Subject | Object |
I | Me |
Thou | Thee |
He | Him |
She | Her |
It | It |
We | Us |
You | You |
They | Them |
Notes:
The second person singular (thou/thee) is now outdated in English but still very common in other languages.
Third person singular distinguishes between masculine, feminine & neutral, whereas the plural does not.
"We" is ambiguous - it includes "I", but does it include or exclude "You"?
"It" & "You" manage perfectly without specific object forms.
French & German complicate things even more.
I think a super-simple language can get by with only four pronouns, for example:
Lingo Pronoun | Replaces English |
mii | I - Me |
yii | Thou - Thee - You |
zii | He - Him - She - Her - It - They - Them |
wii | We - Us |
Genetives, datives, reflexives etc can be handled by affixes, to be dealt with separately.
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