I am tired of seeing they, them, themself, their, and theirs used as singular pronouns. But if we drop the "th" in favor of an "n" then we get some nice sounding words that are immediately understandable to the ear and that do not already mean something else. Thus, I propose the following:
1st person singular | 2nd person singular | 3rd person singular, male | 3rd person singular, female | 3rd person singular, no gender | 3rd person singular, unknown gender | 1st person plural | 2nd person plural | 3rd person plural |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | you (thou) | he | she | it | ney | we | you | they |
me | you (thee) | him | her | it | nem | us | you | them |
myself | yourself (thyself) | himself | herself | itself | nemself | ourselves | yourselves | themselves |
my | your (thy) | his | her | its | neir | our | your | their |
mine | yours (thine) | his | hers | its | neirs | ours | yours | theirs |
If someone says it is neirs, give it to nem.
Each employee should wash neir hands before returning to work.
A person who comes here must behave nemself.
I greet each guest as ney enters the room.
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