Editing Catalan language (section)

=== Personal pronouns ===
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|+ Catalan stressed pronouns{{sfn|Fabra|1926|p=42}}
! colspan="2" | &nbsp; !! singular !! plural
|-
! colspan="2" | 1st person
| {{lang|ca|jo}}, {{lang|ca|mi}} || {{lang|ca|nosaltres}}
|-
! rowspan="3" | 2nd person !! informal
| {{lang|ca|tu}} || {{lang|ca|vosaltres}}
|-
! formal
| {{lang|ca|vostè}} || {{lang|ca|vostès}}
|-
! respectful
| colspan="2" | ({{lang|ca|vós}})<ref>Archaic in most dialects.</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" | 3rd person !! masculine
| {{lang|ca|ell}} || {{lang|ca|ells}}
|-
! feminine
| {{lang|ca|ella}} || {{lang|ca|elles}}
|}

The morphology of Catalan personal pronouns is complex, especially in unstressed forms, which are numerous (13 distinct forms, compared to 11 in Spanish or 9 in Italian).{{sfn|Enciclopèdia Catalana|p=631}} Features include the gender-neutral {{lang|ca|ho}} and the great degree of freedom when combining different unstressed pronouns (65 combinations).{{sfn|Enciclopèdia Catalana|p=631}}

Catalan pronouns exhibit [[T–V distinction]], like all other Romance languages (and most European languages, but not Modern English). This feature implies the use of a different set of second person pronouns for formality.

This flexibility allows Catalan to use [[extraposition]] extensively, much more than French or Spanish. Thus, Catalan can have {{lang|ca|m'hi recomanaren}} ("they recommended me to him"), whereas in French one must say {{lang|fr|ils m'ont recommandé à lui}}, and Spanish {{lang|es|me recomendaron a él}}.{{sfn|Enciclopèdia Catalana|p=631}} This allows the placement of almost any nominal term as a sentence [[Topic–comment|topic]], without having to use so often the [[passive voice]] (as in French or English), or identifying the [[direct object]] with a [[preposition]] (as in Spanish).{{sfn|Enciclopèdia Catalana|p=631}}
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