Livonian grammar
Livonian is a Finnic language, and, as such, is closely related to both Estonian and Finnish. Tones Livonian is a pitch accent language, it has a broken tone that can appear in words, it is marked with a '. Pronouns Personal Pronouns Note: the third person pronouns do not possess a gender in the singular or the plural. Demonstrative Pronouns Note: The plural demonstrative pronoun is the same as the third person plural personal pronoun. Reflexive Pronouns Note: The usage of the reflexive pronoun is broad. Of course, it is used as a reflexive pronoun as in "minnõn eņtšõn um vajag...," meaning "I need..." [lit: to myself is necessary...]. However, the pronoun can also express possession; it frequently replaces the genitive forms of the personal pronouns. For example: "ma sīeda kūliz eņtš izast", or "I heard it from my father." Also, reflexive pronouns can be used in adverbial expressions: "täm eņtš ie", "this same night". Cases The following are the cases in Livonian: Examples Moods The following are the moods in Livonian: References Bibliography grammar Finnic grammars Finnic languages Languages of Latvia