Sindarin Pronouns

Sindarin Pronouns are a mess. We know only a few of them. The ones that aren’t attested in the source material are colored red. I’ve organized them according to case, person, and number.

Independent Pronouns

Singular Plural

Nominative

1st Exclusive ni me
1st Inclusive gwe
2nd Familiar ci
Doriath 2nd Reverential de
2nd Reverential le de
3rd te ti
Close Demonstrative se si
Archaic Far Demonstrative sa sei
Far Demonstrative sa sai
Interrogative ma

Oblique

1st Exclusive nin men
1st Inclusive gwen
2nd Familiar cin
Doriath 2nd Reverential den
2nd Reverential len den
3rd ten tin
Close Demonstrative sen sin
Archaic Far Demonstrative san sein
Far Demonstrative san sain
Interrogative man

Dative

1st Exclusive annin ammen
1st Inclusive angwen
2nd Familiar angin
Doriath 2nd Reverential anden
2nd Reverential anlen anden
3rd anden andin
Close Demonstrative anhen anhin
Archaic Far Demonstrative anhan anhein
Far Demonstrative anhan anhain
Reflexive anim
Interrogative amman

Adjective/Possessive

1st Exclusive nîn mîn
1st Inclusive gwîn
2nd Familiar cîn
Doriath 2nd Reverential dîn
Exilic 2nd Reverential lîn dîn
3rd tîn
Reflexive în
Close Demonstrative sen sin
Archaic Far Demonstrative san sein
Far Demonstrative san sain
Interrogative man

Indefinite Pronouns

Some/Any- Every- No-
One/Person pen ilphen alben
Thing nad ilnad alnad
Place/Where sad ilhad alhad
Emphatic/Reflexive im

Pronoun Suffixes

Singular Plural

Nominative Verb Suffix

1st Exclusive -(o)n -(o)f
1st Inclusive -nc -b
2nd Familiar -(o)g
Doriath 2nd Reverential -(o)dh
2nd Reverential -(o)l -(o)dh
3rd NOTHING -r

Exilic Possessive Noun Suffix

1st Exclusive -n -f
1st Inclusive -nc -b
2nd Familiar -g
2nd Reverential -l -dh
3rd -d -nt

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