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===Personal pronouns=== Yola pronouns were similar to Middle English pronouns.<ref>William Barnes, Jacob Poole: ''A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland. Formerly collected By Jacob Poole: And now edited, with some Introductory Observations, Additions from various sources, and Notes, By William Barnes.'' London, 1867 * ''ich'' is mentioned on p. 133 * ''ich, wough, ouse, hea, shoo, thye, aam; oor, yer (= your, but singular or plural?), aar (= there/their); meezil, theezil, himzil'' are in the glossary * ''mee (possessive), thee (personal and possessive), ouse, oor & oore & our (possessive), he, shoo, it (objective), hi, aar (possessive), theezil (reflexive), aamzil (reflexive)'' occur in ''A Yola Zong'' (p. 84-92), ''mee (possessive), wough, ye (pl. nom.), our (possessive), hea, his (possessive), aar (possessive)'' in ''The Wedden o Ballymore'' (p. 93-98), ''ich, her'' in ''The Bride's Portion'' (p. 102f.), ''ich, mee (personal and possessive), ye (pl. nom.), hea & he, his (possessive), thye, aar (possessive)'' in ''Casteale Cudde's Lamentations'' (p. 102-105), ''hea, him, his (possessive), shoo, aam, aar (possessive)'' in a song recited by Tobias Butler (p. 108f.), ''wee, oure (possessive), ye (pl. for sg. obj.), yer (possessive, pl. for sg.), ourzels (reflexive), yersel (reflexive, pl. for sg.)'' in ''To's Excellencie Constantine Harrie Phipps'' (p. 114-117)</ref> {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" |+ Yola personal pronouns |- ! rowspan="3" | !colspan="2"| 1st Person !! colspan="2" | 2nd Person ! colspan="4" |3rd Person |- ! rowspan="2" | Singular !! rowspan="2" | Plural !! rowspan="2" | Singular Informal !! rowspan="2" | Plural/ Singular Formal ! colspan="3" |Singular!! rowspan="2" | Plural |- !Feminine !Masculine !Inanimate |- ! Nominative | {{lang|yol|ich}} || {{lang|yol|wough, wee}} || {{lang|yol|thou}} || {{lang|yol|ye}} || {{lang|yol|shoo}} || {{lang|yol|hea, he}} || {{lang|yol|it}} || {{lang|yol|hi; thye}} |- ! Oblique | {{lang|yol|mee}} || {{lang|yol|ouse}} || {{lang|yol|thee}} || {{lang|yol|ye}} || {{lang|yol|her}} || {{lang|yol|him}} || {{lang|yol|it}} || {{lang|yol|aam}} |- ! Genitive | {{lang|yol|mee}} || {{lang|yol|oore, oor, oure, our}} || {{lang|yol|thee}} || {{lang|yol|yer}} || {{lang|yol|*her}} || {{lang|yol|his}} || {{lang|yol|*his, *it(s)}}|| {{lang|yol|aar}} |- ! Reflexive | {{lang|yol|meezil}} || {{lang|yol|ourzels}} || {{lang|yol|theezil}} || {{lang|yol|yerzel, yerzels}}|| {{lang|yol|*herzil}} || {{lang|yol|himzil}} || {{lang|yol|*itzil}} || {{lang|yol|aamzil}} |}
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