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Example 29-25
ek; jy; hy/sy/dit; ons; julle; hulle
ek;
I
jy;
you.
sg
hy/sy/dit;
he/she/it
ons;
we
julle;
you.
pl
hulle
they
I; you (SG); he, she, it; we; you (PL); they
Comment:
Julle
and
hulle
may be reduced to
jul
and
hul
respectively in informal registers. In addition to the above, Afrikaans also features a polite form
u
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Person syncretism in independent personal pronouns: No person syncretism
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