The true personal pronouns (i. e., those of the two first persons) are as follows;—
A.
1. Az=I. Defective in the oblique cases.
2. Man, or ma—Defective in the nominative singular.
| A. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sing. | Plural. | |
| Nom. | —— | mach |
| Gen. | man-i | mach-i |
| Dat. | man-an | mach-én |
| Accus. | man | mach |
| Abl. | man-éi | mach-éi. |
| B. | ||
| Nom. | di | si-mach |
| Gen. | daw-i[44] | si-mach-i |
| Dat. | daw-on | si-mach-én |
| Accus. | daw | si-mach |
| Abl. | da-wéi | si-mach-éi. |
The signs of the persons are considered to be eminently Indo-Germanic. They are -in, -is, -i; -am, -ut`, -inc`; e. g.
| Qus-in = aud-io | Qus-am = aud-imus |
| Qus-is = aud-is | Qus-ut` = aud-itis |
| Qus-i = aud-it | Qus-inc` = aud-iunt. |
I am as little prepared to deny as to affirm the likeness.
The addition of the sound of t helps to form the Irôn preterite. I say helps, because if we compare the form s-ko-t-on=I made, with the root kan, or the form fé-qus-t-on=I heard, with the root qus, we see, at once, that the addition of t is only a part of an inflection. Nevertheless, I am as little prepared to deny as to affirm its identity with the Persian d.