Among the many simple and compound forms used as pronouns, the following may be distinguished as properly and originally such for this dialect.
- Personal, 我, 儂, 其, 伊, 㑚, 你, ’ngú, nóng‘, gí, í, ná‘, ’ní, I, thou, he, you.
- Reflexive, 自 zz‘, in combination.
- Demonstrative, 第, 伊, 個, tí‘, í, kú‘, this, that; also 彼此 pé ’t’sz, occasionally used.
- Interrogative, 啥, 幾 sá‘, ’kí, what? how many? inseparable, and 何 hú, what? 那 ’ná (pron. ’á), which? inseparable.
- Relative. There is no separable relative pronoun, its place being supplied by 個 kú‘, 所 ’sú is inseparable, and very limited in its use.
- Possessives. None. Their place is supplied by 個 kú‘, following the personal pronoun.
- Distributives. 各, 每, 逐, koh, ’mé, dzóh, each, every.
- Reciprocal. None. The borrowed form 大家 is the substitute.
- Indefinite. 某, 啥, 幾, 多, ’meu, sá‘, ’kí, tá, some, several.
- Correlatives or adjective pronouns. 禿, 全, 別, t’oh, dzén, bih, all, other, separable and 凡 van, inseparable.
Personal pronouns. 192. The first personal pronoun in the singular is ’ngú, 我 I; the second, 儂 nóng‘ or 那 ná‘, thou; the third, 伊 í or 其 kí, he.
- 我去者 ’ngú k’í‘ ’tsé, I am now going.
- 呌儂就來 kau‘ nóng‘ dzieu‘ lé, I told you to come at once.
- 撥拉伊者 peh ’lá í ’tsé, I have given it him.
- 其撥拉我 kí peh ’lá ’ngú, he gave me.
In the plural 你 ’ní or 我你 ’ngú ’ní, express we; 那 ná or 儂那 nóng‘ ná‘, you; and 伊 í, they.
- 我你兩个 ’ngú ’ní ’liáng kú‘, we two.
- 那多許人 ná‘ tú hau‘ niun, all you men.
When the pronoun consists of one word only, the vacant place is often filled up by 是 ’zz.
- 是我 ’zz ’ngú, I.
- 是伊是其 ’zz í ’zz gí, he.
- 是那衆人 ’zz ná‘ tsóng‘ niun, all you men.
Obs. i. The personal pronoun is often omitted, as 拾蓋看起來 seh ké k’ön‘ ’k’í lé, thus you see; 勿來末總勿好 veh lé meh tsóng veh hau, if you do not come it will be unfortunate.
Obs. ii. The impersonal pronoun in English it, is not expressed, as 落雨者 loh ’ú ’tsé, it is raining.