Personal Pronouns

Person		First	Second	Third
Singular	Pronoun	I	You	He/She/It
Singular	Hak Ga	ngai2	ngi2	gi2
Plural	Pronoun	We	You	They
Plural	Hak Ga	nga1 diu1	ngia1 diu1	gia1 diu1

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Notice the correspondence in the initial and final letters of the singular and plural forms of the personal pronouns. Sometimes 'diu' can alternatively be said 'di'

Posessive Pronouns

Person		First	Second	Third
Singular	Pronoun	My	Yours	His/Her's/Its
	Hak Ga	nga1	ngia1	gia1
	Hak Ga	nga1 gai4	ngia1 gai4	gia1 gai4
Plural	Pronoun	Ours	Yours	Theirs
Plural	Hak Ga	nga1 diu1 ai4	ngia1 diu1 ai4	gia1 diu1 ai4

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'gai' and 'ai' are essentially the same particle, and can be used interchangeably. It is also possible to leave this particle out when using the first second and third person singular form.

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