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===Personal pronouns=== Siwi personal pronouns distinguish number and (in the singular only) gender. Siwi is a [[pro-drop language]], so the use of independent forms is relatively limited; instead, agreement markers or referential suffixes usually suffice to make pronominal reference unambiguous. The following table gives the system:<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Souag|2013|p=46}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" border="1" |+ Siwi pronouns ! !! Independent !! Direct object !! Object of preposition / possessor of kinship term !! Indirect object !! Possessive !! Object of "because of" !! Subject agreement !! Imperative subject agreement |- |1sg.||{{lang|siz|niš}}||''-i''||V''-ø'' / C''-i''||''-i''||{{lang|siz|nnəw}}||''-i''||''-ax / -a / -ɣ- / -ʕ-'' || |- |2sg.m.||{{lang|siz|šəkk}}||''-ek''||''-k''||''-ak''||{{lang|siz|nnək}}||''-ăk''||''-aṭ / -ṭ-''||ø |- |2s.f.||{{lang|siz|šəmm}}||''-em''||''-m''||''-am''||{{lang|siz|nnəm}}||''-ki''||''-aṭ / -ṭ-''||ø |- |3sg.m.||{{lang|siz|nətta}}||''-a'' / Aff-''t''||''-s''||''-as''||{{lang|siz|nnəs}}||''-ăh''||''y-''|| |- |3sg.f.||{{lang|siz|ntatət}}||''-et'' / Aff-''tət''||''-s''||''-as''||{{lang|siz|nnəs}}||''-ha''||''t-''|| |- |1pl.||{{lang|siz|nišni / nični}}||''-anax''||''-nax''||''-anax''||{{lang|siz|nnax}}||''-na''||''n-''||''(n-...-wət)'' |- |2pl.||{{lang|siz|nknəṃ}}||''-ewən''||''-wən''||''-awən''||{{lang|siz|nwən}}||''-kŭm''||''-m''||''-wət / -m-'' |- |3pl.||{{lang|siz|ntnən}}||''-en'' / Aff-''tən''||''-sən''||''-asən''||{{lang|siz|nsən}}||''-hŭm''||''y-...-n''|| |} Some subject agreement markers take different forms before indirect object agreement markers, indicated above with dashes on both sides (e.g., ''-m-''). 3rd person direct object suffixes take different forms depending on whether they follow another affix or directly follow the stem. After 1Sg subject agreement, second person direct objects are expressed with the corresponding independent pronouns. The special series for 'because of' ({{lang|siz|msabb}}/{{lang|siz|mišan}}) is borrowed from Arabic.
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