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=== Compound pronouns === A Cherokee pronoun's number marks not only the agent of a verb, but often the object as well. This is the case if the depending object was already mentioned and would be substituted by a separate pronoun in English as well. Contrary to English, animacy is marked but gender is not. (These suffixes have to be treated in a CV syllabary structure.) Set I and II join here except if written ''A'' | ''B''. {| class="wikitable" !{{diagonal split header|Subject|Object}} !1 s !2 s !3 s an !3 s in !1 d inc !1 d exc !2 d !1 p inc !1 p exc !2 p !3 p an !3 p in |- |1 singular |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|gv(y)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|ji(y)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|g(e)-}} |– |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|sdv(y)-}} |– |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|ijv(y)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|gaji(y)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|deg(a)-}} |- |2 singular |{{lang|chr-Latn|sg(w)(i)-}} |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|hi(y)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|h(i)-}} |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|sgini(y)-}} |– |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|isgi(y)-}} |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|gahi(y)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|deh(i)-}} |- |3 singular (animate) |{{lang|chr-Latn|agw(a)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|j(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|g(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|g(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|gin(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|ogin(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|sd(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|ig(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|og(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|ij(i)-}} |deg(i)- |{{lang|chr-Latn|deg(i)-}} |- |1 dual inclusive |– |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|en(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|in(i)-}} |– |– |– |– |– |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|gen(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|den(i)-}} |- |1 dual exclusive |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|sdv(y)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|osd(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|osd(i)-}} |– |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|sdv(y)-}} |– |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|ijv(y)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|gosd(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|dosd(i)-}} |- |2 dual |{{lang|chr-Latn|sgin(i)-}} |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|esd(i)}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|sd(i)-}} |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|sgin(i)-}} |– |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|isgi(y)-}} |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|gesd(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|desd(i)-}} |- |1 plural inclusive |– |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|ed(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|id(i)-}} |– |– |– |– |– |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|ged(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|ded(i)-}} |- |1 plural exclusive |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|ijv(y)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|oj(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|oj(i)-}} |– |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|ijv(y)-}} |– |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|ijv(y)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|goj(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|doj(i)-}} |- |2 plural |{{lang|chr-Latn|isgi(y)-}} |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|ej(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|ij(i)-}} |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|isgi(y)-}} |– |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|isgi(y)-}} |– |{{lang|chr-Latn|gej(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|dej(i)-}} |- |3 plural (animate) |{{lang|chr-Latn|gvg(w)(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|gej(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|<nowiki>an(i)- | un(i)-</nowiki>}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|<nowiki>an(i)- | un(i)-</nowiki>}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|gegin(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|gogin(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|gesd(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|geg(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|gog(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|gej(i)-}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|<nowiki>gan(i)- | gun(i)-</nowiki>}} |{{lang|chr-Latn|<nowiki>dan(i)- | dun(i)-</nowiki>}} |} Some prefixes are the same, even though they mean their opposite. Understanding is ensured by regular stem changes within the verb.
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