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Following the above statements the personal pronous may be segmented as given below:
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Person |
| First |
Second |
| Singular: Base |
n..nna: |
n..mme: |
| Suffix |
-a- |
-i- |
| Plural : Base |
m..ra: |
m..ra: |
| Suffix |
-- |
-- |
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However, the analysis of personal pronouns as shown above does not seem to be sound. For, in Abujhmaria the second person plural is indicated by the suffix - which is connected to second personal pronominal ending - occurring in finite verbs like mi: tin-ma:- ‘you (pl.) don’t eat’, mi: nilla:- ‘you (pl.) stand’, etc. In Adilabad Gondi also the same plural suffix is noted as in the examples wa:-t-i: ‘you (pl.) come’, wa:-k-i: ‘you (pl.) will come’ (Ibid., pp. 58-59). On this evidence, it is appropriate to segment the bases for personal pronouns as nan-/na- for first singular, nim-/ni- for second singular and ma:- and mi- as the bases for first and second person plural respectively.
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The following table shows the personal pronouns in all the cases:
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| Case |
I Singular |
I Plural |
IISingular |
IIPlural |
| Nominative |
nanna: |
ma: |
nimma: |
mi: |
| Accusative |
na:-kun |
ma:-kun |
ni:-kun |
mi:-kun |
| Dative |
na:-kun |
ma:-kun |
ni:-kun |
mi:-kun |
| Genitive non-masculine |
na:-wa: |
ma:-wa: |
ni:-wa: |
mi:-wa: |
| Genitive masculine |
na:-wo:r |
ma:-wo:r |
ni:-wo:r |
mi:-wo:r |
| Locative |
na:-aga: |
ma:-aga: |
ni:-aga: |
mi:-aga: |
| Ablative |
na:-aga--a:h |
ma:-aga-a:h |
ni:-aga--a:h |
mi:-aga--a:h |
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The above table show the declenstion of personal pronouns with formal distinction of gender in genitive. Accordingly, if a person, male or female, has a reference to his or her male child then he or she has to use na:wo:r. If the child is female, both of them will use na:wa:. Hence, the gender distinction in the first and second personal pronouns in the genitive is restricted to the object indicated, male or female. See the following examples:
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id na:wa: miya: and ‘this is my daughter’ (man or woman reffering to his or her daugher) |
| wo:r na:wo:r mari: a:ndur ‘this is my son’ (man or woman referring to his or her son) |
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With regard to the oblique forms of the first and second personal pronouns there are formal variation in the singular and plural numbers as examplified below:
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| (a) id na:wa: pe:ki: a:nad or id na: pe:ki: a:nd ‘this is my daughter’ |
| (b) id ma:wa: pe:ki: a:nd or ma: pe:ki: a:nd ‘this is our daughter’ |
| (c) id ni:wa: pe:ki: a:nd or ni: pe:ki: a:nd ‘this is your (sg.) daughter’ |
| (d) id mi:wa: pe:ki: a:nd or id mi: pe:ki: a:nd ‘this is your (pl.) daughter’ |
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Thus, na:wa:  na:, ma:wa: ma:, ni:wa: ni: and mi:ma: mi: are found to be in free variation.
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