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As others have said, I don't think that merging the 3ps and 3ppl forms will mandate pronouns in most cases. As it stands, él, ella and usted all share a form and only use a pronoun when ambiguous, and ellos, ellas and ustedes do likewise. I could see the usted and ustedes pronouns being used far more often, or possibly separating from the 3p forms altogether. I doubt él vs ella vs. ellos/as would be marked any more than now. And I really doubt that yo and tú will become more used because of it. --- In romconlang@yahoogroups.com, "Scotto Hlad" <scott.hlad@...> wrote: > > My newest conlang for which I addressed my earlier questions about estar and > ser is called Mandero. I am developing it by comparison, a method I have not > used before. I am comparing 3 languages, Spanish, Portuguese and Galician to > develop something new. Mandero is spoken on the ficticious island of Mandero > northwest of Spain. My plan is to see the 3rd person plural verb form decay > from ending in -n/m such that the n/m is dropped thus making the 3rd > singular and 3rd plural the same form. Would this necessarily force the need > for a pronoun to used at all times with the 3rd person to distinguish > singular and plural? Would such a change then force the requirement of a > pronoun with all forms? > > Thanks > Scotto >