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|'''lea'''

|It is the main gender neutral object pronoun. It is used to refer to non-binary people or someone ~~who's~~ gender is yet unknown. It is often paired with "''iel''"

|It is the main gender neutral object pronoun. It is used to refer to non-binary people or someone whose gender is yet unknown. It is often paired with "''iel''"

|"'''Iel''' est arrivé-e à la gare, je ne vais pas tarder à aller '''lea''' chercher"

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|'''lo''' or '''lu'''

|These neopronouns are usually used by those who chose to go by "''ol''" or "''ul''".

|These neopronouns are usually used to refer to those who chose to go by "''ol''" or "''ul''".

|"'''Ol''' est arrivé-e à la gare, je ne vais pas tarder à aller '''lo''' chercher"

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|"''Ellui''" is most commonly used as a reflexive pronoun. it is otherwise Found to sound clunky or hard to understand when used as a non-reflexive pronoun.

|"'''Iel''' vient manger à la maison ce soir, je ne mais pas tarder à aller '''lea''' chercher à la gare. Nous irons manger chez '''ellui''' la semaine prochaine"

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!Possessive pronouns

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|'''mo''' and '''man'''

|These both results from the merging of the feminine possessive pronoun "''ma''" and the masculine "''mon''".

A commonly used alternative to these would be the "alternating approach" where one refers to somebody using "''ma''" and "''mon''" alternatively.

|"'''Iel''' est '''man''' meillleur-e ami-e depuis l'école primaire. Je '''lea''' connais depuis mes douze ans"

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