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Rh The reflexive pronouns are as follows:—

The above are also used as emphatic pronouns; as, Both he and I went home.

The Personal Pronouns have no declension.

It has already been shown that, , , etc., which are usually given as the genitive cases of the personal pronouns, are not pronouns, but adjectives; because they can never be used without a noun.

The compounds of the pronouns with the preposition (to) are usually given as the dative cases of the personal pronouns; but, etc., or the compounds with any of the other prepositions in par. 216, are just as much the datives of the personal pronouns as , , &c. Hence the Irish personal pronouns have no declension.

The Personal Pronouns have however two forms:&#8203;—&#8203;The conjunctive and the '''disjunctive. The conjunctive forms are used only immediately after a verb as its subject; in all other positions the disjunctive forms must be used.''' The disjunctive forms are also used after the verb.