Mirandese:Pronouns

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This page details pronouns in Mirandese.

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Personal pronouns

Subject Direct object Indirect object (Prep. +) obj. Reflexive
1st-person singular you me me mi me
2nd-person singular tu te te ti te
3rd-person singular (masculine) el lo, l le el, si se
3rd-person singular (feminine) eilha la le eilha, si se
1st-person plural nós mos mos nós mos
2nd-person plural bós bos bos bós bos
3rd-person plural (masculine) eilhes les, los le, les eilhes, si se
3rd-person plural (feminine) eilhas las le, les eilhas, si se



Examples:

Tu quieres ir a Miranda manhana? Si, you quiero.
Do you want to go to Miranda tomorrow? Yes, I want.

Anton bemo-mos adespuis.
See you (lit. “we see ourselves”) later then.


Indirect object pronoun + Direct object pronoun

Masc. sg. obj. Fem. sg. obj. Masc. pl. obj. Fem. pl. obj.
1st-person singular me-lo me-la me-los me-las
2nd-person singular te-lo te-la te-los te-las
3rd-person singular le-lo / lo le-la / la le-los / los le-las / las
1st-person plural mos-lo mos-la mos-los mos-las
2nd-person plural bos-lo bos-la bos-los bos-las
3rd-person plural le-lo le-la le-los le-las



Examples:

Tu deste-le ls lhibros. Tu deste-le-los.
You gave him the books. You gave them to him.

Hoije cumprei-te miel. Cumprei-te-lo hoije.
Today I bought you honey. I bought it (to you) today.


Notice that in oral language when referring to something related to 3rd-person singular or plural the “le-lo/le-la/le-los/le-las” form is always changed to “-lo/-las/-los/-las”. Ex: Instead of “Cumprei-le-lo”, “Cumprei-lo” is the used form.

In 3rd person singular and plural prepositioned forms are also used. Ex: A quien pediste l denheiro? – Pedi-lo a el.
Who did you ask the money? – I asked him (for it).


Personal pronouns with the preposition "cun" (with)

Singular Plural
1st-person cumigo cun nós
2nd-person cuntigo cun bós
3rd-person cun el, cun eilha cun eilhes, cun eilhas



Examples:

Ben cumigo.
Come with me.

Tu fuste cun eilha.
You went with her.



Possessive pronouns

Masc. sg. Fem. sg. Masc. pl. Fem. pl.
1st-person singular miu mie mius mies
2nd-person singular tou tue tous tues
3rd-person singular sou sue sous sues
1st-person plural nuôsso nuôssa nuôssos nuôssas
2nd-person plural buôsso buôssa buôssos buôssas
3rd-person plural sou sue sous sues



Examples:

L miu lhibro.
My book.

La nuôssa tierra.
Our land.


In 3rd person singular and plural the possessive pronoun is also used with the preposition "de" (of) to indicate possession:


Masculine Fememine
3rd-person singular del deilha
3rd-person plural deilhes deilhas



Examples:

You dei-le l lhibro que era del.
I gave him the book that was his. (that belonged to him)



Demonstrative pronouns

I sg. I pl. II sg. II pl. III sg. III pl.
Masculine este estes esse esses aquel, lo, l aqueilhes, los, ls
Feminine esta estas essa essas aqueilha, la aqueilhas, las
Neuter esto - esso - aqueilho, l aqueilho -



Examples:

este eiqui.
It’s this one here.

Aqueilhas casas.
Those houses.

Nun sei esso.
I don’t know that.



Indefinite pronouns

Variable forms

Masc. sg. Fem. sg. Masc. pl. Fem. pl.
un ũa uns ũas
algun algũa alguns algũas
ningun/niun ningũa/niũa ninguns/niuns ningũas/niũas
todo toda todos todas
outro outra outros outras
ciêrto ciêrta ciêrtos ciêrtas
qualquiêra qualquiêra qualesquiêra qualesquiêra
muito muitas muitos muitas
pouco pouca poucos poucas
tanto tanta tantos tantas
tal tal tales tales
- - bários bárias


Invariable forms

Algo, alguien, cada, demás, más/mais, menos, nada, naide, todo.


Relative and interrogative pronouns

Variable forms

Quanto, quanta, quantos, quantas; qual, quales.


Invariable forms

Que, quien.

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