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===Independent personal pronouns=== {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" | English ! rowspan="2" | [[Proto-Semitic]] ! rowspan="2" | [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] ! colspan="2" | [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ! rowspan="2" | [[Geʽez]] ! rowspan="2" | [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ! rowspan="2" | [[Aramaic]] ! rowspan="2" | [[Suret language|Suret]] ! rowspan="2" | [[Maltese language|Maltese]] |- ! [[Modern Standard Arabic|standard]] ! [[varieties of Arabic|common vernaculars]] |- | I | {{transliteration|sem|*ʔanāku,{{NoteTag|While some believe that *ʔanāku was an innovation in some branches of Semitic utilizing an "intensifying" *-ku, comparison to other Afro-Asiatic 1ps pronouns (e.g. ''3nk'', Coptic ''anak'', ''anok'', [[proto-Berber language|proto-Berber]] *ənakkʷ) suggests that this goes further back.{{sfn|Dolgopolsky|1999|pp=10–11}}}} *ʔaniya}} | {{transliteration|sem|anāku}} | أنا {{transliteration|sem|ʔanā}} | {{transliteration|sem|ʔanā}}, anā, {{transliteration|sem|ana, āni, āna, ānig}} | {{lang|gez|አነ}} {{transliteration|sem|ʔana}} | אנכי, אני {{transliteration|sem|ʔānōḵī, ʔănī}} | אנא {{transliteration|sem|ʔanā}} | {{transliteration|sem|ānā}} | {{transliteration|sem|jiena}}, {{transliteration|sem|jien}} |- | You (sg., masc.) | {{transliteration|sem|*ʔanka > *ʔanta}} | {{transliteration|sem|atta}} | أنت {{transliteration|sem|ʔanta}} | {{transliteration|sem|ʔant}}, ant, inta, inte, inti, int, (i)nta | {{lang|gez|አንተ}} {{transliteration|sem|ʔánta}} | אתה {{transliteration|sem|ʔattā}} | אנת {{transliteration|sem|ʔantā}} | {{transliteration|sem|āt}}, {{transliteration|sem|āty}}, {{transliteration|sem|āten}} | {{transliteration|sem|int}}, {{transliteration|sem|inti}} |- | You (sg., fem.) | {{transliteration|sem|*ʔanti}} | {{transliteration|sem|atti}} | أنت {{transliteration|sem|ʔanti}} | ʔanti, anti, {{transliteration|sem|inti, init}} (i)nti, intch | {{lang|gez|አንቲ}} {{transliteration|sem|ʔánti}} | את {{transliteration|sem|ʔatt}} | אנת {{transliteration|sem|ʔanti}} | {{transliteration|sem|āt}}, {{transliteration|sem|āty}}, {{transliteration|sem|āten}} | {{transliteration|sem|int}}, {{transliteration|sem|inti}} |- | He | {{transliteration|sem|*suʔa}} | {{transliteration|sem|šū}} | هو {{transliteration|sem|huwa}}, hū | {{transliteration|sem|huwwa, huwwe}}, hū | {{lang|gez|ውእቱ}} {{transliteration|sem|wəʔətu}} | הוא {{transliteration|sem|hū}} | הוא {{transliteration|sem|hu}} | {{transliteration|sem|owā}} | {{transliteration|sem|hu}}, {{transliteration|sem|huwa}} |- | She | {{transliteration|sem|*siʔa}} | {{transliteration|sem|šī}} | هي {{transliteration|sem|hiya}}, hī | {{transliteration|sem|hiyya, hiyye}}, hī | {{lang|gez|ይእቲ}} {{transliteration|sem|yəʔəti}} | היא {{transliteration|sem|hī}} | היא {{transliteration|sem|hi}} | {{transliteration|sem|ayā}} | {{transliteration|sem|hi}}, {{transliteration|sem|hija}} |- | We | {{transliteration|sem|*niyaħnū, *niyaħnā}} | {{transliteration|sem|nīnu}} | نحن {{transliteration|sem|naħnu}} | niħna, iħna, ħinna | {{lang|gez|ንሕነ}} {{transliteration|sem|ʔnəħnā}} | אנו, אנחנו {{transliteration|sem|ʔānū, ʔănaħnū}} | נחנא {{transliteration|sem|náħnā}} | {{transliteration|sem|axnan}} | {{transliteration|sem|aħna}} |- | You (dual) | {{transliteration|sem|*ʔantunā}} | | أنتما {{transliteration|sem|ʔantumā}} |Plural form is used | | <!-- does not exist --> | |- | They (dual) | {{transliteration|sem|*sunā}}{{NoteTag|The Akkadian form is from Sargonic Akkadian. Among the Semitic languages, there are languages with /i/ as the final vowel (this is the form in Mehri). For a recent discussion concerning the reconstruction of the forms of the dual pronouns, see Bar-Asher, Elitzur. 2009. "Dual Pronouns in Semitics and an Evaluation of the Evidence for their Existence in Biblical Hebrew," Ancient Near Eastern Studies 46: 32–49}} | {{transliteration|sem|*sunī(ti)}} | هما {{transliteration|sem|humā}} |Plural form is used | | | |- | You (pl., masc.) | {{transliteration|sem|*ʔantunū}} | {{transliteration|sem|attunu}} | أنتم {{transliteration|sem|ʔantum}}, {{transliteration|sem|ʔantumu}} | {{transliteration|sem|ʔantum}}, antum, antu, {{transliteration|sem|intu, intum}}, (i)ntūma | {{lang|gez|አንትሙ}} {{transliteration|sem|ʔantəmu}} | אתם {{transliteration|sem|ʔattem}} | אנתן {{transliteration|sem|ʔantun}} | | {{transliteration|sem|axtōxūn}} | {{transliteration|sem|intom}} |- | You (pl., fem.) | {{transliteration|sem|*ʔantinā}} | {{transliteration|sem|attina}} | أنتنّ {{transliteration|sem|ʔantunna}}<!-- | {{transl|sem|}}--> |{{transliteration|sem|ʔantin}}, antin, {{transliteration|sem|ʔantum}}, antu, {{transliteration|sem|intu, intum}}, (i)ntūma | {{lang|gez|አንትን}} {{transliteration|sem|ʔantən}} | אתן {{transliteration|sem|ʔatten}} | אנתן {{transliteration|sem|ʔanten}} | {{transliteration|sem|axtōxūn}} | {{transliteration|sem|intom}} |- | They (masc.) | {{transliteration|sem|*sunū}} | {{transliteration|sem|šunu}} | هم {{transliteration|sem|hum}}, {{transliteration|sem|humu}} | hum, {{transliteration|sem|humma}}, hūma, hom, hinne(n) | {{lang|gez|እሙንቱ}} {{transliteration|sem|ʔəmuntu}} | הם, המה {{transliteration|sem|hēm, hēmmā}} | הנן {{transliteration|sem|hinnun}} | {{transliteration|sem|eni}} | {{transliteration|sem|huma}} |- | They (fem.) | {{transliteration|sem|*sinā}} | {{transliteration|sem|šina}} | هنّ {{transliteration|sem|hunna}}<!-- | {{transl|sem|}}--> |hin, hinne(n), hum, humma, hūma | {{lang|gez|እማንቱ}} {{transliteration|sem|ʔəmāntu}} | הן, הנה {{transliteration|sem|hēn, hēnnā}} | הנן {{transliteration|sem|hinnin}} | {{transliteration|sem|eni}} | {{transliteration|sem|huma}} |- |}
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