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· personal pronouns · demonstrative pronouns · definite article · possessive pronouns · interrogative pronouns · indefinite pronouns · DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS sá and sjá The demonstrative pronouns 'this' and 'that' are in ON sá and sjá. Sjá was originally composed from sá and a particle si or a (or sa), which is better seen further down in the paradigm. The result is not always the same in all parts of Scandinavia.
hinn and inn are also demonstrative pronouns. Hinn means 'the other', and inn is the definite article 'the'. Hinn is inflected like the possessive pronoun minn, except that it always has a short /i/ in its stem. Inn is basically inflected alike, but since the definite article is enclitically attached to the noun certain assimilations take place, so inn has a page of its own.
Sá continues the PIE pronoun *so-/to-. masc: sing: nom: sa/saR < sa < so ; gen: þes < þes < te-so/to-so ; dat: =plur. ; acc: þan < þan < to-m masc: plur: nom: þaiR (with -R from other plurals) < þai < to-i ; gen: þaiRô < þaizôn < toisôm ; dat: þaimR < þaimiz < toimes ; acc: þan < þans < t-ons fem: sing: nom: su < sô < sô ; gen: þaiRôR < þaiziôz <?< tesiâs ; dat: þaiRê < þaiziâi <?< tesiâi ; acc: þa < þan < tâ-m fem: plur: nom: þaR < þaz < tâ-s ; gen: =masc. ; dat: =masc. ; acc: =nom. neut: sing: nom: =acc. ; gen: =masc. ; dat: þî < þî < loc. te-i ; acc: þat < þat < to-d neut: plur: nom: =acc. ; gen: =masc. ; dat: =masc. ; acc: þau < þau < to-u Inn is identical with OHGerm. jenêr from a *jenaz < PIE *je-. Hinn is derived from the pronominal stem *ki-. The n and the inflexion was borrowed from inn. © Peter Pettersson
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