Hylian Pronouns

asonEn hilanan

Asonën Hilanan

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of another noun. These are used in the same way as nouns, and can take adjectives as modifiers. Unlike in English and other languages, Hylian pronouns do not change form when they are used as subjects or objects. For example, in English, the first person singular pronoun is I when used as a subject, as in I went home. I is used as a subject. But when used as an object, as in He saw me, it changes from I to me. Hylian pronouns use the same form for subjects and object. The first person singular pronoun is bagu, when used as a subject it is bagu, but when used as an object it is given one of the object particles as in ab bagu and ank bagu. Note that Hylian pronouns usually end in -u. Below is a list of the most common pronouns used in Hylian.

Personal Pronouns

Personal pronouns are the ones most commonly used. Like all pronouns, they take the place of another noun. Personal pronouns are most often used as subjects in sentences, such as I read the book; or as objects, Bob saw me. Unlike in English, Hylian pronouns do not have different forms depending on their function in a sentence. Particles like ab and ank tell if a pronoun is used as a subject or object.

Person	Singular	Translation	Plural	Translation
First	bagu bagu	I	nosu nosu	we
Second	t@u ta�iu	you	vosu vosu	you
Third	Eru ëru	he	iEru iëru	they (masculine)
	sEru sëru	she	siEru siëru	they (feminine)
	ru ru	it	iru iru	they (neutral)
Special note on 3rd person plural:The third person pronouns retain the gender-specific aspects of the older Hylian languages. Most of the time, the pronoun iru is used when referring to a group of people. It can refer to things, or to a mixed group of males and females. Siëru is used for a group of all females, and iëru is used for a group of all males.
Impersonal	riu riu	one, a person
Special note on the impersonal pronoun:This word is technically in the third person category, but it has special uses. It is roughly equivalent to the English use of one or the more colloquial use of you. It is used when making general statements that have no specific person in mind. For example; in formal English: Before one can buy this, he must have enough money; in colloquial English: Before you can buy this, you must have money. Notice that this sentence refers to no one specific, it is refering only to a person who is not named. In Hylian, this sentence would read: Depoto riu panktas ab kirag ru, (riu) sha tëshas ab danre.

Possessive Pronouns

Possessive adjectives are simliar to their adjective counterparts, except that they are not directly modifying anything. They almost always come in the predicate of sentences. This is common in English with words like mine, yours, and theirs. Possessive nouns, like adjectives, have different forms for singular and plural. The possessive pronoun always agrees in number with its antecedent (an antecedent is the word that the pronoun refers to). Note that the plural forms of these pronouns are different than other plural pronous. Most plural pronous have an -i inserted to indicate plurality, possessive adjectives have an -n at the end, much like a noun or adjective.

Person	Singular	Translation	Plural	Translation
First	bagu'su bagu'su	mine	bagu'sun bagu'sun	mine
First	nosu'su nosu'su	ours	nosu'sun nosu'sun	ours
Second	tãu'su ta�iu'su	yours	tãu'sun ta�iu'sun	yours
Second	vosu'su vosu'su	yours	vosu'sun vosu'sun	yours
Third	Eru'su ëru'su	his	Eru'sun ëru'sun	his
	iEru'su iëru'su	theirs	iEru'sun iëru'sun	theirs
	sEru'su sëru'su	hers	sEru'sun sëru'sun	hers
	siEru'su siëru'su	theirs	siEru'sun siëru'sun	theirs
	ru'su ru'su	its	ru'sun ru'sun	its
	iru'su iru'su	theirs	iru'sun iru'sun	theirs
Nouns	kasuto'su Kasuto'su	Kasuto's	kasuto'sun Kasuto'sun	Kasuto's
Nouns	zElda'su Zëlda'su	Zelda's	zElda'sun Zëlda'sun	Zelda's

Examples

bagu'su bagu'su mine	za kursiye t@ras bagu'su. Za kursiye ta�iras bagu'su. This chair is mine.
bagu'sun bagu'sun mine	zatiu lErdEn t@ras bagu'sun. Zatiu lërdën ta�iras bagu'sun. Those books are mine.
iEru'su iëru'su his	taz danre t@ras iEru'su. Taz danre ta�iras iëru'su. The money is his.
iEru'sun iëru'sun his	zatan pankstEn t@ras iEru'sun. Zatan pankstën ta�iras iëru'sun. Those pastries are his.

Relative Pronouns

Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses. A relative clause is a phrase that is set off from the rest of the sentence and it tells more about another word in the sentence (usually a noun or pronoun). Relative clauses are only one of many types of clauses, but they are the most common. Relative clauses can be used as adjectives, nouns, or adverbs. This particular part only deals with the pronouns that introduce relative clauses, the uses of the clauses is discussed in another section.

Pronoun	Translation	Explanation
kwa kwa	that, who, whom, which	This one word serves functions that multiple words do in English. If you're familiar with Spanish, it is used like que. Many times in English, the pronoun is omitted, as in: This is the book (that) I wrote. However, in Hylian the pronoun must be used.
k^ ki�u	whose	Unlike most other pronouns, this word ony has one form regardless of whether it is modifying a singular or plural word.
kEm këm	what	This word is only used for clauses, do not confuse it with the interrogative pronoun kono, which is used for questions.

	zu t@ras taz lErde kwa bagu kakires. Zu ta�iras taz lërde kwa bagu kakires. This is the book (that) I wrote.
	Eru t@ras taz hite kwa bagu jahes ont hirule. Ëru ta�iras taz hite kwa bagu jahes ont hirule. He is the person (whom, that) I met in Hyrule.
	bagu t@ras taz hite kwa Ëru ta�iras taz hite kwa bagu jahes ont hirule. He is the person (whom, that) I met in Hyrule.

Sections

Hylian to English