The personal pronouns are declined almost exactly like nouns.
First person =minä=; the singular is formed from the root =minu=, the
plural from the root =me=.
_Sing._ _Plur._
_Nom._ =minä= =me=
_Part._ =minua= =meitä=
_Gen._ =minun= =meidän=
_In._ =minussa= =meissä=
_El._ =minusta= =meistä=
_Il._ =minuun= =meihin=
_Ad._ =minulla= =meillä=
_Abl._ =minulta= =meiltä=
_All._ =minulle= =meille=
_Abes._ =minutta= =meittä=
_Transl._ =minuksi= =meiksi=
_Ess._ =minuna= =meinä=
The other cases are not used.
Second person, =sinä=, root in sing. =sinu=, in plur. =te=.
_Sing._ _Plur._
_Nom._ =sinä= =te=
_Part._ =sinua= =teitä=
_Gen._ =sinun= =teidän=
_In._ =sinussa= =teissä=
_El._ =sinusta= =teistä=
_Il._ =sinuun= =teihin=
_Ad._ =sinulla= =teillä=
_Abl._ =sinulta= =teiltä=
_All._ =sinulle= =teille=
_Abes._ =sinutta= =teittä=
_Transl._ =sinuksi= =teiksi=
_Ess._ =sinuna= =teinä=
Third person =hän=, _he_, _she_, or _it_, there being no distinction of
genders. Root in sing. =häne=, in plur. =he=.
_Sing._ _Plur._
_Nom._ =hän= =he=
_Part._ =häntä= =heitä=
_Gen._ =hänen= =heidän=
_In._ =hänessä= =heissä=
_El._ =hänestä= =heistä=
_Il._ =häneen= =heihin=
_Ad._ =hänellä= =heillä=
_Abl._ =häneltä= =heiltä=
_All._ =hänelle= =heille=
_Abes._ =hänettä= =heittä=
_Transl._ =häneksi= =heiksi=
_Ess._ =hänenä= =heinä=
There are also found accusatival forms ending in =-t=: =minut=, plur.
=meidät=, =sinut=, plur. =teidät=, =hänet=, plur. =heidät=. The forms in
=-n= are also used as accusatives.
In poetry and some dialects shortened forms are also found: first person
nominative =ma= or =mä=, partitive =mua=, genitive =mun=, adessive
=mulla=, ablative =multa=, allative =mulle=. Second person =sa= or =sä=,
=sun=, =sua=, =sulla=, =sulta=, =sulle=. Third person =hällä=, =hältä=,
=hälle=. For the part. =minuta=, =sinuta= are found in the Bible, and
=milma=, =silma= in poetry.
=Mie=, =sie=, =hä=, are used in the Wiburg dialect.
_Possessive Pronouns._
The possessive pronouns are usually expressed by suffixes added to nouns.