Pronouns of Eleiar

III.2.2 Pronouns
1.) personal pronouns
The personal pronoun is declined similar to a noun.

	1. person	2. person	3. person
			masc.	fem.
nominative	*nor*	*aion*	*acos*	*ocos*
genitive	ná	*aiá*	*aca*	*oca*
dative	nó	*aió*	*ace*	*oce*
accusative	*norach*	*aiách*	*acach*	*ocach*
locative	*nán*	*aián*	*acan*	*ocan*
partitive	nú	*aiú*	*acu*	*ocu*

	4. person	5. person	6. person
			.
nominative	*thures*	*lis*	*hos*
genitive	*thuas*	*lias*	*hás*
dative	*thús*	*lés*	*hós*
accusative	*thuachis*	*liachis*	*hóchis*
locative	*thuanes*	*lianes*	*hánes*
partitive	*thus*	*lios*	*hús*

2.) possessive pronouns
The possessive is derived from the pronoun by using the ending -ma and is declined like a noun: As with nouns, so here also, the gender particle is used:

1. person	*a noma, o noma*	2. person	*ar aima, on aima*	3. person	*a cama, o cama*
4. person	*a thuma, o thuma*	5. person	*a lima, o lima*	6. person	*a homa, o homa*

3.) demonstrative pronoun:

The demonstrative has two grades: cin (this) and tulo (that). In single usage the gender particle stands before the pronoun; e.g. a cin (this), o tulo (that, female). When accompanied by a noun, the gender particle is moved in front of both words; e.g. a cin indar (this hunter). Demonstratives decline like nouns.

Deklination:
a) cin (this)

	singular	plural
nominative	*cin*	*cinis*
genitive	*cina*	*cinas*
dative	*cine*	*cines*
accusative	*cinach*	*cinachis*
locative	*cinan*	*cinanis*
partitive	*cinu*

b) tula (that)

	singular	plural
nominative	*tula*	*tulas*
genitive	*tulá*	*tulás*
dative	*tuló*	*tulós*
accusative	*tulách*	*tuláchis*
locative	*tulán*	*tulánis*
partitive	*tulú*

From rarely used forms of Eleiar and of the daughter languages we can deduce two further demonstrative roots: Thus CHE (this) from a chá indareo (this hunter, however) and the later article achar (the); and FIN (that) from eastern-elven efna (the).

4.) interrogative pronouns;
Like in many other languages the interrogative and the relative pronouns are closely related in Eleiar. The relative root AN becomes the interrogative anu? (who?) when combined with the question-particle -U. It declines like a pronouns, but only possesses singular forms:

nominative	genitive	dative	accusative	locative	partitive
*anu?*	*anua?*	*anú*	*anuach*	*anuan*	*anu*

5.) relative pronoun
The relative an is declined like a pronoun. It can also be attached to the verb to take object position; e.g. lamanai (whom you see).
To distinguish the genders again the particle is used; e.g. Lamai galusach, ar an... (You see the father, who...) This however is used only when the reference is unclear (in our case it should read Lamai galusach, an...).

	singular	plural
nominative	an	*anis*
genitive	*ana*	*anas*
dative	*ane*	*anes*
accusative	*anach*	*anachis*
locative	*anan*	*ananis*
partitive	*anu*

6.) indefinite pronoun:
The indefinite pronoun uca (someone, somebody) seems to be a compound when looking at the syllable structure of Eleiar; maybe from the interrogative particle and the demonstrative pronoun. Counterpart of uca is tica (nobody, noone, derived from the negation TI). Other indefinites are hén (everybody) and tihén (nobody).
Indefinites decline like the other pronouns and can be used as an adjective and as a noun; e.g. ar uca, an... (someone who...); ar ucó indaré, an... (some hunter, who...).