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Defining Pronouns

The defining pronouns "other" - بٌل , "others"- نُور , "every" - هَر , and "all" - ټُول are declined like "weak" adjectives. "Others" - نور has only plural forms. The pronoun "all" - واړَه has a plural form in the indirect case - واړُو :

Case

Singular Number

Plural Number

Masculine

Feminine

Masculine

Feminine

Direct

[bAl] - بٌل ,

[har] - هَر ,

[Tol] - ټُول

[bÁla] - بٌلَه ,

[hára] - هَرَه ,

[Tóla] - ټُولَه

[bAl] - بٌل ,

[har] - هَر ,

[Tol] - ټُول ,

[nor] - نُور

[bÁli] - بٌلی ,

[hári] - هَری ,

[Tóli] - ټُولی ,

[nóri] - نُوری

Indirect

[bAl] - بٌل ,

[har] - هَر ,

[Tol] - ټُول

[bÁli] - بٌلی ,

[hári] - هَری ,

[Tóli] - ټُولی

[bÁlo] - بٌلُو ,

[háro] - هَرُو ,

[Tlo] - ټُولُو ,

[nóro] - نُورُو

Defining pronouns act as attributes to nouns:

پېغْلَه پٌر یوَه لارَه اَو مَلْگٌرې ﺋﻰ پٌر بٌلَه لارَه رَوانَه شْوٌلَه.

"A girl went on one road, her friend - on another road."

"We all are Pashtuns." - مُوږ ټُول پَښْتانٌه یُو

"I walk in a forest every day." - زٌه هَرَه وْرَڂ پٌه ڂَنْگَل کی هَوا خُورى کَوٌم

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