First- and Second-person Persons
The first and second person pronouns are declined for the most part alike, having by analogy assimilated themselves with one another.
Note: Where two forms are given, the second is enclitic and an alternative form. Ablatives in singular and plural may be extended by the syllable -tas; thus mat or mattas, asmat or asmattas.
| First Person | Second Person | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | aham | āvām | vayam | tvam | yuvām | yūyam |
| Accusative | mām, mā | āvām, nau | asmān, nas | tvām, tvā | yuvām, vām | yuṣmān, vas |
| Instrumental | mayā | āvābhyām | asmābhis | tvayā | yuvābhyām | yuṣmābhis |
| Dative | mahyam, me | āvābhyām, nau | asmabhyam, nas | tubhyam, te | yuvābhyām, vām | yuṣmabhyam, vas |
| Ablative | mat | āvābhyām | asmat | tvat | yuvābhyām | yuṣmat |
| Genitive | mama, me | āvayos, nau | asmākam, nas | tava, te | yuvayos, vām | yuṣmākam, vas |
| Locative | mayi | āvayos | asmāsu | tvayi | yuvayos | yuṣmāsu |
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