6.2.1. The Personal pronouns of the first person are eg, I, we, we; of the second person, tu, thou or you, ju, you. The personal pronouns of the third person - he, she, it, they - are wanting in Europaio, an anaphoric (or even a demonstrative) being used instead.
NOTE. IE III had no personal pronouns for the third person, like most of its early dialects. For that purpose, a demonstrative was used instead. It is this system the one used in Europaio; although no unitary form was chosen in IE III times, the general pattern (at least in the European or Northern dialects) is obvious.
6.2.3. The Personal Pronouns (Non-Reflexive) are declined as follows:
FIRST PERSON
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Singular eg-, me- |
Plural we-, ns- |
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NOM. |
eg, I |
wei, we; we |
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ACC. |
me, me |
nos, nsme, us |
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GEN |
mene, mei, of me |
nso, of us |
|
OBL. |
meghi, moi |
nsmei, nsmi |
SECOND PERSON
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Singular tu-, te- |
Plural ju-, ws- |
|
NOM. |
tu, thou |
ju, you |
|
ACC. |
te, thee |
wos, usme, you |
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GEN |
tewe, tei, of thee |
juso, of you |
|
OBL. |
tebhi, toi |
usmei, usmi |
For the Personal Pronouns of the third person singular and plural the demonstrative i is used. See §6.5 for more details on its use and inflection.
a. The plural we is often used for the singular eg; the plural ju can also be so used for the singular tu. Both situations happen usually in formal contexts.
b. The forms nso, juso, etc., can be used partitively:
oinosqiqe nso, each one of us.
juso omniom, of all of you
c. The genitives mei, tei, nso, juso, are chiefly used objectively:
es mnamon nso, be mindful of us