- Introduction
This text introduces partial pronouns and greater partial pronouns. These pronouns are intended for plural system spaces, for talking about sysmates from the point of view of the collective or a compound member.
As a member of a system, I always found it disharmonious to use "he" or "she" for people who'd use "we" when referring to me. I wanted to have a pronoun that would mean someone who's not me, but a part of me. So I came up with the idea of first person partial pronouns and then decided to extend it to all other personal pronouns, because, if I needed these, someone else may need something similar.
- Basics
Partial pronouns are personal pronouns that denote a number lesser than singular. They are used to talk about persons and objects that are a part of I, singular you, he, she, it, singular they. All partial pronouns are formed in a similar way: by adding a postfix -ek/-k to the end of the corresponding singular form (an exception being reflexive pronouns, where the postfix goes before -self).
Greater partial pronouns are personal pronouns that denote a number lesser than plural, but not necessarily singular. They are used to talk about persons and objects that are a part of we, plural you, plural they. All greater partial pronouns are formed by adding -ech/-ch to the end of the corresponding plural pronoun, with exception of reflexive pronouns, where it goes before -selves.
The choice between -k/-ch versus -ek/-ech depends on whether the preceding sound is a vowel and may differ from speaker to speaker.
First person
| Partial | Singular | Greater partial | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjective | ik | I | wech | we |
| Objective | mek | me | usech | us |
| Possessive | myk | my | ourch* | our |
| Possessive | minek | mine | oursech | ours |
| Reflexive | mykself | myself | ourchselves* | ourselves |
Second person
| Partial | Singular | Greater partial | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjective | youk | you | youch | you |
| Objective | youk | you | youch | you |
| Possessive | yourk | your | yourch* | your |
| Possessive | yoursek | yours | yoursech | yours |
| Reflexive | yourkself | yourself | yourchselves* | yourselves |
Third person
| Partial | Singular | Greater partial | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjective | shek hek itek theyk |
she he it they |
theych | they |
| Objective | herk* himek itek themek |
her him it them |
themech | them |
| Possessive | herk* hisek itself theirk* |
her his its their |
theirch* | their |
| Possessive | hersek hisek itsek theirsek |
hers his its theirs |
theirsech | theirs |
| Reflexive | herkself* himekself itekself themekself |
herself himself itself themself |
themechselves | themselves |
*these words are tailored to my own pronunciation, and those for who they end in consonants may add an extra e
- Forming neopronouns
This system is supposed to be adaptable to all neopronouns. Overall they follow the same pattern as normative pronouns. "Xe" forms "xek", "bun" forms "bunek". Emojiself pronouns always take -ek or -ech postfixes regardless of pronunciation of the word the emoji denotes, so 💫 creates 💫ek and so on.
- With verbs
Both partial and greater partial pronouns are used with verb forms of pronouns they were derived from. Examples:
- Ik am
- Wech are
- Shek is
- Pronunciation
I intended all these works to be pronounced as their full singular and plural counterparts with an addition at the end. So, "mek" would sound like "meek". However, someone else pointed out that they may be read according to English phonetic rules ("mek" with a sound similar to "deck") and I do not have a problem with it. Both interpretations make sense to me.
- Examples of usage
- Alters Mark and Mary can fuse, forming a new alter Elisa. Elisa is talking about Mark: "Ik am a digital artist".
- System K typically talks about themselves collectively, using we/us pronouns. They want to emphasize input of particular unspecified members: "Wech don't like the noise here".