Relative and Correlative Pronouns
All relative pronouns begin with y-, and decline just as tat does. The correlative pronouns are identical to the tat series.
The yat paradigm is given below.
| Masculine | Neuter | Feminine | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | yás | yáu | yé | yát | yé | yā́ni | yā́ | yé | yā́s |
| Accusative | yám | yáu | yā́n | yát | yé | yā́ni | yā́m | yé | yā́s |
| Instrumental | yéna | yā́bhyām | yáis | yéna | yā́bhyām | yáis | yáyā | yā́bhyām | yā́bhis |
| Dative | yásmai | yā́bhyām | yébhyas | yásmai | yā́bhyām | yébhyas | yásyai | yā́bhyām | yā́bhyas |
| Ablative | yásmāt | yā́bhyām | yébhyam | yásmāt | yā́bhyām | yébhyam | yásyās | yā́bhyām | yā́bhyas |
| Genitive | yásya | yáyos | yéṣām | yásya | yáyos | yéṣām | yásyās | yáyos | yā́sām |
| Locative | yásmin | yáyos | yéṣu | yásmin | yáyos | yéṣu | yásyām | yáyos | yā́su |
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