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Pronouns

These are words like I, you, he, she, and so on.

• me - I, me
• tu - you (use this with a friend)
• vu - you (use this with a person you don't know)
• ilu or il - he, him
• elu or el - she, her
• olu or ol - it
• lu - he, she or it. Can be used in place of il(u), el(u) or ol(u), e. g. when gender is not known or not relevant.
• ni - we, us
• vi - you (plural of vu or tu)
• ili - they, them (when speaking only of males)
• eli - they, them (when speaking only of females)
• oli - they, them (when speaking only of inanimate things)
• li - they (plural of lu, can be used to replace, and usually does so, ili, eli or oli)
• onu or on - one, like in the sentence "One never knows".
• su - oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves.

Ownership

Just put an -a on the end to show ownership.

• mea - my, mine
• tua - your, yours (one person, a friend)
• vua - your, yours (one person)
• ilua - his
• elua - her, hers
• olua - its
• lua - his, her, hers, its
• nia - our, ours
• via - your, yours (more than one person)
• ilia - their, theirs (of males)
• elia - their, theirs (of females)
• olia - their, theirs (of inanimate things)
• lia - their, theirs
• onua - one's
• sua - one's own, his own, her own, its own, their own.

Examples

• Ol esas mea libro. - it is my book.
• Ni havas libro. - we have a book.
• El havas sua ucelo. - she has her (own) bird.
• El havas elua ucelo. - she has her (some other girl's) bird.
• Me ne flugis. - I didn't fly.

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