A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. There are 5 types of pronouns.
- Personal pronoun
- Demonstrative pronoun
- Indefinite pronouns
- Relative pronoun
- Interrogative pronoun
| Singular | Plural | |
| First person | Yaan (I) | Nama Enkuḷu (We) |
| Second person | ee (You) | Eer Nikuḷu (You) |
| Third person | Aaye (he) Aaḷ (she) Avu/undu (it) | Aar Akuḷu (they) |
2. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN:
Demonstrative pronounces are is a pronoun used to point to specific people or things.
- This – Undu
- That – Avvu
- These – Undekkuḷu
- Those – Avkuḷu
- Here – Mūḷu, muḷpa
- There – Aḷḷú, Avulu, aḷpa
- This side – inchi
- That said – anchi.
3. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that refers to an unspecified or unidentified person or thing. Indefinite pronouns include quantifiers (some, any, enough, several, many, much); universals (all, both, every, each); and partitives.
- Some – kelakuḷu
- any – ovvāṇḍala
- enough – yaavu/yetaru
- several – sumār / masth
- all – māntha
- both – raḍḍla
- every – paḍi/prati
- each – paḍiyonji / pratiyonji.
4. RELATIVE PRONOUN
A relative pronoun is a pronoun that marks a relative clause. It serves the purpose of conjoining modifying information about an antecedent referent. The most common are…
- which – ovvu
- that – avu
- whose – yērena?
- whoever – yērāṇḍala?
- whomever – yēregāṇḍala?
- who – yēr?
- whom – yēreg?
- whose – yērena?
5. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN
An interrogative word or question word is a function word used to ask a question, such as what, which, when, where, who, whom, whose, why, whether and how.
Who – Yēr?
What – Dāyta / Dāda?
When – Yēpa?
Which – Ovvu?
What kind of – wā?
Where – Oḷpa / Ōḷu?
Whom – Yēreg?
Whose – Yēren?
Why – Dāyeg?
How – eñcha?
How much – ēth?