Pronoun Paradigm: Egyptian Spoken Arabic (Cairene Dialect)
Paradigm Details:
Language: (arz) Egyptian Spoken Arabic (Cairene Dialect).
Family:
System Type: F
Source: Gary and Gamal-Eldin (1984).
Comment: Free object pronouns only occur where the verb carries the matching object cross-referencing suffix (Gary and Gamal-Elgdin 1984:77). The possessive pronominal suffixes can either be attached directly to the possessed noun or to a possessive noun bitaaʕ (p84-85).
Pronoun Paradigm:
| A | S | O | Poss. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (excl) Person Singular | ʔana | ʔana | ʔana | -i |
| 1st (excl) Person Dual | ʔiħna | ʔiħna | ʔiħna | -na |
| 1st (excl) Person Plural | ʔiħna | ʔiħna | ʔiħna | -na |
| 1st (incl) Person Dual | ʔiħna | ʔiħna | ʔiħna | -na |
| 1st (incl) Person Plural | ʔiħna | ʔiħna | ʔiħna | -na |
| 2nd Person Singular | ʔinta - | ʔinta - | ʔinta - | -ak - |
| 2nd Person Dual | ʔintu | ʔintu | ʔintu | -ku - |
| 2nd Person Plural | ʔintu | ʔintu | ʔintu | -ku - |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 1 | huwwa | huwwa | huwwa | -u - |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 2 | hijja | hijja | hijja | -ha |
| 3rd Person Dual | humma | humma | humma | -hum |
| 3rd Person Plural | humma | humma | humma | -hum |