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ROUMANIAN GRAMMAR.
Feminine.
| Eŭ însa-mĭ, | noĭ înṣi-ne, |
| tu însa-ṭĭ, | voĭ înṣi-vĕ, |
| ea însa-ṣĭ, | ele înṣi-le. |
Note.—For the third person, instead of the abbreviated form of luĭ or eĭ, we use another personal pronoun in the form ṣĭ for ṣie. This personal pronoun is made use of in genitive, dative, and accusative only:
Gen. al sĕŭ, ‘his;’dat. ṣie, ‘to him;’pe sine, ‘him.’
Possessive Pronouns.
The possessive pronouns are as follows:—
| meŭ, | ‘mine.’ | nostru, | ‘our.’ |
| tĕŭ, | ‘thine.’ | vostru, | ‘your.’ |
| sĕŭ or luĭ, eĭ, | ‘his.’ | lor or sĕĭ, | ‘their.’ |
They are treated as adjectives, agreeing in gender and number with the object of which they indicate the possession:
| calul meŭ, | ‘my horse;’ | caiĭ meĭ, | ‘my horses.’ |
| cassu mea, | ‘my house;’ | cassele mele, | ‘my houses.’ |
When they precede the noun (which they can do only in nominative and accusative), the article al for masculine, and a for feminine, and aĭ, ale for plural, are placed before them:
| al meŭ căne, | ‘my dog;’ | aĭ meĭ cănĭ. |
| a mea cassă, | ‘my house;’ | a or ale mele casse. |
