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Hylian Pronouns


asonEn hilanan

Asonën Hilanan


    A pronoun is a word that takes the place of another noun. These are used in the same way as nouns, and can take adjectives as modifiers. Unlike in English and other languages, Hylian pronouns do not change form when they are used as subjects or objects. For example, in English, the first person singular pronoun is I when used as a subject, as in I went home. I is used as a subject. But when used as an object, as in He saw me, it changes from I to me. Hylian pronouns use the same form for subjects and object. The first person singular pronoun is bagu, when used as a subject it is bagu, but when used as an object it is given one of the object particles as in ab bagu and ank bagu. Note that Hylian pronouns usually end in -u. Below is a list of the most common pronouns used in Hylian.

Personal Pronouns

    Personal pronouns are the ones most commonly used. Like all pronouns, they take the place of another noun. Personal pronouns are most often used as subjects in sentences, such as I read the book; or as objects, Bob saw me. Unlike in English, Hylian pronouns do not have different forms depending on their function in a sentence. Particles like ab and ank tell if a pronoun is used as a subject or object.
 
Person
Singular
Translation
Plural
Translation
First
bagu
bagu
I
nosu
nosu
we
Second
t@u
ta品u
you
vosu
vosu
you
Third
Eru
ëru
he
iEru
iëru
they (masculine)
sEru
sëru
she
siEru
siëru
they (feminine)
ru
ru
it
iru
iru
they (neutral)
Special note on 3rd person plural:The third person pronouns retain the gender-specific aspects of the older Hylian languages. Most of the time, the pronoun iru is used when referring to a group of people. It can refer to things, or to a mixed group of males and females. Siëru is used for a group of all females, and iëru is used for a group of all males.
Impersonal
riu
riu
one, a person
Special note on the impersonal pronoun:This word is technically in the third person category, but it has special uses. It is roughly equivalent to the English use of one or the more colloquial use of you. It is used when making general statements that have no specific person in mind. For example; in formal English: Before one can buy this, he must have enough money; in colloquial English: Before you can buy this, you must have money. Notice that this sentence refers to no one specific, it is refering only to a person who is not named. In Hylian, this sentence would read: Depoto riu panktas ab kirag ru, (riu) sha tëshas ab danre.


 Possessive Pronouns

    Possessive adjectives are simliar to their adjective counterparts, except that they are not directly modifying anything. They almost always come in the predicate of sentences. This is common in English with words like mine, yours, and theirs. Possessive nouns, like adjectives, have different forms for singular and plural. The possessive pronoun always agrees in number with its antecedent (an antecedent is the word that the pronoun refers to). Note that the plural forms of these pronouns are different than other plural pronous. Most plural pronous have an -i inserted to indicate plurality, possessive adjectives have an -n at the end, much like a noun or adjective.
 
Person
Singular
Translation
Plural
Translation
First
bagu'su
bagu'su
mine
bagu'sun
bagu'sun
mine
nosu'su
nosu'su
ours
nosu'sun
nosu'sun
ours
Second
tãu'su
ta品u'su
yours
tãu'sun
ta品u'sun
yours
vosu'su
vosu'su
yours
vosu'sun
vosu'sun
yours
Third
Eru'su
ëru'su
his
Eru'sun
ëru'sun
his
iEru'su
iëru'su
theirs
iEru'sun
iëru'sun
theirs
sEru'su
sëru'su
hers
sEru'sun
sëru'sun
hers
siEru'su
siëru'su
theirs
siEru'sun
siëru'sun
theirs
ru'su
ru'su
its
ru'sun
ru'sun
its
iru'su
iru'su
theirs
iru'sun
iru'sun
theirs
Nouns
kasuto'su
Kasuto'su
Kasuto's
kasuto'sun
Kasuto'sun
Kasuto's
zElda'su
Zëlda'su
Zelda's
zElda'sun
Zëlda'sun
Zelda's

Examples


bagu'su
bagu'su
mine
za kursiye t@ras bagu'su.
Za kursiye ta品ras bagu'su.
This chair is mine.
 bagu'sun
bagu'sun
mine
zatiu lErdEn t@ras bagu'sun.
Zatiu lërdën ta品ras bagu'sun.
Those books are mine.
iEru'su
iëru'su
his
taz danre t@ras iEru'su.
Taz danre ta品ras iëru'su.
The money is his.
iEru'sun
iëru'sun
his
zatan pankstEn t@ras iEru'sun.
Zatan pankstën ta品ras iëru'sun.
Those pastries are his.


Relative Pronouns

    Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses. A relative clause is a phrase that is set off from the rest of the sentence and it tells more about another word in the sentence (usually a noun or pronoun). Relative clauses are only one of many types of clauses, but they are the most common. Relative clauses can be used as adjectives, nouns, or adverbs. This particular part only deals with the pronouns that introduce relative clauses, the uses of the clauses is discussed in another section.
 
 
Pronoun
Translation
Explanation
kwa
kwa
that, who, whom, which
This one word serves functions that multiple words do in English. If you're familiar with Spanish, it is used like que. Many times in English, the pronoun is omitted, as in: This is the book (that) I wrote. However, in Hylian the pronoun must be used.
k^
ki埠
whose
Unlike most other pronouns, this word ony has one form regardless of whether it is modifying a singular or plural word.
kEm
këm
what
This word is only used for clauses, do not confuse it with the interrogative pronoun kono, which is used for questions.

 
  zu t@ras taz lErde kwa bagu kakires.
Zu ta品ras taz lërde kwa bagu kakires.
This is the book (that) I wrote.
Eru t@ras taz hite kwa bagu jahes ont hirule.
Ëru ta品ras taz hite kwa bagu jahes ont hirule.
He is the person (whom, that) I met in Hyrule.
bagu t@ras taz hite kwa 
Ëru ta品ras taz hite kwa bagu jahes ont hirule.
He is the person (whom, that) I met in Hyrule.
Sections Hylian to English