals e Reflexius)

Num- ber	Person		Subject	Direct Object	Indirect Object
Num- ber	Person		Subject	Direct Object	without preposition	with preposition
Sg.	1^st	mf	ièu I	me (m') me	me to me	a ièu to me
	2^nd	mf	tu you	te (t') you	te to you	a tu to you
	3^rd	m	el he	lo (l') him	li / to him, to her	a el to him
		f	ela she	la (l') her		a ela to her
		n	el it	o it		a el to it
		*reflex.*	--	se him/her/itself	se to him/her/itself	a el to him/herself
Pl.	1^st	m	nosautres / nos we	nos us	nos to us	a nosautres (as) to us
	1^st	f	nosautras / nos we	nos us	nos to us	a nosautres (as) to us
	2^nd	m	vosautres / vos you	vos you	vos to you	a vosautres (as) to you
	2^nd	f	vosautras / vos you	vos you	vos to you	a vosautres (as) to you
	3^rd	m	eles they	los them	li / lor to them	a eles to them
		f	elas they	las them	li / lor to them	a elas to them
		*reflex.*	--	se themselves	se themselves	a se to themselves

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Note: nos and vos, 1st and second person plural subject forms, are polite forms only.
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Possessive Pronouns (Pronoms Possessius)

		*One owner*		*Many owners*
		*Singular*	*Plural*	*Singular*	*Plural*
*1st person*	m	lo mieu	los mieus	lo nòstre	los nòstres
	f	la miá / mieuna	las miás / mieunas	la nòstra	las nòstras
	n	çò mieu	--	çò nòstre	--
*2nd person*	m	lo tieu	los tieus	lo vòstre	los vòstres
	f	la tiá / tieuna	las tiás / tieunas	la vòstra	las vòstras
	n	çò tieu	--	çò vòstre	--
*3rd person*	m	lo sieu	los sieus	lo lor, lo sieu	los lors, los sieus
	f	la siá / sieuna	las siás / sieunas	la lor, la sieuna	las lors, las sieunas
	n	çò sieu	--	çò lor / çò sieu	--

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These forms can also be adjectives, for insistance: lo mieu paire my father.
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Demonstrative Pronouns (Pronoms Demonstratius)

Variable				Invariable (Neuter)
Singular		Plural
Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
aiceste this	aicesta	aicestes	aicestas	aiçò this aquò this, that aquò that
aqueste this / that	aquesta	aquestes	aquestas
aquel that	aquela	aqueles	aquelas
lo de... (1) the one of...	la de	los de	las de
l'autre the other	l'autra	los autres	las autras

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§1. Aquel can es lo de mon paire. That dog is my father's (that of my father): the definite article has retained its original demonstrative value.
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Relative Pronouns (Pronoms Relatius)

Variable				Invariable
Singular		Plural
Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
lo que (he)who	la que	los que	las que	que who , whom qui who, whom
lo qual (he)who	la quala	los quales	las qualas
dont, que whose	dont, que	dont, que	dont, que

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Interrogative Pronouns (Pronoms Interrogatius)

Variable				Invariable
Singular		Plural
Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
qui, qual ? who?		qui, qual ?		que? who? what?
(de) qué? what?		(de) qué?
quant? how much / many?	quanta?	quantes?	quantas?

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Indefinite Pronouns (Pronoms Indefinits)

Variable				Invariable
Singular		Plural
Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
qualqu'un (quauqu'un) somebody	qualqu'una (quauqu'una)	qualques uns (quauques uns) some, few	qualques unas (quauques unas)	òm someone quicòm something
tot all	tota	totes	totas
tant as much	tanta	tantes	tantas
un (some)one, everyone	una	unes	unas
cadun (some)one, everyone	caduna	--	--
qual que siá whoever		qual que sián
que que siá whatever		que que sián

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Negative Pronouns (Pronoms Negatius)

Invariable
Persons	Things
degun nobody	res nothing

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