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Pronouns

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

	Singular							Plural						Reflexive	Indefinite
	First	Second		Third				First	Second	Third
		Familiar	Formal	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Pan-Gender			Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Pan-Gender
Ido	me	tu	vu	il(u)	el(u)	ol(u)	lu	ni	vi	ili	eli	oli	li	su	on(u)
English	I, me	thou (archaic)	you	he, him	she, her	it	they, them (singular), he, she, it	we, us	you (plural)	they, them (males only)	they, them (females only)	they, them (inanimate or sex-indeterminate only)	they, them	oneself, himself, herself, etc.	one

Formal vs Familiar: the formal second person singular pronoun (vu) should be used for those you are not friendly with or somebody who holds higher authority than you, whereas the familiar (tu) should be used amongst friends and equals.

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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