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Re: Silvish scratchpad

On Personal Pronouns and Gender (Part 1)

Adding two genders meant deciding what the pronouns do with them. I'll start with the the third-person personal pronouns. The third-person pronouns decline for masculine-feminine gender but do not decline for common-noble gender. However, an agreement target governed by a third-person pronoun maintains the common-noble distinction based on the pronoun's referent. For example:

Vecclê mou-z ezzamplou. I sson bravou.
vecclê mou=z ezzamplou | i sson brav-ou
here_are my examples | 3P.M are great-PL.M.C
Here are my examples. They are great.

Vecclê mû ffrert. I sson bravi.
vecclê mû ffrert | i sson brav-i
here_are my brothers | 3P.M are great-PL.M.N
Here are my brothers. They are great.

C = common gender
N = noble gender

The masculine third-person plural pronoun i can refer to either a common-gender noun, like ezzamplou "example," or a noble-gender noun, like frer "brother." The adjective bravou "great" distinguishes noble and common gender even when governed by the pronoun.